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Hemp is due a hayday as farm-grown revival begins across UK
Business
The British Hemp Company has launched a mill in Warminster and has boosted its plans for 12 farms across the UK, with its founder Stephen Glover pointing out that being locally grown it avoids the carbon footprint of imports. In the 1930s hemp fell out of favour in Britain after the price fell and a government disinformation campaign wrongly linked hemp with Cannabis.
- Darker skies and less carbon from Cumbria County Council's lighting replacements Energy
- "Offsetting a cop-out" Polestar boss says as aims for climate neutral car Transport
- Fashion made from seaweed fibre hopes for green takeoff Business
Energy & Resource Management
New generation of bespoke radiant panels launched by Zehnder Group UK
With a growing requirement for sustainable and energy efficient HVAC solutions, the Zehnder ZFP radiant heating ceiling panel is designed to maximise indoor thermal gains...
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Sensor solutions for predictive maintenance of wind turbines and generators
Precision sensor technologies are not only proving their value during the production and testing of wind turbines, but also in the real time condition monitoring of operationally active onshore and offshore wind farms, says Chris Jones, Managing Director of Micro-Epsilon UK.
InterContinental Hotel deploys ABB technology to cut energy usage by 40 percent
A landmark hotel in Madrid is saving energy and meeting its environmental goals after equipping its heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems with ABB drives and high efficiency motors. Energy usage has been reduced by 445,000 kWh a year – enough to boil two million kettles of water.
Prolectric Acquires the Solatainer Solar Generator
Prolectric, the UK's fast-growing supplier of temporary solar lighting and off-grid power for highways, rail & infrastructure projects, has acquired the Solatainer® solar generator. The Prolectric acquisition includes all Solatainer assets and intellectual property.