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Biomass

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 CEO Jean-Pascal Tricoire 2

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…

Sellafield nuclear reactor plant

On the right track for safety

Added: 31 Jul 2013

Efforts to establish effective safety practices in the construction of process infrastructure seem …

RES North Blyth Biomass Power Station

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 Storage - Rough

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 CEO Joe Kaeser

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 Power Plant

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 …

Mogden Sewage Treatment Works

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 …

RES North Blyth Biomass Power Station

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…

Cathryn Ross

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…

Amager

Vattenfall wipes £3bn off power plant values

Added: 23 Jul 2013

Swedish utility Vattenfall today announced it was writing SEK 29.7 billion (£2.98 bn) off the value…

Gazprom energy flexibility

Demand for energy flexibility

Added: 23 Jul 2013

As energy prices become less predictable, industrial customers are demanding supplier relationships…

SPX water monitor

Robust water monitoring

Added: 23 Jul 2013

Through its Bran+Luebbe brand, SPX offers a range of high performance, fully automatic water analys…

Martin Gough

Outlining software simulation

Added: 22 Jul 2013

Cal Gavin’s Martin Gough outlines the importance of software simulation ahead of any equipment inst…

Reverse osmosis

Reversing expectations

Added: 22 Jul 2013

Reverse osmosis is becoming an increasingly attractive option for steam system users, argues Mike G…

Cuadrilla shale site

Let technology rule shale safety debate

Added: 19 Jul 2013

My first week as editor of Process Engineering has been dominated by events surrounding the UK’s pr…

Apple peel

Tomato and apple peel used for water treatment

Added: 19 Jul 2013

New research suggests cost-effective method of producing potable water.

Jim Marshall - Water UK

Water firms seek urgent shale gas talks

Added: 18 Jul 2013

Water companies in the UK yesterday called for urgent talks with shale gas developers to head off p…

David Willetts

Autonomous systems and energy storage research secure £132m

Added: 17 Jul 2013

Funding of up to £132 million was today announced by MP David Willetts for three key areas of resea…

Drax Power Plant 2

Improving heat transfer in industrial plants

Added: 16 Jul 2013

MIT researchers have undertaken the first systematic study of the factors that control boiling heat…