Dundee rejects biomass, for now
£325 million proposal to face public enquiry
FORTH Energy’s plan to build a £325 million biomass facility in Dundee has been derailed by the City...
Millican is installed as permanent chief executive
DOUGLAS Millican, who has been interim chief executive of Scottish Water since the sudden death of Richard Ackroyd last October, has been given the...
A winning package – Corrugated industry
NEW carbon footprint figures released by The European Federation of Corrugated Board Manufacturers has been hailed as further evidence that the corrugated industry has...
Winter storms contribute to increase in sinkholes and subsidence
THE exceptional winter storms encountered in the UK this year have contributed to an increase in the incidence of sinkholes and landslides, according to...
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 –...
IEA calls for intensive action on climate change
WARNING that the world is not on track to limit the global temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has...
Reservoir scheme is nearer
A planning submission is expected at the end of the year as Bristol Water continues to firm up proposals for a £100m reservoir at...
Finally, a green light for tidal power?
A watershed moment for tidal power technology may have finally arrived with the publication in early January of an independent review by former energy...
News in brief – March 2014
Low carbon Africa
The Red Sea city of El Gouna signed an agreement in late January committing it to carbon neutrality, with its sights set...
Getting in a Pickle over waste and recycling
A combative Q&A session followed Eric Pickles presentation to the RWM show at the Birmingham NEC on 17 September.
The Secretary of State for...
Innovation award for leak spotters
A project to pinpoint underground water leaks using aerial surveys has picked up the trophy for the most innovative use of an existing technology...
Glasgow is poised for biggest spend in over a century
THE biggest investment for more than 100 years in Greater Glasgow’s waste water network has been unveiled by Scottish Water.
A £250m, five-year programme of...
Carbon tax advocates talk pricing and implementation
Veolis CEO and chairman Antoine Frérot has called for a carbon tax at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP 21) on...
Embracing the market model for sludge
A panel discussion at July's AD & Biogas show brought together water and waste industry representatives to discuss the challenges and opportunities that will...
AQE 2015 to focus on ways to improve air quality and emissions monitoring
AQE 2015, the international Air Quality and Emissions show, will take place in Telford, UK, on 22nd and 23rd April. Created to provide an...
Flood protection drones approved
THE use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to help combat the threat of flooding has been given the official go-ahead to operate on a...
Toxic coast clean-up concludes
ABERDEEN City Council has completed a four year long, £16million environmental project to clean-up and restore the former Ness landfill site in Aberdeen.
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"...
Gauging groundwater flood risk
FOLLOWING the launch of its Groundwater Flood Risk map in October, water environment services provider ESI is offering Local Authorities a free licence to...
Bluesky thinking – Firm assist moorland restoration
HIGH resolution aerial photomaps and laser-surveyed 3D terrain maps from Bluesky are being used to plan and implement vital moorland restoration work in England’s...
