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ALFED, the aluminium federation, has launched a new report examining the impact of the Russia/Ukraine war on the UK aluminium industry.

Energy costs at Leicester-based manufacturer Michael Smith Switchgear (MSSL) have dropped by more than £20,000 per year as investment in a solar photovoltaic (PV) energy system means around two-thirds of its energy now comes from the sun. Results from its first full year of operation show that the solar PV…

Energy costs at Leicester-based manufacturer Michael Smith Switchgear (MSSL) have dropped by more than £20,000 per year as investment in a solar photovoltaic (PV) energy system means around two-thirds of its energy now comes from the sun

The project will deliver 28 MWe through a brine recovery ORC unit to ramp up the capacity of the existing steam power plant

(Carbonic acid grooving of a condensate return line. Photo courtesy of ChemTreat, Inc.) In Part 1 of this series, we examined methods to produce high-purity water for high-pressure power and co-generation boilers. Corrosion and scale formation are very real threats without pristine makeup. Less rigorous makeup methods are often suitable for…

• Located in Cornwall, at the United Downs site, the power plant will start producing 3 MWe by late 2024 to deliver renewable baseload power to help meet local net-zero targets.

• This new order raises the Exergy portfolio to over 500 MWe total capacity and consolidates its position as the second leading geothermal binary system provider worldwide.

New hire heads up triple appointment to leadership team

All-Energy and the co-located Dcarbonise held at Glasgow’s SEC on 10 and 11 May broke all previous records with total attendance of 9,706 – a 27% increase on the 2022 figure.  “It was a fantastic two days we knew that registrations had broken all records in advance of the show, but…

Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, the Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH), has awarded Fugro a geophysical survey contract for two offshore wind farm sites in the German exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the North Sea. Working in collaboration with Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems (IWES), Fugro’s Geo-data…

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) campaign on sustainable contracting in offshore wind has been recognised by the UK’s first Offshore Wind Champion, and previous co-chair of the Offshore Wind Acceleration Taskforce (May 2022 to March 2023), Tim Pick.  Tim Pick was commissioned by the UK Government to explore the challenges…