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£2m investment for engineering talent
Added: 10 Sep 2013
The Institution of Engineering and Technology today announced a £2 million scholarship investment f…

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…

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…

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 backs sustainable biomass rules
Added: 22 Aug 2013
Drax today backed government plans to strip biomass projects of financial support if their fuel com…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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 …

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…