UK armed forces opts for lower emissions electric generators
Following successful trials, Defence Equipment and Support - the group which procures all the equipment and support for the UK Armed Forces - will...
Measuring the success of climate change adaptation and mitigation
Dr Mike Morecroft, Climate Change expert at Natural England, has been looking at how we evaluate and measure success of climate change adaptation and...
Net zero innovators receive £24 million cash boost from UK government
Next generation energy innovators will receive a £24 million cash boost to develop “new technologies that will decarbonise UK industry, build home-grown energy supplies...
Eastern promise for emissions control partnership
A new partnership aims to provide advanced Biological Emission Control Systems to organisations in the Middle East.
Odour control company Azzuro is joining forces...
Digital technology heralds quantum leap for blast furnaces
Cutting-edge digital technology, which captures 1,000 data points every 10 seconds, is giving Tata Steel technicians an uninterrupted 3D view of the material being...
Developing on-site digestion for smaller food processors
Even if Brexit has a negative impact on the drivers for adopting more sustainable technology, Britain's food industry will benefit from reducing its environmental...
Seasons in the sun
A South Wales business has been reaping the rewards after installing solar PV panels on its factory buildings.
Solar Windows Ltd of Caerphilly, which manufactures...
Breaking it down: compostable product packaging
Envirotec looks at the latest progress
MORE and more product packaging is being recycled each year but a lot of it still goes to landfill,...
Mains water supply approved
Demonstrating high accuracy and compliance with the Environment Agency’s performance standards, Xylem’s Flygt MagFlux EMF 801 has achieved MCERTS accreditation as well as WRAS...
Newly discovered microbes guzzle greenhouse gases (and maybe oil spills)
Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin’s Marine Science Institute have discovered nearly two dozen new types of microbes, many of which use...
UK’s biggest CCU plant opens
Presented as a key milestone in the UK's race to meet its net zero targets, a new Carbon Capture and Usage (CCU) plant has been opened in Northwich, Cheshire by Tata Chemicals Europe.
City’s WTW comes in on time and under budget
SCOTTISH Water’s £130m Glencorse Water Treatment Works has gone into service on schedule and under budget. Designed and constructed by Black & Veatch, it...
Heat-from-sewage first at Borders College
The UK’s first heat-from-sewage scheme was launched at Borders College in the Scottish Borders on 8 December.
Backed by investment from Equitix and the...
‘And I’ll have one for the house’
A renewable energy installer has helped a North Devon company improve its environmental credentials by fitting commercial solar PV arrays at its two offices.
Reed...
A bad bet on biomass? Critics respond to Drax announcement
UK energy utility Drax has unveiled plans to build "the world’s largest carbon capture facility", with the goal of removing more CO2 from the...
Carbon-negative concrete picks up European technology award
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A new solution for manufacturing carbon negative concrete, developed by the Carbonaide project of Finnish research organisation VTT, picked up first prize in the...
New online tool to help UK ports transition to net zero
A free online tool to help UK ports meet their net zero targets has created by National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) in partnership with...
UK fusion partnership aims to accelerate net zero progress
A memorandum of understanding was signed on 30 March between The University of Manchester and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), intended to kick...
How‘s your digestion?
The wastewater industry continues to lead the way in the adoption of anaerobic digestion as a sustainable treatment technology for sewage sludge. However, John...
Net zero concrete initiative appraises first year of action
5th July marked one year since the launch of ConcreteZero, a global, industry-led initiative to achieve net zero concrete by 2050. Rossella Nicolin reflects...
