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United Utilities reservoir

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…

Cereal drying plant

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.

Condition monitoring

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…

Waste water treatment plant

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…

Drax

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 machine

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,…

GE

Cleanroom for silicon processing

Added: 29 Jul 2015

GE Measurement & Control has announced a new clean room for silicon processing at its manufacturing…

Water Industry

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…

Drax Power Plant

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…

CCGT plant

Energy management: Silica in plants

Added: 13 Jul 2015

Power station reduces efficiency losses with robust silica monitoring.

National Grid control centre

In demand

Added: 9 Jul 2015

With plant closures outstripping the supply of new electricity generating capacity, last month saw …

10 questions

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 machine

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…

Amec Dunlin A North Sea oil

Report highlights platform removal

Added: 1 Jul 2015

A report looking at the cost-efficient decommissioning and removal of offshore oil and gas platform…

Lubricant

Smooth operators

Added: 1 Jul 2015

Ensuring high lubrication quality should be at top priority within almost every process plant.

Multigas detector

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…

Flow meter LNG site

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…

National Grid control centre

Energy associations plan merger

Added: 1 Jul 2015

The Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE) and the UK Demand Response Association (UKDRA) have …

generic pump

What goes around

Added: 24 Jun 2015

Prevention is far better than a cure when it comes to safeguarding critical rotating equipment.

MIT chip

MIT chip harvests IoT potential

Added: 23 Jun 2015

An ultralow-power chip developed by engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) im…