Variable speed drive recycling win
POWER and automation company ABB says it has recycled 100 tonnes of old variable-speed drives since it began a recycling scheme in the UK...
Innovative aeration promises wastewater energy savings
Phil Burge of Swedish bearings company SKF explains a new aeration blower solution, and its potential to lower energy costs, improve operational efficiency and...
Tracking pollution hot spots with continuous measurement
SITUATED in the south west of Wales, in a largely rural area bordering the Brecon Beacons, Carmarthenshire’s air quality is predominantly good.
However, there...
Thermal cameras spot leaks in tanks
DESIGNED as a preventative maintenance solution for the oil and gas industry, the GF320 Optical Gas Imaging (OGI) camera from FLIR Systems provides an...
NOx and the city
Paul Marsh of Envirotec offers an update on attempts to curb air pollution in the UK
IT'S the single biggest environmental health risk in the...
A view from the top
Envirotec addresses a few questions to Alan Edwards, SLR’s new UK managing director.
Technology experts answer questions on the energy crisis
A debate hosted by the IMechE in Glasgow on 17 April brought together a panel of experts from the renewables and power engineering worlds...
Heat pump windfall awaits in Scotland, says study
SCOTS businesses are missing out on a £250m windfall from the country’s sodden climate, a new study suggests.
Heat pumps – hailed as "game changing"...
Warm reception for the Domestic RHI
THE government launched its Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) on 9 April, a scheme designed to drive the uptake of renewable heat technologies –...
Nosing out the controversy over AD plant emissions
IN March local campaigners succeeded in blocking plans to build an energy-from-waste plant in Ramsbottom in the Greater Manchester area.
Concern over the smell...
GPS-enabled device assists landfill monitoring
ENVIRONMENTAL monitoring specialist Enitial has worked with Viridor to develop a new PDA-based device. The enidata device has modules for monitoring groundwater, surface water,...
AD and the industrial sector
Clearfleau, a UK company that designs and builds on-site AD plants for liquid bio-degradable residues, looks at how AD is used in sectors like...
Desulph expertise employed at AD sites
CSO Technik has recently being selected to deliver a number of large biogas desulphurisation projects, ranging from those employing dry media - using CSO’s...
Solar sense
ENVIRONMENTAL monitoring and management specialist Enitial has installed solar panels at its head office in Wolverhampton in a bid to offset its carbon emissions.
The...
Protocol clarifies biogas roadmap
THE Environment Agency has developed a Quality Protocol for biomethane which was launched in February.
Formulated with support from WRAP, and funded by LIFE+, the...
UK sued over air pollution breaches
THE European Commission has launched legal proceedings against the UK over its failure to comply with European air pollution limits.
On 20 February the Commission...
Designing a modular digester in 3D
A range of turnkey, modular AD systems from SEaB Energy is claimed to lower the barriers to entry for small businesses and farmers who...
Meeting German formaldehyde emissions targets
POWER generation from Germany’s enormous biogas industry produces emissions to air that are regulated by the Technical Instructions on Air Quality Control (TA Luft).
As...
Business is booming for HWEnergy
BIOMASS heat specialist HWEnergy is currently installing biomass systems at six hotels and guest properties across the country, having completed 13 such contracts at...
Harvesting energy from the Thames
INDUSTRIAL Purification Systems (IPS) has scored something of a coup with its supply of energy efficient filtration technology for the open loop heat pump...
