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Shell targets shale, but not in EU
Added: 1 Nov 2011
Shell Chemicals is planning to tap into THE enormous potential of shale gas as part of efforts to b…

New water quality monitoring service
Added: 1 Nov 2011
The Environment Agency (EA) has created a new agency, called the National Water Quality Instrumenta…

Environmental monitoring: Joined up power plants
Added: 1 Nov 2011
The appetite for the development of new waste-to-energy and biomass incineration plants is increasi…

SSE gets green light for new Ferrybridge power plant
Added: 31 Oct 2011
London – SSE Generation Ltd, part of Scottish and Southern Energy, has received consent from the UK…

Sainsbury's to send all waste to AD
Added: 31 Oct 2011
London – Sainsbury’s has signed a three-year deal with Biffa, which will see all food waste from th…

Time to switch on to switching off
Added: 28 Oct 2011
Birmingham, UK – UK industry is facing a ‘perfect storm’ of carbon taxes, the closure of many power…

UK axes Longannet carbon capture and storage project
Added: 20 Oct 2011
London — The UK government has opted not to proceed with the construction of carbon capture and sto…

Scientists develop technology to detect leaks from underwater gas pipelines
Added: 19 Oct 2011
Southampton, UK — A new ultra-sensitive technology which can monitor leaks from underwater gas pipe…

Fukushima: UK report declares that nuclear power is still safe
Added: 12 Oct 2011
London — Energy secretary Chris Huhne has issued the final report by chief nuclear inspector, Dr Mi…

EA creates new National Water Quality Instrumentation Service
Added: 6 Oct 2011
London — The Environment Agency (EA) has created a new National Water Quality Instrumentation Servi…

GE 'green' power kit for William Grant distillery
Added: 5 Oct 2011
Girvan, UK - GE is to supply a combined heat and power system, with a Jenbacher J620 gas engine, to…

Biomass players in the dark
Added: 4 Oct 2011
Lack of progress with Drax and Siemens plan to add 900MW of new capacity highlights barriers to exp…

Heat exchanger company wins Euro1m grant to tackle pig manure problem
Added: 28 Sep 2011
Watford, UK — Pig manure is a huge problem across Europe and has been identified as a major environ…

SPS helps Chivas Brothers achieve effluent discharge compliance
Added: 28 Sep 2011
Moray, UK — Chivas Brothers Ltd has taken delivery of a fourth packaged lamella DAF (dissolved air …

Severn Trent Services for major de-nitrification project in China
Added: 20 Sep 2011
Shanghai, China — Severn Trent Services has gained a contract to provide a de-nitrification system …

CH2M Hill water-reuse plant project earns international award
Added: 19 Sep 2011
Denver, Colorado — CH2M HILL has been awarded the 2011 WateReuse International Award from the WateR…

Ensus sits out biofuel woes
Added: 13 Sep 2011
Competition for US imports and continuing uncertainty over regulatory support mechanisms have promp…

British Gas, Bio Group in waste-to-gas project
Added: 13 Sep 2011
London — British Gas and Bio Group are to jointly establish a facility to convert commercial food w…

United Utilities plant turning human waste into usable energy
Added: 7 Sep 2011
Blackburn, UK – United Utilities is converting a by-product of wastewater treatment at the giant Bl…

Sludge treatment 'first' in Scotland
Added: 6 Sep 2011
Hamilton, UK – The first Scottish installation of Zickert sludge treatment technology from Hydro In…