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£1m investment in street lighting where more than 2,500 traditional street light lanterns and 200 lighting columns are replaced with LEDs started at Dover District this week. The Council has projected a 70% energy-saving as a result of installing the new LED lanterns. Around 1,980 of these will be in standard lighting columns, and around 70 will be in more ornate...

NEW venture that sets up a domestic supply chain of reusing parts at the oil and gas decommissioning industry is seeking to raise Wales back to the world industry map. Dragon Decommissioning-Cymru, a company co-founded by Welshman Neil Pugsley and Scotsman George Irvine, is set to open in South Wales. Mr Pugsley said: "We have the opportunity to change the mindset...

RESEARCHERS at Ulster University in Northern Ireland are trying to find out how energy stored in electric vehicles could be fed back into the network. Ulster University’s SPIRE 2 project has acquired an EV to support research that will aim to tackle the identified challenges and better inform policymakers and stakeholders and give direction to further research on the impact...

OFGEM is inviting views on the industry standards and practices for commissioning equipment used in the production of biomethane. That is under the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme, which was introduced to help support the transition to low carbon heating in the UK. The RHI provides support for biomethane production by allowing producers to become registered onto the scheme and receive payments in...

OCTOPUS Energy and Midcounties Cooperative have started a new company that supports renewable community energy projects across the country. Called Co-op Community Energy, the joint venture seeks to grow community generation in the UK and now seeks to increase their own portfolio of community energy partners. “In a subsidy-free environment, it is crucial that community groups are given support in finding opportunities...

OFWAT has published details of the price control modification for Portsmouth Water’s proposed £106 million flagship winter storage reservoir project to limit the revenue that the company can recover from its own customers in relation to its construction and operation. A partnership with Southern Water, the Havant Thicket reservoir is said to secure much needed water supplies for the South...

£5.7m project to improve flood defences in Lancaster was completed earlier this month by Electricity North West. The scheme has seen several types of work carried out, including the replacement and improvement of various electrical equipment at the Caton Road substation site. The project took place following the mass floods that hit Lancaster in 2015 during Storm Desmond, which caused the...

THE FIRST Welsh national marine plan that sets out a 20-year vision for clean, healthy and productive Welsh waters has been announced at the National Assembly. The plan, which is seen as an opportunity to develop a distinctively Welsh approach to the management of its seas, was introduced by Lesley Griffiths, Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs. "This plan is...

EIGHT community groups and charities across the country have received grants from Power Partners, a community investment fund from UK Power Networks, in order to become more energy efficient. This is achieved either by funding building and renovation work to make their buildings warmer and cheaper to heat or train community advisors to provide practical advice to residents in fuel...

BRAVE Thames Water engineer rescued a deadly metre-long cobra which had slithered into Basingstoke Sewage Works. The snake was spotted as workers carried out an inspection at the site on Thursday, November 7. The cobra appeared lethargic because of the cold weather, so one of the Thames Water engineers carefully picked it up and put it in a bag, before the...