Reed Chillcheater

‘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...
The AquaCritox heating process.

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...
Scrubber Technology

Steel firm cleans up with a right good scrubbing

SCRUBBER technology has helped Tata Steel achieve a 40% reduction in atmospheric emissions from a limestone kiln in Cumbria. The company operates four Maerz kilns...
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One Directive to rule them all…

The countdown has begun for UK regulators who have until January next year to implement Europe’s new Directive on Industrial Emissions in British law....

Back from the future

RESEARCHERS at four universities have joined forces on a low carbon engineering project that they believe could transform the way cities are built. Led by...
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Energy to the four in Vietnam

A fourth gas cleaning and energy recovery package from Acwa Air is helping a Vietnam province reduce its carbon footprint. The NSG Group plant at...
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Air we go

ORGANISERS are preparing the ‘house full’ signs for the Air Quality and Emissions 2013 event. More than 75% of stand space had been booked by...
Biffa

Vehicle technology helps cut fuel costs

WASTE management company Biffa has appointed CMS SupaTrak to provide fuel-saving and carbon-reducing technology across its fleet of vehicles. The cuts are achieved through EcoTrak...

Power play as biomass plan gets approval

A £250m renewable energy power station in the north east of England has moved closer to reality with The Planning Inspectorate’s confirmation of formal...

New turbine will power entire plant

A company’s drive to reduce the carbon footprint of its manufacturing processes has moved ahead with the installation of a wind turbine with the...
Solar panels for Sainsbury's

Sun for Sainsbury’s

MORE than 100 Sainsbury’s stores across the South of England have been fitted with roof-mounted solar panels. The installation was carried out by Renewable Resources...
Glencorse water treatment works

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...
Adrian Johnson, technical director at MWH

Director awarded honorary professorship by Scottish university

Adrian Johnson, technical director at MWH, has been awarded an honorary professorship by a Scottish university. At the same time the Institution of Civil...
Quantitech

Generation of change

QUANTITECH, the monitoring equipment specialist, has launched a new generation of automatic isokinetic samplers that it says brings new levels of speed, accuracy and...

Barker takes a walk in the park

THE South West of England has been named as the UK’s first Marine Energy Park in a move that will put the region on...
Renewable Energy

Call to open up energy options

A think tank has called on the Government to instigate a radical rehaul of the ‘closed shop’ energy market by unleashing the community energy...