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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…
UK trails in food waste study
Added: 14 Aug 2015
The UK has been named as the worst-performing region in a European study on food waste.
Hidden assets
Added: 11 Aug 2015
When it comes to protecting assets, monitoring those hard-to-reach places need not be a hit and mis…
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…
Energy data reveals renewables surge
Added: 4 Aug 2015
The Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) published its annual Digest of UK Energy Statistic…
Food industry feels the pinch
Added: 3 Aug 2015
A recent survey of UK food manufacturers reveals that optimism has slightly cooled since last year,…
Cleanroom for silicon processing
Added: 29 Jul 2015
GE Measurement & Control has announced a new clean room for silicon processing at its manufacturing…
Payback time for the water industry
Added: 22 Jul 2015
Water utilities in Europe are tackling the problem of aging infrastructure by focusing on innovatio…
Blackout fears amid plant closures
Added: 17 Jul 2015
Winter blackouts are increasingly likely as the UK’s energy capacity margin falls to 1.2% - its low…
Energy management: Silica in plants
Added: 13 Jul 2015
Power station reduces efficiency losses with robust silica monitoring.
In demand
Added: 9 Jul 2015
With plant closures outstripping the supply of new electricity generating capacity, last month saw …
Top 10 questions in your CMMS search
Added: 7 Jul 2015
Computerised maintenance management system (CMMS) firm Softsols has released a free guide on the to…
Food industry cuts water use
Added: 7 Jul 2015
Major food and drink manufacturers have cut their water usage by almost a quarter, according to fin…
Report highlights platform removal
Added: 1 Jul 2015
A report looking at the cost-efficient decommissioning and removal of offshore oil and gas platform…
Smooth operators
Added: 1 Jul 2015
Ensuring high lubrication quality should be at top priority within almost every process plant.
Multigas detector with confined space entry feature
Added: 1 Jul 2015
Crowcon’s Gas-Pro with automated Confined Space Entry (CSE) function is designed to be ideal for en…
NEL invests £1m in flow meter facility
Added: 1 Jul 2015
Oil & Gas consultancy NEL is investing £1 million to create the UK’s only flow meter calibration fa…
Energy associations plan merger
Added: 1 Jul 2015
The Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE) and the UK Demand Response Association (UKDRA) have …
What goes around
Added: 24 Jun 2015
Prevention is far better than a cure when it comes to safeguarding critical rotating equipment.
MIT chip harvests IoT potential
Added: 23 Jun 2015
An ultralow-power chip developed by engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) im…