UK group picks up awards for H2S removal (from biogas) and PFAS destruction
An important innovation for removing hydrogen sulphide (H2S) from biogas streams has picked up an industry award, one of two major awards for CPL/Puragen...
Breeze bonanza: AI helps sculpt first geographically-tailored urban wind turbine
A group in Birmingham has unveiled what they describe as the world’s first urban wind turbine designed by AI, and tailored to the unique...
City-scale heat networks needed to decarbonise heat in Scottish cities, says report by industry...
Scotland needs to urgently change the way it heats its cities and towns if it is to meet the Scottish Government’s target of decarbonising...
Low carbon heat from EfW to reach thousands of homes in Midlothian
A new energy centre that will provide heat to thousands of homes across Midlothian has opened today (26 November).
The project is part of...
Manchester Prize to award £2 million to AI-breakthroughs that help make Britain a clean...
The UK’s Department of Science, Innovation and Technology is calling on cutting-edge innovators to enter the second Manchester Prize. This year, the Manchester Prize...
Green light given to new electricity superhighway between Scotland and England
A £2 billion funding package has been awarded to build a proposed new subsea and underground 196km cable between Scotland and the north of...
Consumer group calls on government to act on communal heating bills
Households connected to communal or district heat networks are often paying twice as much for their heat as those with their own gas boiler,...
Closure risk for hundreds of UK biogas plants, says ADBA
Hundreds of small green gas plants in the UK are set to close by 2031 with the loss of 2 terawatt hours of clean...
Low wind output in northern and central Europe causes price spike
Flagging wind generation has triggered a scramble for power in north and central Europe as prices soar and conventional power is used to fill...
Google Street View opens doors to Scottish renewable energy projects
A project which gives Google Street View users an inside view of renewable energy sites launched on 29 October.
From a hydropower plant deep beneath...
Scalable upgrading and AD 2.0
Biogas upgrading is no longer an exclusive preserve of the large-sized plants. Andrew Parsons of biomethane firm Bennamann explores the possibilities coming into view.
AD...
Precision flow control advance
A new range of ball valves is claimed to offer important advances in renewable energy applications, including more accurate flow control that translates into...
Hydraulic valve delivers performance
A new single-stage, four-way hydraulic valve from Danfoss Power Solutions features a round solenoid design and delivers high power capacity and superior durability. The...
Organic optimisation
A Bredel hose pump has replaced a faulty progressive cavity pump at a water treatment plant in the Netherlands. Pumps manufacturer Watson Marlow...
Solar pumps at Moffat borehole
A solar scheme in Moffat is now helping power the pumps which provide water to the town’s water treatment works.
The £307,000 project has...
AI to enable autonomous underwater robots to perform precision offshore wind farm repairs
Technology could reduce the use of large maintenance vessels in wind farm repairs, reducing fuel consumption by 97%. That's according to the National Robotarium...
MPs and charities call for mandatory solar panels on new homes
A cross-party group of MPs have joined environmental and fuel poverty advocacy groups to call on the Government to make solar panels mandatory on...
Massive global growth of renewables to 2030 predicted by IEA report
Renewables are on course to meet almost half of global electricity demand by the end of this decade, according to a new IEA report,...
Shortlist announced for Scottish Green Energy Awards
The Scottish Green Energy Awards announced its shortlist on 17 October, with projects poised for the spotlight including a large-scale wind farm and a...
Biogas congress in Brazil promotes inter-country collaboration
The World Biogas Association BRAZIL Congress 2024 took place on 1 October, and ran concurrently with the G20 Energy meetings in Foz do Iguaçu....
