Ready for the storm
NEARLY 4,000m³ of a storm water management system has been installed for a supermarket company’s new packing plant in Somerset.
Located next to a...
Show me the green
CONSTRUCTION firm Skanska has launched a green fund to help the industry invest in cost-saving technology and initiatives.
The fund is a joint venture between...
Landfill bill cut by £12m
A council has slashed millions of pounds from its landfill tax bill by more than halving the amount of waste it buries in the...
£1m growth package
A Scottish energy management company has secured nearly £1m to help drive its expansion into new commercial markets.
Edinburgh business Ewgeco creates display systems that...
Flood plans in…2
A £2.5m Anglian Water project will improve drainage in Goxhill, Lincolnshire. The flood alleviation work will see 22 locations removed from the flood risk...
Wasted effort at the double
A £20m recycling facility that combines high-tech sorting with green construction techniques has been opened in Liverpool as part of a Merseyside double by...
Flood plans in…1
PLANS have been submitted by the Environment Agency for flood defences to protect a North Yorkshire town.
The proposed £2m scheme for Northallerton will reduce...
Clean and clear
WORK has started on Essex Water’s £16m scheme to upgrade Taunton’s ageing mains network. The project involves laying a new main to replace a...
Silos hit the heights in Fife
KIRK Environmental reports that construction is “well underway” on its part of a £200m biomass plant in Scotland.
Work on the three woodchip storage silos...
Power play as biomass plan gets approval
A £250m renewable energy power station in the north east of England has moved closer to reality with The Planning Inspectorate’s confirmation of formal...
Cost and effect
THE meters from ABB are part of a new control system designed to optimise the amount of compressed air used to treat the sewage...
Fuel sites will cement operations
CEMEX UK, the building materials company, is joining forces with a recycling company to develop two plants that will produce Climafuel for its cement...
Salmond to speak at energy show
SCOTLAND’S first minister Alex Salmond has been added to the line-up for All-Energy 2012, the renewable energy exhibition and conference in Aberdeen.
He will join...
What a difference a day makes
A water treatment team has reduced maintenance downtime and increased revenue at an energy-from-waste plant near Slough.
The Lakeside facility at Colnbrook incinerates 410,000 tonnes...
J. Murphy & Sons pushes ahead with contract
J. Murphy & Sons is pushing ahead with its £3.2m design and build contract for United Utilities at Maryport Pumping Station in Cumbria.
The company’s...
MBT plant progresses on the web
Construction progress on a waste treatment plant can be tracked on a new website.
The Northacre Resource Recovery Centre is the home of Wiltshire’s first...
New turbine will power entire plant
A company’s drive to reduce the carbon footprint of its manufacturing processes has moved ahead with the installation of a wind turbine with the...
Sun for Sainsbury’s
MORE than 100 Sainsbury’s stores across the South of England have been fitted with roof-mounted solar panels.
The installation was carried out by Renewable Resources...
Viridor’s last of seven
VIRIDOR has completed a £25m investment in West Sussex recycling.
The revamped East Grinstead site is the final project in a seven-year programme for a...
Ireland flood job awarded
Mott MacDonald has been appointed by Ireland’s Office of Public Works to help manage flood risk in an area stretching from Dingle in County...
