News Headlines
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England's unnatural floodplains vastly increase urban flooding Co-op Insurance find
Water
90 per cent of England's flood plains no longer exist with the natural vegetation that slows floodwaters from entering villages and towns, a Co-op Insurance commissioned report by Salford University experts reveals.
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Optimistic global trends for jobs in renewables
Renewables
Miriam Heale, Marketing Manager at specialist recruitment consultancy ALLEN & YORK, is optimistic about employment prospects across the global renewable energy sector.
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Funding at last allows anaerobic digestion plant the power to succeed
Business
A firm that was rejected on no fewer than 25 occasions to fund the construction of a new anaerobic digestion plant is now powering to success, thanks to the support of peer-to-peer funding specialists F&P Sponsors.
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Belfast Airport generates a quarter of its energy from nearby solar
Renewables
Over a quarter of Belfast International Airport's power is now coming from the sun, with a nearby solar farm saving the airport £100,000 in its first ten months of operation.
Health & safety
OPTEX DETECTORS PROTECT LIVELIHOODS 'DOWN ON THE FARM'
The success of a security installation using OPTEX detectors to protect against the theft of expensive machinery and equipment at an arable farm in North Lincolnshire has led to a similar system being deployed to protect turbines at a neighbouring windfarm.
CIRRUS RESEARCH MOVES INTO VIBRATION MARKET WITH NEW PRODUCT
Noise measurement specialists Cirrus Research are moving in to the vibration detection market for the first time with the launch of its new Revo Vibration Meter.
