As we move to a more carbon-constrained world, and environmental considerations increasingly become part of the public psyche, companies ultimately have to find a way to meet customer needs in a way that generates lower carbon emissions. Kirsty Braines, Partner at business improvement special…
The South West region has been named as the UK’s first Marine Energy Park today, in a move designed to place it on the international map for leadership in marine renewable energy.
The South West Marine Energy Park will stretch from Bristol through to Cornwall, incorporating Cornwall’s wave hub…
The south Wales based manufacturer, specialised in the supply of modular steel bridging, car parks, heavy plated steelwork and wind turbine towers, will build 35 wind turbine towers for sites in Wales and Scotland.
Following the deal with Nordex, a German wind turbines manufacturer, the company …
ENTRIES for the Isle of Man SES TT Zero 2012 Challenge, the world’s premiere zero emissions motorcycle race, opened on Monday 9th January.
Teams will be competing to be the first to break the 100mph lap round the world famous mountain course on an electric motorcycle. Anticipation is high tha…
Amongst the latest cars and kit at this year’s Autosport International, a UK engineering company was shedding some LED light on the kind of innovations that could help the motorsport industry tackle the challenge of its environmental impact.
Working in conjunction with LED specialists OCG Lig…
The Carbon Trust Scotland is encouraging engineers and project managers in the manufacturing sector to step up and champion their energy saving activities by entering the Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing Award 2012.
The Carbon Trust award aims to publicise energy efficiency projects that ha…
Following an announcement yesterday detailing that EDF Energy will cut its gas bills by 5%, after a decline in wholesale prices; a new energy price war has broken out between some of the major energy suppliers.
British Gas has cut its electricity prices by 5%, saving the average customer £24 a year, …
Codenamed B12/69EV and the result of the collaboration of several partners, the electric prototype, developed by Lola Group and Drayson Racing Technologies, is expected to become the fastest electric car in the world, running at over 200mph.
The model was unveiled at the MIA International Low Ca…
Strong winds in December allowed UK’s wind fleet to meet an average of 5.3% of demand for the energy-intensive period of December and early January, a rise of 20%.
Wind power typically supplies between 4-5% of the UK’s electricity demand, a peak of 12.2% on 28th December representing a record fi…
UK manufacturers are urging government to develop a far more ambitious approach to the management of waste in the UK as survey evidence shows that the shortage of materials is now the biggest threat to manufacturers.
The call is made in a review of the Government’s waste strategy published by manu…
