Prize for smart heating system
A smart heating controller that enables households to better regulate energy demand has won the £50,000 Dynamic Demand Challenge run by Nesta.
Hestia, a product...
Renewables to be Scotland’s biggest source of electricity
ACCORDING to the Scottish Government the first quarter of 2014 showed a record level of output for the renewable energy sector in Scotland and...
Renewables industry showcased in fact-packed new animation
Facts and figures will invigorate energy debate, says trade body chief
A video to highlight the benefits of renewable energy to Scotland, launched today (July...
Scheme pilots district heating monitoring in social housing
LONDON-based housing association Octavia Housing has teamed up with green energy specialist Guru Systems for a project that will use the latter’s smart metering...
Compressor waste heat warms local college
GREINER Packaging’s production plant in Northern Ireland is helping a neighbouring college cut its £40,000 annual heating bill by donating waste heat from its...
Biomass innovation rewarded
RENEWABLE energy developer Eco2 has been recognised with a major prize at this year’s British Renewable Energy Awards. CEO David Williams accepted the new...
First local authority wind project in Wales
The first commercial-scale wind energy scheme to be delivered in conjunction with a Welsh local authority was officially launched on 5 June by the...
Surveying the AD landscape
Envirotec asked Richard Gueterbock of Clearfleau a few questions about the state of the AD market in the UK, and where his own company's...
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 –...
Heat pump body flies nest
AFTER 10 years growing and developing under the wing of the National Energy Foundation, the Ground Source Heat Pump Association has become a stand-alone...
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...
Biogas from food waste: Preparing it for the grid
Chesterfield BioGas looks at how to get rid of unacceptable components in the output gas from an anaerobic digester (AD), when a major part...
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...
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...
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...
We need to speed up to reach EU targets
John Harris of Landys+Gyr looks at emerging technology requirements in the energy infrastructure as the contribution of renewables to the EU energy mix grows....
