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UK submits 12 energy projects for Euro4.5bn fund

Added: 11 May 2011

London – The UK government has submitted 12 UK-based projects to the European Investment Bank (EIB)…

Finnish power company adds Metso energy management system

Added: 28 Apr 2011

London – Metso is to supply an energy management system to Pori Energia in Pori, Finland. It will b…

Bedford STW cuts pump maintenance by 'around 90%'

Added: 28 Apr 2011

Bedford, UK – Bedford sewage treatment works (STW) was experiencing recurrent ragging problems with…

Metso to convert Polish coal-fired plant to biomass

Added: 26 Apr 2011

London – Metso has received a Euro20m order to convert a coal-fired CFB boiler to a biomass-fired b…

Helius Energy awards Scottish biomass CHP contracts

Added: 19 Apr 2011

?London – Helius CoRDe Ltd – a JV between Helius Energy plc, Rabo Project Equity BV and The Combina…

Fluor nets Tata Steel power plant contract

Added: 7 Apr 2011

London – Fluor Corp. has won a six-month early engineering works contract by Tata Steel for a new p…

UK slips down global 'green' projects league

Added: 31 Mar 2011

Philadelphia – UK-based investment in ’green’ energy projects slumped to $3.3 billion (around £2 bi…

Water infrastructure: Better 'snapshot' technologies needed

Added: 29 Mar 2011

Boston, Massachusetts – The market for technologies that help inspect and repair the world’s aging …

UK power plant projects awaiting approval

Added: 28 Mar 2011

From GMB listing of potential UK power projects awaiting government (Section 36) approval, as of 1 …

CO2 or Caesium-137?

Added: 24 Mar 2011

Spare a thought for our redoubtable green lobby groups, who have spent the last two decades warning…

Polymers from CO2

Added: 22 Mar 2011

Bayer has started up a pilot plant at its Chempark Leverkusen site to turn CO2 emissions into feeds…

Worst case scenarios

Added: 18 Mar 2011

London – The UK government has asked Dr Mike Weightman, the UK’s chief nuclear inspector to report …

RWE pulls plug on German nuclear plant

Added: 15 Mar 2011

Essen, Germany – RWE is shutting down its Biblis Block A nuclear power unit in Germany to carry out…

Pump blockages and ragging were a frequent occurrence at the site

Scottish water unplugged

Added: 11 Mar 2011

VSD project promises an end to pump blockages and ragging. Patrick Raleigh reports

RWE, BASF, Linde in clean coal power advance

Added: 11 Mar 2011

Ludwigshafen, Germany – RWE Power, BASF and Linde have advanced a CO2 scrubbing solvent, which they…

Nuclear Island gets funding go-ahead

Added: 10 Mar 2011

London – The employer-backed Nuclear Island skills project is being moved to the next stage followi…

Mexico power plant switches to Emerson

Added: 1 Mar 2011

Valladolid, Mexico – Emerson is replacing gas and steam turbine controls, as well as balance of pla…

UK investment 'surge' for nuclear, carbon capture, renewables

Added: 19 Oct 2010

London – The UK government plans to establish eight new nuclear plants as part of a “surge of inves…

Northumbrian Water upgrades Darlington STW

Added: 19 Oct 2010

Darlington, UK – Northumbrian Water has completed a major refurbishment of its Stressholme sewage t…

Welsh power plant project sparks immigrant pay row

Added: 15 Oct 2010


London – The GMB trade union is seeking to recover over £10,000 each for 16 Polish migrant workers,…