Hyundai hydrogen-powered vehicles arrive
Hyundai Motor Company has delivered the first of its assembly line-produced ix35 Fuel Cell vehicles to the City of Copenhagen in Denmark.
The hydrogen-powered SUVs...
5p bag charge aims to curb waste
SCOTLAND has revealed plans to charge consumers for single use carriers bags in a bid to curb plastic waste, leaving England as the only...
Activist network turns attention to coal power plants
GREENPEACE has published a report titled ‘Silent killers – why Europe must replace coal power with green energy’, which cites research conducted at Stuttgart...
Davey launches new Fund phase at Esholt
On an inaugural visit to Yorkshire Water’s Esholt facility, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Davey launched a new phase of...
Alliance to improve waste gas monitoring
SCOTTISH technology company M Squared Lasers has launched a research partnership with the Glasgow hub of the world’s largest applied research body, the Fraunhofer...
Green Deal off to a slow start
Government figures reveal there are no "live" plans yet
FIGURES released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) on 27 June suggest...
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...
Solely solar for Haiti hospital
A solar-powered hospital has been built north of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince.
It was funded by over 150 charitable organisations, overseen by Partners in Health,...
Nuclear waste sent to landfill
WRONGLY labelled bags of radioactive waste were sent to a landfill site, earning the company that owns the Sellafield nuclear plant a £700,000 fine.
The...
Xylem acquisition – Multitrode bought over
Xylem has acquired Multitrode, a water and wastewater technology and services company which has monitoring and control technologies to help municipal and private water...
German deal – Solarlec and Conergy
Lancashire company Solarlec has teamed up with German engineering giant Conergy to introduce a new solar PV panel to the UK.
Conergy has offices across...
Two years to go for Lancaster sewers
WORK has started on the first phase of a two-year improvement of Lancaster’s sewerage system.
The £18m project by United Utilities will upgrade the sewer...
Growing energy business unhappy at delays
A renewable energy company has complained about the necessity of going through planning hoops to connect projects to the grid.
Highlands-based Infinergy plans to double...
Scotland declares tax independence
Moves to go it alone on landfill levy
SCOTLAND is preparing to go ‘independent’ on landfill tax.
A new bill has been introduced to the Scottish...
Irish job for Clarke Energy
Clarke Energy has signed a contract with Bord na Móna for a landfill gas power plant in the Republic of Ireland.
The plant at the...
Tyre trouble at mill – Illegal waste
NEARLY 5,000 tyres were discovered in the walls of a mill in Burnley after an Environment Agency-led investigation into illegal waste.
The agency launched an...
£20K sewage fine for Scottish Water
Scottish Water was fined £20,000 for discharging partially treated sewage and sludge into protected wetlands.
The business pled guilty to two unlicensed discharges from a...
Suppliers stimulate savings – Allington Reservoir extension
WESSEX Water has started work to extend the Allington Reservoir in Wiltshire as part of a programme to improve supply without developing new resources....
Clean and ready – REC complete works
A multi-discipline approach helped environmental consultancy REC complete the remediation and validation works for a mixed-use development scheme to a tight deadline.
The £19.5m Hayhurst...
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...
