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WORK has started on a project to improve tap water quality for around 10,000 customers at Gateshead. Over the next eight weeks, Northumbrian Water's supply partners, Fastflow Pipeline Services, will be installing 850 metres of temporary water pipe along Durham Road, Gateshead, past the Angel of the North. It will allow the company to disconnect the mains section of pipe supplying...

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Transmission has resubmitted its Needs Case for the proposed transmission link to Shetland to Ofgem. By connecting Kergord on the Shetland Isles to Noss Head on the Scottish mainland, the transmission link enables new renewable electricity generators on Shetland to export low carbon electricity to the British market. It will also help secure Shetland’s future electricity...

COMMUNITY Transport Glasgow has unveiled Glasgow's first ever all-electric minibuses, fully funded by ScottishPower's Green Economy Fund to support vulnerable and elderly people across the city to access vital appointments and community activities. The network operator is supporting Community Transport Glasgow, who work in partnership with Glasgow City Council, to use these new buses as social transport - making it...

ALMOST half of local authorities in England do not know their own carbon footprint, according to a freedom of information request from leading engineering services trade body ECA. Overall, 93 out of 214 local authorities (43 per cent) say that they don’t measure all energy use in relation to their built assets, which include housing, facilities, offices and other council-owned...

WALES & West Utilities is planning to invest over £80 million during 2020 to upgrade their network in order to keep the gas flowing to heat homes and power businesses. Not only working towards a net zero gas network, the company wants to ensure their pipelines are ready to accommodate greener gases. The news comes after the company invested £81.3 million...

A TOOL developed in the shed of a Northumbrian Water employee has inspired innovative colleagues to create a growing array of devices now being used in the war on sewer blockages caused by people flushing wipes. Porcupine was created by Ray Armstrong, part of the company's Technical Support team, as a tool to help locate the source of blockages. Now, as...

Natural Resources Wales has started discussions with EDF Energy about a new marine licence application to dispose of dredged material from the Bristol Channel into a disposal site off the coast of Cardiff. EDF has submitted its plan to Natural Resources Wales for the sampling and testing of the sediment from the construction site of the Hinkley Point C power...

The City of London Corporation’s Planning and Transportation Committee has unanimously approved plans for what will be the greenest building in the capital to date. The 11-storey mixed-use development, to be built at 61-65 Holborn Viaduct on the corner of Snow Hill, will become a landmark building with a façade covered in a 3,700 sqm 'green wall', which is expected...

UNIVERSITY of Birmingham’s Energy Institute SME engagement programme has generated a net income of almost £25 million for the regional economy. Funded by the European Regional Development Fund, ATETA (Accelerating Thermal Energy Adoption) provides eligible businesses with access to the University of Birmingham’s research facilities and expertise, giving them the opportunity to test new technologies and applications. The support provides businesses...

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has teamed up with Just Eat to enhance its welfare provision to customers during adverse weather and power cuts. Customers in SSEN’s central southern England distribution area will soon be given vouchers to use on the Just Eat app, providing a range of different food options, while the company's engineers work to restore power. Power...