New tech to make rail travel cleaner and greener announced
TRANSPORT Secretary Grant Shapps has announced the winners of a national competition to make the railways cleaner, greener and more passenger-friendly.
The Department for Transport,...
Partners named in delivering 40 new public electric vehicle charging hubs
The suppliers to develop over 40 new public electric vehicle (EV) charging hubs across Lanarkshire have been announced.
The first EV-charging hub delivered through a...
New Innovation Centre will promote green energy systems in the West Midlands
CONSTRUCTION of new University of Birmingham sustainable energy research and innovation centre has begun at Tyseley Energy Park.
The centre seeks to promote innovation in...
New Energy White Paper lays out government plans to transform UK energy system
The long-awaited Energy White Paper, which sets out specific steps the government will take over the next decade to cut emissions from industry, transport,...
BP announces plans to transition from international oil company to integrated energy company
BP has introduced a new strategy that will reshape its business from an international oil company to becoming an integrated energy company.
Within 10 years,...
Four UK universities make it into top 20 in global university sustainable impact ranking
FOUR UK universities reached top scores in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings that compared how higher education institutions across the world have performed in terms...
New tool tells the best location to install an electric vehicle charger
NORTHERN Powergrid has launched a free online tool that speeds up the process of finding new locations to install electric vehicle chargers.
The intuitive new...
Distribution System Operators must treat data as crucial performance measure, says whitepaper
DATA and information could become an equally important metric for measuring the performance of distribution system operators (DSOs) as prices, capacity and reliability, according...
Leicestershire energy from waste facility given financial close
NEW 42 megawatt energy-from-waste facility in Leicestershire has reached financial close today.
The Newhurst facility is a joined venture between Covanta Holding Corporation, Biffa plc...
Southern Water to pay £126m to customers after Ofwat ruling
A LANDMARK Ofwat ruling sees Southern Water pay £126m to its existing and former wastewater customers following a two-year investigation.
This is the biggest penalties...
