Heat recovery from wastewater system wins Scottish environmental award
SHARC Energy Systems, in partnership with Scottish Water Horizons, has won the innovation award at the Scottish Green Energy Awards 2017.
The awards, hosted by...
Waste-heat-to-electricity business picks up Institute of Physics award
An Elland-based firm whose turbine-based device has global potential to slash CO2 emissions by converting waste heat into electricity, has been awarded the Institute...
Shortlist for Scottish Green Energy Awards sees tidal, hydro, heat and more vie for...
Finalists announced on 5 October in 11 categories
Gravity, indigenous crofters and in-turbine toilets are all key parts of projects which have been shortlisted for...
Offshore geothermal pegged as game-changing baseload resource by white paper
A white paper outlines the potential of offshore geothermal energy as a green energy resource of global significance and sets out a framework for...
Advanced engineering provides compact waste heat recovery for the marine sector
The development of a new waste heat recovery system could not only deliver fuel savings of up to 8% for ship owners and operators...
Deep fried demo: Scottish home trials heating with treated vegetable oil
Recycled vegetable oil is seemingly being used to heat a home in Scotland, marking an apparent first for the renewable fuel.
Jodie Allan has converted...
Soaring cost of capital threatens to derail expansion of renewable energy projects
The rising cost of capital faced by developers of renewable energy projects, such as onshore wind and solar PV, may slow down the number...
Nominations open for the Scottish Green Energy Awards
Billed as the UK’s biggest celebration of renewable energy, The Scottish Green Energy Awards 2023, opened for nominations on 26 July.
This year’s event will...
Shetland DH scheme selects reinforced polymer network
Shetland Heat Energy and Power (SHEAP) - the company responsible for the Lerwick district heating scheme - has for the first time in its...
National Audit Office: Low heat pump uptake slowing progress on decarbonising home heating
The number of heat pump installations by December 2023 was less than half of planned projections; uncertainty regarding the role of hydrogen in home...
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...
Trade body urges industry to prepare for heat pumps demand
Electrotechnical and engineering services body ECA is urging the industry to fully engage with Government initiatives to decarbonise heat, including the new Boiler Upgrade...
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...
Decarbonising Britain: why are we so cool on heat? (Plus a few words about...
Kevin Stickney, Managing Director of Erda Energy - a company supplying clean energy technologies and solutions to firms - asks why we’re lagging on...
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...
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...
Buying British helped firm overcome shock
THE team behind an award-winning anaerobic digester plant has saved money by choosing a British company to supply its gas analysis equipment.
Fernbrook Bio uses...
Automated sludge system needs less air and cuts power and cost
AN innovative three-stage biological sewage treatment process, which cuts costs and improves efficiency, is approaching final commissioning at Nottingham’s Stoke Bardolph wastewater treatment works....
Heat conference to explore role of heat in a changing world
The first speakers have been announced for the Heat 2015 conference, taking place in Central London on Wednesday 25 November.
Organised by the Association...
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...
