Flood scheme to help one million
Mott MacDonald is providing consultancy services for a project that will improve flood defences and drainage in coastal areas in Bangladesh and help one...
Wass up at Repic
Repic, the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) producer compliance scheme, has appointed a new business development manager.
Michelle Wass joins the team to work...
Partners unite to hit zero target
AN international project is aiming to develop new ways to eliminate waste and reduce the environmental impact of industry.
ZeroWIN (Towards Zero Waste in Industrial...
Consultant tackles Indonesia supplies
Engineering consultant Mott MacDonald is providing technical assistance for a project that will tackle water shortages in Indonesia’s third largest city.
Watershed degradation, rapid urbanisation...
More businesses are keen to play generation game
NEW research has identified growing interest among UK businesses to generate renewable energy from their own premises.
Almost 40% of those surveyed by Opus Energy...
What a relief as flood work comes to an end
NEARLY three years after construction work started, the Inverness South West flood relief scheme has been completed. The final phase marks the culmination of...
University challenged to find ways of cutting power costs
CHEMISTS from a Northern Ireland university have been awarded £3m to create new methods of sustainable energy and to develop technology that will lower...
Hard work pays off as park gets the nod
YEARS of research, planning and consultation have paid off for green energy company Ecotricity with approval of its proposals for a wind park in...
NEBOSH deal is ‘recognition of professionalism’
NEBOSH environmental management qualifications are now being accepted by The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management as meeting its membership requirements.
The NEBOSH certificate...
Siemens launches its longest blades
SIEMENS Energy has launched its latest offshore wind turbine.
The SWT 4.0-130, introduced at the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) annual conference in Vienna, has...
On the right lines
MORE than 36km of PE piping has been supplied for the refurbishment of a 130-year-old large diameter trunk main as part of United Utilities...
Bluesky thinking
Following warnings from energy regulator Ofgem of an ‘horrendous’ energy crunch, aerial mapping company Bluesky is helping electricity firms ensure their power networks are...
Engineer recruited to grow business
A civil engineer has been recruited as a technical director by SLR Consulting’s hydrology and hydrogeology team in Cardiff.
Ian Walton has 30 years’ experience...
Shortfall identified in carbon capture
CARBON capture and storage plants will cut the greenhouse gas emissions of electricity by 20% less than previously assumed.
The claim is made in a...
Deal won for Saudi complex
Intertec has won the contract for environmental protection cabinets and shelters at a massive petrochemical facility.
The products will protect field-based process analysers at the...
Seasons in the sun
A South Wales business has been reaping the rewards after installing solar PV panels on its factory buildings.
Solar Windows Ltd of Caerphilly, which manufactures...
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...
‘Just super’ says Lanes as depot achieves target
THE hub for one of the UK’s biggest wastewater network service operations has achieved a globally-recognised environment standard.
Lanes for Drains’ ‘super’ depot in Slough...
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...
Viridor gets ‘go’ – Domestic waste project under way
WORK is expected to begin in summer on a £154m project that will transform the way Scotland’s biggest city handles its domestic waste.
Approval for...
