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Government sinks £8.2m into water treatment

Added: 16 Dec 2015

Cranfield University has been awarded £8.2 million to shape the future of UK water treatment and in…

Water rules need 'urgent review'

Added: 16 Dec 2015

A report published by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) suggests European Union (EU)…

Toxic load

Toxic load: detecting hazards

Added: 9 Dec 2015

Personal protection kit is about far more than hard hats and safety gloves.

SSE Ferrybridge coal power station

IChemE rallies climate change cry

Added: 4 Dec 2015

The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Energy Centre Board has called on governments and po…

Microsoft founder, Bill Gates

Billionaires' club to fund clean energy

Added: 3 Dec 2015

Tech billionaires Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg have joined a cast of high-profile executives in a…

David Cameron COP21

Energy crisis

Added: 2 Dec 2015

Still warm with the glow of leading one of the first countries to officially turn its back on coal-…

Soft assets - Agility

Soft assets: energy management

Added: 1 Dec 2015

Squeezing more efficiency from plant equipment is the next frontier for CMMS.

Paris COP21

CBI calls for global climate plan

Added: 30 Nov 2015

British businesses have joined the call for world leaders to forge a global action plan at the UN C…

Ebswien sewage plant, Vienna

Sewage gas to power waste plant

Added: 30 Nov 2015

Siemens technology is being used to convert the Ebswien wastewater treatment works in Vienna into a…

White Rose CCS carbon capture Drax

Government scraps CCS funding

Added: 27 Nov 2015

The UK government rocked the industrial sector this week with the news that it had scrapped its £1 …

Ineos Grangemouth

Sales slide hits chemical sector

Added: 25 Nov 2015

The Chemical Industries Association (CIA) warned last week that the UK must ”urgently address” its …

Shale fracking

Cuadrilla forced to plug shale well

Added: 24 Nov 2015

Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) firm Cuadrilla has stopped exploration at its Becconsall shale gas …

Clean sweep

Clean sweep

Added: 19 Nov 2015

Energy audit reaps financial rewards for beverage can manufacturer.

SSE Ferrybridge coal power station

UK coal-fired plants to close

Added: 18 Nov 2015

The UK’s coal-fired power stations will be shut down within the next ten years, energy secretary Am…

Energy efficient technologies aren't always implemented

UK relegated in energy index

Added: 11 Nov 2015

A fall in the UK’s energy equity has resulted in the loss of its ‘AAA’ energy score, the annual Ene…

Fracking fluid an 'outstanding achievement'

Non-toxic fracking fluid scoops award

Added: 10 Nov 2015

An energy-saving, non-toxic hydraulic fracturing (fracking) fluid was declared the overall winner a…

Saltend stench tackled with £30m investment

Utility combats odour issues

Added: 9 Nov 2015

Yorkshire Water has developed a £30 million action plan to tackle odours from its Saltend wastewate…

Water research, Sheffield University lab

UK water research gets £3.9m boost

Added: 20 Oct 2015

A new £3.9million research project has been established to help meet the UK’s future needs for a cl…

Algae-power under the microscope

Algae-power under the microscope

Added: 16 Oct 2015

A new high-tech facility in Munich will investigate whether the cultivation of algae can provide a …

White Rose CCS carbon capture Drax

Urgent call for CCS funding

Added: 7 Oct 2015

Targets for lowering carbon emissions from industry will remain out of reach without carbon dioxide…