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Pension fund enters UK biomass
Added: 14 Aug 2013
Danish pension fund PensionDanmark yesterday announced it is investing £160 million in a biomass pr…
Wireless devices communicate without batteries
Added: 14 Aug 2013
Engineers from the University of Washington have designed a wireless communication system that allo…
Subsidy squeeze closes Tilbury biomass
Added: 13 Aug 2013
The UK’s first ever coal plant to convert to biomass ceased generating electricity today after the …
Nuclear upgrades aided by virtual control room
Added: 13 Aug 2013
Extending the life of ageing nuclear power plants and upgrading their control rooms can be improved…
Operators failing to maintain pipe networks
Added: 12 Aug 2013
Companies are at risk of being hit with unexpected bills if they fail to maintain their supporting …
Chemical engineer to lead AMEC infrastructure team
Added: 12 Aug 2013
Project manager AMEC has appointed chemical engineer Rob Brown as managing director of its Environm…
Water firms "worst polluters"
Added: 5 Aug 2013
Water utilities have been accused of being the worst polluters of England’s waterways following the…
UK biofuel projects to receive £25m
Added: 5 Aug 2013
Transport minister Norman Baker has announced a biofuels funding scheme to help advance waste-to-fu…
Threat to Schneider's Invensys takeover
Added: 2 Aug 2013
Schneider’s proposed £3.4 billion takeover of Invensys is still under threat of being beaten by a b…
Process automation market to hit $124bn
Added: 1 Aug 2013
Revenues in the global process automation market are expected to grow at a rate of over 6% per year…
A Biomass mess
Added: 31 Jul 2013
The government needs to stop pussy-footing around and make up its mind on whether it is for or agai…
Schneider acquires Invensys for £3.4bn
Added: 31 Jul 2013
UK-based Invensys today accepted an offer from France’s Schneider Electric to acquire the company f…
On the right track for safety
Added: 31 Jul 2013
Efforts to establish effective safety practices in the construction of process infrastructure seem …
Biomass firms face subsidy fight
Added: 31 Jul 2013
Developers of new biomass projects across England and Wales are bracing themselves for a race to se…
Centrica gas storage projects face axe
Added: 31 Jul 2013
Centrica today revealed that its two planned gas storage projects worth a combined £1.5 billion are…
Siemens names Kaeser as new CEO
Added: 31 Jul 2013
Siemens today replaced CEO Peter Loescher with the company’s chief financial officer Joe Kaeser.
Drax biomass running at half capacity
Added: 30 Jul 2013
A lack of storage facilities has forced the first of Drax’s converted biomass units to run with an …
Thames supertunnel contracts launched
Added: 29 Jul 2013
Thames Water today published a contract notice for up to £2.3 billion of tunnelling works to build …
100MW biomass project approved
Added: 24 Jul 2013
The £250m development of a biomass power plant in the North East of England was approved by governm…
Ofwat appoints new chief executive
Added: 24 Jul 2013
UK water regulator Ofwat today announced the appointment of Cathryn Ross as its next chief executiv…
