External heating units upgrade wastewater plant
A new sludge heater supplied by HRS Heat Exchangers has formed part of an upgrade to one of Tasmania’s most important wastewater treatment plants.
Business energy efficiency to the fore at All-Energy 2013
Energy efficiency - we all know it makes sense; it offers financial benefits, and is widely recognised as the easiest and most cost-effective means...
Sponsored Content: Reciprocating action solves heat exchange challenges
Scraped surface heat exchangers (SSHEs) have been used for difficult heat transfer applications involving viscous fluids or where fouling is an issue, such as sludge evaporation.
Heat network projects highlighted in review of South-East scheme
Over £250 million of funding has been awarded to heat network schemes under the Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP) since it opened its doors...
Sacré bleu: French heat pump costs blow hole in ‘nonsense’ UK government policy
The evidence of what French consumers are paying for heat pumps "blows a hole in UK government policy" in relation to the low-carbon heating...
Next-gen heat pump could cut energy bills and carbon emissions
Researchers from the University of Glasgow say they have developed a new type of heat pump, a flexible heat pump technology, which could help...
How to get salt out of water: Make it self-eject
Crystallizing salts can grow 'legs,' then tip over and fall away, potentially helping to prevent fouling of metal surfaces, researchers say
About a quarter of...
Sponsored content: Sustainable heat exchanger recycling
Alfa Laval – an expert in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling - in partnership with Stena Recycling, is to launch a ground-breaking business model for sustainable and environmentally efficient recycling of heat exchangers, enabling up to 100 percent metal regeneration.
True grit solutions gain traction
Wastewater solutions and services provider Jacopa is reporting increasing interest in grit removal solutions as water service companies seek to leverage the resources that...
Sponsored content: CHP support halves bills
Gas engine support specialist Gen-C has helped on-farm AD operator Springvale Energies break free from a monthly CHP service contract.
New research: Turning on the heat from Scotland’s rivers
Independent research published on 20 May by the charitable group greenspace scotland appears to reveal how the rivers flowing through the country's towns and...
Researchers discover an inorganic material with the lowest thermal conductivity ever reported
More efficient ways of harnessing energy from waste heat may be on the horizon, following the discovery of a new inorganic material with the...
On-site renewable energy generation: Ten considerations
In recent years, rising energy costs and a desire for energy independence have made on-site renewable generation both desirable and economically advantageous. This article...
Sponsored Content: Heat regeneration should be key consideration
By Matt Hale, International Sales & Marketing Director, HRS Heat Exchangers
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-from-wastewater joint venture reveals leisure centre heating project
In the first project to be delivered by a new joint venture between Scottish Water Horizons and SHARC Energy Systems and one of the...
Biffa triumphs in energy appeal bid
BIFFA has won its appeal against refusal of planning permission for an energy recovery facility in Leicestershire.
Jeff Rhodes, the company’s planning and permitting manager,...
District heating pipe work has sustainable design rubber stamp
Flexalen 600 pipe work available from Flexenergy, a UK provider of district heating networks, is now Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Silver. This certification can...
Founder of electricity-from-heat firm named Swedish person of the year
Climeon’s founder and CEO Thomas Öström has been named Årets svensk, Swedish person of the year, in the category Innovation by the Swedish magazine...
GIB invests £28m in Edinburgh EfW plant
UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB) has today committed £28m of debt finance to a new £142m energy-from-waste (EfW) plant at Millerhill in Midlothian,...
