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Last chance to influence the Energy Bill
Added: 29 Jan 2013
Companies frustrated at the lack of clear guidance on energy efficiency have just a couple of days …
SCADA security directions in 2013
Added: 29 Jan 2013
Article based on on-line opinion piece posted by Eric Byres:
Every January I get asked to make betwe…
Metso boss upbeat about trends in valves market
Added: 17 Jan 2013
London – The valves market is uncertain but suppliers are plugging away with new developments to me…
Pump oversizing: Q&A with Peter Staddon
Added: 15 Jan 2013
Over-sizing of Pumps is among the topics covered in the new Pumps & Valves supplement, which is inc…
Whisky-to-fuel scientist leads the way (Comment)
Added: 10 Jan 2013
London - Professor Martin Tangney has been named Innovator of the Year by the Institute of Chemical…
Energy policy: Reality check needed (Comment)
Added: 10 Dec 2012
Volker Beckers CEO of RWE npower has voiced his concerns about the current direction of UK energy p…
Committee hammers UK apprenticeships programme (Comment)
Added: 27 Nov 2012
Rarely does an official study hit as many nails so firmly on the head as the House of Commons busin…
Tackling boom and bust in the water industry (Comment)
Added: 23 Nov 2012
Water companies hold the key to resolving many of the problems being created by the AMP cycle, writ…
Energy metering in the process industries
Added: 19 Nov 2012
Currently, how well geared up are UK process companies to measure the amount of energy they are usi…
Resurrected process can convert sugar directly to diesel (Comment)
Added: 19 Nov 2012
Berkeley, California - A long-abandoned fermentation process, once used to turn starch into explosi…
National Grid completes major gas pipeline project (Comment)
Added: 16 Nov 2012
Tirley, UK – Construction of National Grid’s new pressure reduction installation (PRI) at Tirley in…
Who monitors the monitoring system? (Comment)
Added: 9 Nov 2012
Condition monitoring (CM) has been used in the marine industry for many years, typically using data…
EEF: Apprenticeships must be on a higher level
Added: 7 Nov 2012
Commenting on the report from the House of Commons business innovation and skills select committee …
Dear Energy Minister..
Added: 4 Nov 2012
Duncan Everett, managing director at Optimal Monitoring, sets out his wish-list – on behalf of indu…
BIU expert on the energy price outlook
Added: 31 Oct 2012
For a new Energy Management supplement PE asked BIU energy trader Andrew Anderson-Shepherd for his …
SCADA security: An alternative to patching
Added: 22 Oct 2012
On-line article posted by Eric Byres of Tofino Security:
When it comes to the patching of SCADA and…
Huntsman UK trials new waste-heat power system (Comment added)
Added: 22 Oct 2012
Redcar, UK – DRD Power has installed its first heat recovery system, which uses Organic Rankine Cyc…
Chemical industry: From suspect to sustainable
Added: 17 Oct 2012
Janez Poto?nik, European commissioner for environment chemical industry speech to the annual meetin…
Experts debate choice between Rockwell and Siemens PLCs (Comment added)
Added: 17 Oct 2012
The PLC market is dominated by two giants - Siemens and Rockwell. Optima Control Solutions works wi…
Tackle blackouts and price hikes with biogas
Added: 9 Oct 2012
Charlotte Morton, chief executive of the Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA) responds…
