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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…
Utility combats odour issues
Added: 9 Nov 2015
Yorkshire Water has developed a £30 million action plan to tackle odours from its Saltend wastewate…
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
Added: 16 Oct 2015
A new high-tech facility in Munich will investigate whether the cultivation of algae can provide a …
Urgent call for CCS funding
Added: 7 Oct 2015
Targets for lowering carbon emissions from industry will remain out of reach without carbon dioxide…
Teesside bids to secure industrial future
Added: 6 Oct 2015
Process companies hand government detailed plans for industrial carbon capture and storage network …
Electricity supply a 'waste' of energy
Added: 5 Oct 2015
More than half of the energy used to supply the UK’s electricity is wasted before it ever reaches c…
Severn Trent fined for sewage leak
Added: 29 Sep 2015
Severn Trent Water has been fined £480,000 after a series of incidents that caused raw sewage to le…
Utility counts cost of water bug
Added: 23 Sep 2015
United Utilities revealed today that water quality issues suffered in Lancashire last month would c…
Scrap ineffective green taxes, says EEF
Added: 14 Sep 2015
A report published by manufacturers’ organisation EEF calls on the government to scrap the Carbon F…
New detector tackles tiny particles
Added: 8 Sep 2015
Air Monitors has launched in the UK what it describes as the world’s smallest nanoparticle detector…
'Red tape' limits green initiatives
Added: 4 Sep 2015
Unnecessary levels of complexity and red tape are holding back environmental initiatives within the…
Ultraviolet rig zaps water utility bug
Added: 20 Aug 2015
United Utilities has deployed ultraviolet rigs to help kill off the final traces of a bug affecting…
Shale firms offered exploration sites
Added: 19 Aug 2015
The Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) has announced 27 additional exploration sites where companies will be…
Fracking quick
Added: 19 Aug 2015
Is the government’s decision to ‘fast-track’ fracking applications a misguided masterstroke?
Fracking to be ‘fast-tracked’
Added: 13 Aug 2015
Energy and climate change secretary Amber Rudd and communities secretary Greg Clark have today anno…
Wastewater process cleans up C02
Added: 12 Aug 2015
Engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a wastewater treatment process that …
The power of cold
Added: 11 Aug 2015
Backup gensets offer a resilient means of protecting plant processes, but they are not sustainable …
Water industry scores with service
Added: 7 Aug 2015
Water companies enjoy a better reputation with the public than other utilities, according to a rece…
Enel boosts geothermal plant with biomass
Added: 6 Aug 2015
Enel Green Power has built the world’s first biomass plant tasked with boosting efficiency of geoth…
