Biffa triumphs in energy appeal bid
BIFFA has won its appeal against refusal of planning permission for an energy recovery facility in Leicestershire.
Jeff Rhodes, the company’s planning and permitting manager,...
Sponsored content: New evaporator set to reduce corrosion and boost efficiency
A new, combined evaporator and crystalliser has been developed by HRS Heat Exchangers to treat concentrated waste brine produced during reverse osmosis, and crystallised...
A lifeline for pools? “Digital boilers” provide innovative rethink of waste heat reuse
Swimming pools threatened with closure because of skyrocketing heating bills could get a reprieve from a new technology for waste heat reuse that is...
Heat-from-wastewater joint venture reveals leisure centre heating project
In the first project to be delivered by a new joint venture between Scottish Water Horizons and SHARC Energy Systems and one of the...
Automated sludge system needs less air and cuts power and cost
AN innovative three-stage biological sewage treatment process, which cuts costs and improves efficiency, is approaching final commissioning at Nottingham’s Stoke Bardolph wastewater treatment works....
Heat exchanger cuts carbon emissions for malted ingredients maker
The 3-tank batch sludge pasteuriser system from HRS is said to provide 40% heat regeneration.
Malted ingredients company Muntons (Stowmarket, Suffolk) is putting the finishing...
The heat from the draff
Paul Marsh reports on a novel use of distillery by-products as the feedstock for an ambitious CHP plant in Speyside, said to be the...
Leeds picks up industry award for low carbon heat network
Leeds City Council has scooped up an industry industry award for the success of its flagship low carbon district heating network.
The council and its...
Circular economy round table
Billed as "Europe's largest event for resource efficiency and waste management", RWM hits the NEC once again on 15-17 September, this time co-located with...
Scheme pilots district heating monitoring in social housing
LONDON-based housing association Octavia Housing has teamed up with green energy specialist Guru Systems for a project that will use the latter’s smart metering...
How to get salt out of water: Make it self-eject
Crystallizing salts can grow 'legs,' then tip over and fall away, potentially helping to prevent fouling of metal surfaces, researchers say
About a quarter of...
Firm showcases “next-level CHP control” at World Biogas Expo
CHP support experts Gen-C will showcase their range of engine control and optimisation solutions at the World Biogas Expo in July. Covering four key...
Nominations open for Scottish renewable energy awards
The Scottish Green Energy Awards – the UK’s largest celebration of renewables – opened for nominations on 27 July.
This year’s event will return to...
Buying British helped firm overcome shock
THE team behind an award-winning anaerobic digester plant has saved money by choosing a British company to supply its gas analysis equipment.
Fernbrook Bio uses...
Trade body blames lack of installers for flagging boiler upgrade scheme
Fresh data on the government’s failing Boiler Upgrade Scheme confirms what industry fear about the cause of slow growth in the heat pump market,...
Planning bid goes in for CHP plant
A planning application has been submitted for a combined heat and power plant in Northamptonshire to provide energy for homes and businesses.
Origin Renewable Energy...
Drilling down to details
Geothermal energy plants could address all of the UK's heating requirements, according to a number of estimates.1 Whatever the reality of such claims, the...
Funding awarded for heat pump projects in several UK cities
Following the publication of the Heat and Buildings Strategy, funding awards were announced on 6 January for a suite of low carbon heat network...
Geothermal demonstrator
The Scottish Government is to invest £5.3 million to turn a former Kilmarnock bottling plant into a low carbon development
2017 rateable values include unexpected business rates hike for solar rooftop
Business rates for ‘mainly export’ solar agreed with Valuations Office but concern over 6-8 fold tax hike for business solar rooftops
The draft rateable values...
