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  • PSM’s Latching Water Level Indicator: Alerting Operators to Sub-Station Flooding Hazards

    PSM’s Latching Water Level Indicator: Alerting Operators to Sub-Station Flooding Hazards Feb 02, 2018 Freddie Rand Industry Round-up 0 PSM’s Latching Water Level Indicator was initially designed and manufactured over 10 years ago, and to date PSM have sold nearly 10,000 units to energy companies throughout the world for use in subterranean distribution and control […]

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  • Cheers to sustainability with biodegradable beer packaging

    Cheers to sustainability with biodegradable beer packaging Feb 02, 2018 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability Environment, Daily Fact Film 0   A company has invented edible and biodegradable six-pack holders for beer cans. E6PR, which is short for ‘eco six-pack ring’, has developed the green packaging to reduce pollution in the oceans and avoid animals being harmed […]

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  • UK’s clean energy economy grew 5% in 2016

    UK’s clean energy economy grew 5% in 2016 Feb 02, 2018 Jonny Bairstow Energy Efficiency, Low Carbon, Markets Finance, Top Stories 0 Image: Shutterstock The UK’s low carbon and renewable energy (LCRE) economy swelled by 5% to reach a total worth of £42.6 billion in 2016. That’s according to the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) […]

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  • Energy firms cook up clean fuel with old oil

    Energy firms cook up clean fuel with old oil Feb 01, 2018 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability Environment, Daily Fact Film 0   A new pilot plant in the UK is converting used cooking oil into biodiesel. Innovation provider CPI has partnered with Green Lizard Technologies (GLT) to turn old oils into low-sulfur biodiesel feedstocks and a […]

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  • ‘All energy suppliers vulnerable to cyber attacks’

    ‘All energy suppliers vulnerable to cyber attacks’ Feb 01, 2018 Jonny Bairstow Infrastructure Generation, Smart Data, Top Stories 0 Image: Shutterstock Power utilities are poorly equipped to deal with increasingly frequent and unpredictable cybersecurity threats. That’s according to a survey of 1,200 global utilities conducted by consultancy EY, in which all organisations responding said their […]

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  • US offers $3m to boost solar manufacturing

    US offers $3m to boost solar manufacturing Jan 31, 2018 Priyanka Shrestha Markets Finance 0 Image: Shutterstock The US Department of Energy has announced a $3 million (£2m) competition to boost innovation in solar manufacturing. It is seeking entrepreneurs to develop new processes and products “that will reassert American leadership in the solar marketplace”. The […]

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  • IFC backs Jordan solar project with $188m finance

    IFC backs Jordan solar project with $188m finance Jan 30, 2018 Priyanka Shrestha Markets Finance 0 Image: Shutterstock A solar power project expected to be the largest to date in Jordan has received financing of up to $188 million (£133m). IFC, a member of the World Bank, is supporting the 248MW Baynouna facility developed by […]

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  • Baltimore bins smarten up

    Baltimore bins smarten up Jan 30, 2018 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability Environment 0 Image: Shutterstock A network of smart rubbish bins are to be deployed in Baltimore, with the aim of increasing collection efficiency. The US city has announced it will spend $15 million (£10.6m) on rolling out 4,000 of the sensor-equipped, solar-powered receptacles – they […]

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  • Siemens Gamesa announces 195 job losses

    Siemens Gamesa announces 195 job losses Jan 29, 2018 Jonny Bairstow Low Carbon, Markets Finance 0 Image: Shutterstock Renewable energy developer Siemens Gamesa is to make nearly 200 factory workers in the US redundant. The company has said the losses will be made at its Fort Madison blade manufacturing facility in Iowa by the end […]

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  • US fossil fuels production ‘to reach record levels’

    US fossil fuels production ‘to reach record levels’ Jan 29, 2018 Priyanka Shrestha Coal, Gas Oil 0 Image: Shutterstock Fossil fuels production in the US is expected to reach record levels in 2018 and 2019. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts it to average almost 73 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) this year and rise […]

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