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CCS plant

£20m for carbon capture projects

Added: 17 Sep 2013

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) yesterday announced a £20 million funding scheme to help ad…

Bionic handling assistant

Brave new world: Industry 4.0 technology

Added: 17 Sep 2013

Wireless devices are common in all workplaces these days, including process plants. But what would …

Invensys Wonderware screengrab

Wonderware backed in merger clash

Added: 13 Sep 2013

A top Invensys executive has sung the praises of the firm’s Wonderware software ahead of its potent…

Invensys Foxboro Evo DCS

Invensys launches new Foxboro DCS

Added: 11 Sep 2013

Invensys yesterday launched the latest version of its Foxboro distributed control system (DCS), cal…

EDF apprentice trainee skills2

£2m investment for engineering talent

Added: 10 Sep 2013

The Institution of Engineering and Technology today announced a £2 million scholarship investment f…

Dr Jim Marshall

Water firms fear fracking risks

Added: 4 Sep 2013

Water UK policy adviser Dr Jim Marshall calls for urgent talks with shale gas developers to ease fe…

Compair energy saving compressor

Energy savings

Added: 4 Sep 2013

RF2M Technologies is saving more than £30,000 per year in energy costs per after switching to a Com…

Landia Flowmaker pump

Chinese wastewater win for Landia

Added: 4 Sep 2013

Landia has been selected to supply 78 pumps to a Chinese tourist centre in the country’s Guilin zon…

Drax Power Plant 2

Drax backs sustainable biomass rules

Added: 22 Aug 2013

Drax today backed government plans to strip biomass projects of financial support if their fuel com…

Biomass

Government sets rules for biomass race

Added: 22 Aug 2013

Biomass developers today discovered what they must do to secure a slice of the 400MW subsidy cap se…

Air Products efw 2

Manufacturers ready to invest in new kit

Added: 21 Aug 2013

A government-funded survey of small and medium-sized manufacturers today revealed that half of the …

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Arsenic found in water near US fracking sites

Added: 19 Aug 2013

Researchers have discovered elevated levels of contaminants such as arsenic and selenium in water n…

Ronnie Leten 2

Atlas Copco to buy Edwards for £1bn

Added: 19 Aug 2013

Sweden’s Atlas Copco this morning announced it had agreed a deal to acquire UK vacuum pump manufact…

George Osborne

Don't butcher Osborne's cash cow

Added: 14 Aug 2013

Biomass is a risky choice for one of the first direct investments by a pension fund into new-build …

Brigg renewable energy plant

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 communication

Wireless devices communicate without batteries

Added: 14 Aug 2013

Engineers from the University of Washington have designed a wireless communication system that allo…

RWE npower Tilbury biomass

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 …

Virtual control room simulator

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…

Chemicals processing 1

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 …

AMEC Rob Brown

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…