Scottish Water has completed work on a £706,000 green energy scheme at a site near Falkirk, which is set to save around 135 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent a year.
After less than a year in his job, a Scottish Water apprentice has clinched both Scottish and UK top awards for his innovative work and presentation on using the natural flow of water to generate electricity.
Severn Trent, owners of Severn Trent Water and Hafren Dyfrdwy, has announced the acquisition by subsidiary Severn Trent Green Power of Andigestion Ltd, which operates two food waste anaerobic digestion plants in Devon and Gloucestershire, in its latest trading update.
Scottish Water‘s Seafield waste water treatment works has reached a renewable energy milestone - the works now generates more power than it needs to operate.
Northumbrian Water has taken further steps to achieve Net Zero in 2027 and reduce energy costs with the installation of more green energy generation on a number of its sites.
Scottish Water has awarded a contract for solar Photovoltaic (PV) servicing and maintenance services worth an estimated £1.5 million to Glasgow-based firm Absolute Solar and Wind Ltd.
In an industry first, Costain has launched its detailed climate change action plan in which it commits to deliver low carbon solutions, including tackling ‘Scope 3’ emissions, to every client by 2023 and to be net zero by 2035.
Irish Water is reducing the carbon footprint of treatment plants in Limerick and Tipperary through a sustainable energy pilot project.
Diversification of the fuel mix in power generation, including the introduction of significant renewable energy capacity and the expansion of much needed additional power generation, has a major place in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s ambitious Vision 2030 plans.
Scottish Water has completed a major new solar PV installation at its waste water treatment facility in Erskine.
Sulzer has launched a new global Center of Excellence (CoE) for Water Treatment Solutions - the CoE consolidates Sulzer’s wastewater treatment expertise in a unified and global manner.
“SAS (Surplus Activated Sludge) is a bit weird and can do odd things,” says Stuart Chatten, Lead Bioresources Technician at Whitlingham Water Recycling Centre (WRC), one of Anglian Water’s principal centres for processing sewage, serving a population of 400,000.
Owen Mace has taken over as Director of the British Plastics Federation (BPF) Plastic Pipes Group on the retirement of Caroline Ayres. He was previously Standards and Technical Manager for the group.
PureTec Separations, the Ledbury-based water treatment engineering firm, has appointed Dan Norman as its new Sales Manager – Water Process Systems, supporting the company’s continued growth in the UK and international markets.