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30/03/2011 Rapeseed Oil Fuels Green Energy Revolution Lincolnshire-based energy firm LowC Communities says it has developed a viable non-food rapeseed oil (break crop) power generation system that is providing low-carbon, green electricity, heating and hot water for buildings. » Read More

30/03/2011 Speedy Hire launches members’ club for small plants Plant and equipment rental and support firm Speedy has launched a members-only service for tradesmen and small to medium size businesses. » Read More

29/03/2011 RSA Tipton chooses Andrews high efficiency condensing water heaters Derry Building Services reports success with the installation of two high efficiency Andrews condensing water heaters and buffer tanks, now operating at the new RSA Academy in Tipton, West Midlands. » Read More

29/03/2011 ABB introduces UK’s largest energy appraisal team ABB has launched a 50-person energy appraisal team, which it claims can deliver a plant energy saving potential analysis for motor-driven applications within half-a-day. » Read More

28/03/2011 Compact condensing boilers on course at Stantonbury Architecture MK is reporting success with installations of Potterton Commercial has Eurocondense two condensinb boilers at Stantonbury Campus in Milton Keynes, one of the largest schools in the UK. » Read More

25/03/2011 Norsk Lastbærer Pool pilots RFID pallet tracking in Norway’s food industry Norsk Lastbærer AS Pool, which manages nationwide pallet leasing for Norwegian retailers and manufacturers, is piloting RFID tags for tracking plastic pallets and totes. » Read More

25/03/2011 South Ferriby cement plant is first to 100% waste fuel Today (25 March) sees a new first, with CEMEX's South Ferriby Cement Plant in North Lincolnshire reporting that it has replaced 100% of the fuel used to heat its cement kiln with fuels made from wastes. » Read More

24/03/2011 Lifecycle service helps plant managers with legacy automation Rockwell Automation is offering plant managers a new level of support minimise the risk of obsolescence. » Read More

24/03/2011 Britannia proves Cygscope is worth its weight in silver Lead and silver smelting firm Britannia has named the CygScope its best equipment purchase of 2010, claiming that it has made plant operations easier and safer. » Read More

23/03/2011 Fuel duty escalator scrapped in Budget The chancellor has announced that fuel duty will be cut, vehicle excise duty on HGVs is frozen and the fuel duty escalator is to be scrapped – a move which industry says will bring relief for commercial vehicle operators. » Read More

23/03/2011 £16.5m engineering laboratories to develop low carbon technologies Aston University is building £16.5m engineering laboratories to showcase and develop renewable low carbon technologies, including a biomass fuelled power plant. » Read More

23/03/2011 US researcher scoops iPad in Litre Meter survey A research associate from the Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute, University of Wyoming, has won an Apple iPad for taking part in a survey organised by Litre Meter. » Read More

22/03/2011 Automated clean-in-place project saves pharma firm £120.000 Hydraulic controls firm Burkert says that by automating an unnamed "major pharmaceutical manufacturer's" CIP (clean in place) processes, it is saving the firm £120,000pa. » Read More

22/03/2011 ESPE protection service launched by Safety Systems Technology Machines equipped with electro-sensitive protective equipment (ESPE), such light curtains, require more than PUWER inspections if operators are to meet their legal machinery safety obligations. » Read More

21/03/2011 Variable speed drives are front line for fens flood defences Variable speed drives are helping to protect 20,000 homes and Cambridgeshire farmland valued at over £3.6 billion, by effecting pump control at a new station at Wiggenhall St Germans, in Cambridgeshire. » Read More

21/03/2011 Are you ready for BS EN 61439, asks GAMBICA A guide to the recently published standard for low voltage power switchgear and control gear assemblies has been launched by GAMBICA's industrial automation sector. » Read More

18/03/2011 Compressor helps Simba meet production and green targets Simba International is reporting that an Atlas Copco VSD compressor, financed through a Carbon Trust loan, has been a key success factor in its plant refurbishment programme. » Read More

17/03/2011 Coal power R&D plant meets wastewater discharge regs with UV disinfection Wilsonville Power Systems development plant in Alabama, USA, reports that UV disinfection is still ensuring that it complies with wastewater discharge regulations – four years after commissioning. » Read More

16/03/2011 GE 2.75-103 wind turbine commissioned in Netherlands GE's first 2.75-103 wind turbine has been successfully commissioned at the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) wind farm in Wieringermeer in Northern Netherlands near Ijsselmeer. » Read More

16/03/2011 Renewable energy vital to hit UK EU carbon commitment Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne needs to include a central role for renewables in next week's Carbon Plan, according to mO3 Power. » Read More

15/03/2011 Outsourced MRO stores at Liverpool print works The Prinovis site in Liverpool has signed a five-year agreement with Eriks Integrated Solutions for the provision of MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) equipment procurement and stores management at its Liverpool site. » Read More

14/03/2011 Oliver Twinsafe valves installs Hodge Clemco blast room Specialist pipeline valves manufacturer Oliver Twinsafe has upgraded its production facilities, with a self-contained Enviraclean blast room with abrasive recovery system and sound insulation from Sheffield-based Hodge Clemco. » Read More

11/03/2011 Carbon cutting lighting service aims to ease plant retrofits Low-carbon retrofit technologies specialist Energys Group has launched a service providing hands-on training for sites wanting to install its lighting converter, Save It Easy. » Read More

10/03/2011 Kemira Chemicals cuts costs with condensate recovery system Kemira Chemicals UK is reporting considerable energy and cost savings since installing a CORsys condensate recovery system from ARI-Armaturen. » Read More

10/03/2011 Siemens Mechanical Drives passes first apprentice graduate Leeds-based Siemens Mechanical Drives' first graduate apprentice has just come through his four-year course with flying colours. » Read More