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Hitachi Horizon Wylfa nuclear plant

Wylfa nuclear reaches milestone

Added: 6 Jan 2014

Wylfa Newydd proposed nuclear facility receives boost as assessment of its nuclear reactor progress…

Sellafield nuclear facility

Vitrification plant to open at Sellafield

Added: 6 Jan 2014

The UK National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) today said it will develop a waste disposal test facility …

Sellafield nuclear reactor plant

Westinghouse enters Sellafield

Added: 24 Dec 2013

US nuclear reactor firm Westinghouse joins up with GDF Suez to build 3.6GW plant at Sellafield.

Hitachi Horizon Wylfa nuclear plant

Ofgem approves demand response scheme

Added: 23 Dec 2013

The energy regulator Ofgem has approved National Grid’s plans to introduce a demand side scheme to …

Hitachi Horizon Wylfa nuclear plant

Energy Bill gains Royal Assent

Added: 19 Dec 2013

The government’s Energy Bill containing its long-running electricity market reforms yesterday becam…

Chemical Plant

Energy & the global game

Added: 18 Dec 2013

At this time of Christmas Carols, there is a growing chorus of chemicals company bosses crying out …

Areas under Consideration (SEA Areas) and Currently Licensed Areas

Shale drilling considered for bulk of UK

Added: 18 Dec 2013

The government is considering over half of the land across the UK as potential areas for shale gas …

CCS plant

Tees Valley process funding agreed

Added: 16 Dec 2013

Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Friday a deal to boost the process industries on Teesside.

Ineos Grangemouth

Ineos considers UK shale production

Added: 16 Dec 2013

Chemicals firm Ineos is considering plans to begin shale production in the UK.

White Rose CCS carbon capture Drax

Drax CCS wins FEED funding

Added: 9 Dec 2013

The firms behind a planned £2.2bn coal-fired plant fully equipped with Carbon Capture and Storage (…

Hitachi Horizon Wylfa nuclear plant

£190bn of process projects in national plan

Added: 4 Dec 2013

Over £190 billion of projects featuring process technologies have been identified in the latest ver…

Sita Severnside Energy from Waste

£1.4bn deal for 34MW waste plant

Added: 3 Dec 2013

Hitachi Zosen Inova is to build a 34MW energy from waste (EfW) plant after its client SITA signed a…

Shale gas fracking

Shale impact set to be "minimised"

Added: 27 Nov 2013

Water UK and the UK Onshore Operators Group (UKOOG) will work together to help minimise the impact …

Cory Environmental opens its first AD plant in Somerset

Cory opens first AD plant

Added: 26 Nov 2013

Cory Environmental has opened its first anaerobic digestion (AD) plant capable of generating 500kw …

Emerson Hauneng Quinbei super critical coal power plant

UK to limit overseas coal-fired plant financing

Added: 25 Nov 2013

Secretary of State Edward Davey announced last week that the UK is to severely restrict its support…

Cyber security

Complacent companies at highest risk of cyber attack

Added: 19 Nov 2013

Companies that employ outdated technologies and inefficient risk management tactics are at a higher…

Greenpeace Warsaw coal protest

Coal industry calls for technology backing

Added: 18 Nov 2013

Leading figures in the global coal industry gathered in Warsaw today to call for governments to bac…

Chemical Plant

Avoiding blackouts…at any cost?

Added: 13 Nov 2013

Yesterday I was speaking to Dr John Roberts, who chaired the Royal Academy of Engineering group tha…

Energy efficient technologies aren't always implemented

Cost concerns limit energy efficiency investment

Added: 12 Nov 2013

Financial concerns trump environmental ones when it comes to considering investment in energy effic…

Sellafield nuclear reactor plant

Technique to cut nuclear waste "by 95%"

Added: 11 Nov 2013

Engineers from the University of Sheffield have developed a technique to reduce the volume of highe…