AD industry pays tribute to late Hugh Vaughan at awards dinner
The anaerobic digestion industry celebrated the life of one of its pioneers, Hugh Vaughan, at its annual AD & Biogas and Industry Awards on...
Conference presentations point to LiDAR’s growing preeminence in offshore wind measurement
Wind measurement experts gathered in London in June concluded that LiDAR technology had over the years fully proven its ability to provide wind measurements...
Things to know about propane enrichment
Greg Brown of Flogas looks at how propane enrichment is used for injecting biogas into the gas grid - and explains why it's an...
Maximising the biomethane opportuities for sewage
Matt Hale of HRS Heat Exchangers on optimising the use of heat in the AD sector
In the UK, the wastewater treatment sector has used...
Innovative energy management system delivered for solar + storage project
QOS Energy, a renewable O&M analytics software provider, has completed the delivery of an Energy Management System for SunHydrO, a combined renewable energy and...
Support for portable solar + storage research via KTP with storage firm
Voltage optimisation and energy storage firm Powerstar is currently involved in a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) in collaboration with Sheffield Hallam University and Innovate...
Battery aggregator secures funds to advance grid-balancing plans
Home battery firm Moixa has secured £2.5 million in new investment to help realise its goal of creating a virtual power plant aggregating the...
Feedstock specialist claims first with productivity-optimised blend
Amur is addressing the anaerobic digestion market with the launch of a feedstock blended to a specification designed expressly to optimise productivity - a...
Reduction in embedded generator payments ‘misguided’, says ADBA
On 20 June the Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA) called on Ofgem to reconsider its retroactive decision to reduce embedded generator payments, saying...
Successful projects announced for €3m research programme looking at offshore wind impacts
Wind power developer Vattenfall has awarded €3million of research funding to projects that promise to offer insight into the socio-economic impact of offshore wind...
Finland has the world’s most energy-saving supermarket, says R&D group – half of the...
Savings are also being achieved by levelling out power consumption peaks
Finland seemingly now has the world's most energy-efficient supermarket, consuming only 40% of...
Why waste heat recovery is so important
Best practice for business dictates that ways to improve operational efficiency should be constantly sought out, says Neil English, Managing Director of waste heat...
Fife students reach new heights with virtual reality training for offshore wind turbine technicians
An ‘Immersive Hybrid Reality’ (iHR) laboratory, providing ultra-realistic training environments for offshore wind turbine technicians, was unveiled on 15 June at the Rosyth Campus...
Old bike parts turn the cogs of wave energy harvester
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Researchers at Nottingham Trent University have used old bike parts and a disused pressure cooker to create a wave energy harvester powerful enough to...
One of the biggest biomedical laboratories in Europe receives BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating
The recently opened Francis Crick Institute in London has achieved BREEAM Excellent certification. Dedicated to tackling scientific questions underpinning health and disease, the centre...
Modular system cuts cost of deep offshore wind
A seemingly revolutionary approach to offshore wind turbine installation and maintenance could cut the cost of energy from future deepwater sites by around 9%.
The...
Agribusiness offers best opportunities for bio-economy, says report
Agribusiness presents the biggest opportunities for the bio-economy, according to a new report published in the lead-up to Bio-Based Innovations Expo 2017, a new...
High performance analyser to be showcased at UK gas-to-grid event
Gas analysis technology manufacturer Geotech is to showcase an instrument optimised for the gas-to-grid space, BIOMETHANE 3000, at this year’s UK Biomethane Day...
Report offers snapshot of the changing face of the UK electrical grid
Details oF the changing face of the UK’s electrical grid and the records being broken by renewables are provided by the latest quarterly Electrical...
Landfill gas group launched by REA
In response to demand from its members, the REA has set up a group to cater for the landfill gas sector, it was announced...
