GDF SUEZ Energy UK wins new Power Purchase Agreement with Community Windpower’s Aikengall II...

Business energy specialist GDF SUEZ Energy UK has agreed a new Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Community Windpower to buy all the electricity and...

Energy storage key to net zero ambitions, says conference speaker

The Ffestiniog scheme in North Wales: Pumped storage can resolve a perceived conflict between boosting economic activity and encouraging a sustainable green agenda, said...

Booming hydrogen market heralds water technology opportunities

Global market could grow to be worth up to US$12 trillion, says BlueTech Research, with opportunities for water technology suppliers The hydrogen economy is at...

Surveyors call for urgent regulation of spray foam industry

Industry leaders from the Residential Property Surveyors Association (RPSA) and the Property Care Association (PCA) are calling for urgent regulation of the spray foam...

Fuel bills could rise 90% under Government’s hydrogen plans

Replacing gas with hydrogen for home heating would result in huge energy bill rises for households over the next three decades, a report by...
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Grant awarded for facility to convert waste plastic to hydrogen

A firm developing hydrogen production from waste plastic has been offered a conditional £1.25m grant for a planned plastics-to-hydrogen facility at Protos, near Ellesmere Port.

Sponsored content: New evaporator set to reduce corrosion and boost efficiency

A new, combined evaporator and crystalliser has been developed by HRS Heat Exchangers to treat concentrated waste brine produced during reverse osmosis, and crystallised...

Cost of grid-supplied electricity makes decarbonisation of heat generation unviable says report

Energy consultancy Cornwall Insight and the Confederation for Paper Industries (CPI) have released a joint report examining the barriers energy intensive industries are facing...

Outdated grid regulation is standing in the way of the UK’s transition to a...

Governmental policies that provide regulatory certainty are needed to spur private investment in the flexibility technologies required to ease the transition to a high-renewable...

Making clean hydrogen from sunlight: Texas group claims important advance

For decades, it has been a grail to use solar power to generate the key reaction for producing hydrogen as a clean energy source...

Chimneys: A hidden source of energy savings?

Although chimneys are a major source of heat loss in properties, they are largely overlooked by the insulation industry. Lancaster University has recently assisted...

Food waste fuels Scots growth

Scotland's AD industry has mushroomed by more than two thirds in a year, new figures show. Twenty seven AD projects are up and running in...

Electric plane charging deal will let pilots ‘tap ‘n’ take off’

Pilots of electric planes can charge their aircraft with one tap of a card, says EV charging expert Octopus Energy, following a tie-up between...

Dutch city goes smart with energy management IoT solution

The City of Arnhem has selected an open-source IoT solution from OpenRemote to develop an intelligent energy management system using advanced IoT technology. The...
The HRS Unicus Series of scraped surface heat exchangers are well suited to thermal hydrolysis

Thermal hydrolysis boosts biogas production

Thermal hydrolysis is a two-stage process combining high-pressure heat treatment of the feedstock followed by rapid decompression.

Sponsored Content: Major WWTW project sees Gen-C upgrade six biogas engines in an industry...

Gas engine upgrading specialist Gen-C is working with service provider WB Power Services (WBPS) to upgrade six biogas combined heat and power (CHP) engines at wastewater treatment sites across the north of England

Renewables cut Europe’s carbon emissions by 10% in 2015, says EEA report

Increasing use of renewables is translating directly into cuts in fossil fuel consumption in Europe, according to a report released on 4 April by...
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The benefits of drying biogas

Biogas generated from anaerobic digestion (AD) contains a mixture of compounds including water vapour. This is not always considered by those burning biogas in a combine heat and power (CHP) facility.

AD process optimisation: Top tips for food production sites

Matt Hale, International Sales Manager with HRS Heat Exchangers, offers a primer for those in the food production sphere It is easy to see why...

Waste compacting firm boosts connectivity with small cell rollout

A supplier of solar-powered waste compacting technology, Bigbelly, will contribute to enhancing wireless connectivity across UK cities via an integrated pole and antenna solution,...