Job of the Week – Sustainability Masterplanning Engineer – McLean Ross

The client is seeking a Sustainability Masterplanning Engineer to join their busy Sustainability Masterplanning team. The client is a global engineering firm and looking for a candidate with experience in sustainability and a strong engineering background. The role of the Sustainability Masterplanning Engineer is to steer the direction of the relevant projects, providing the vision […]

Scottish Water unveils £3.5bn investment plan

Scottish Water has announced it is investing £3.5 billion to improve water mains and drinking water supplies. The company’s six-year investment programme, supported by £720 million from the Scottish Government, is expected to support 5,000 construction jobs. Projects include more than £280 million in improvements to water mains and treatment works, £100 million for a […]

Floating solar panels berth in Berkshire

Floating solar panels have berthed at a fruit farm in Berkshire. The floating energy platform is on a newly formed reservoir which irrigates the farm is said to be the first large one of its kind in Europe. It is strong enough to bear the weight of 200 kilowatts’ (kw) worth of panels and with a […]

Activists march against oil drilling in New Zealand

Hundreds of people marched through central Auckland today to protest against deep sea oil drilling in New Zealand waters. They made their way to SkyCity where the New Zealand Petroleum Summit is being held this week and were opposing potential exploration by Norwegian oil giant Statoil – which is partly sponsoring the event. Activists were […]

The Daily Market Report – 30th September 2014

Find out what’s influencing gas supply, power prices and what you should watch out for in the new daily market report on the energy market from Ben Spry, Optimisation Desk Manager at npower.

£4.5m energy efficiency grant for 1,700 Scottish homes

Hundreds of homes in the social rented sector in Scotland are to benefit from improved energy efficiency as part of a £4.5 million initiative. The cash will be shared by 24 social landlords and local authorities towards the cost of installing energy-saving measures. Works such as solid wall and cavity wall insulation will be carried […]

Ed Davey the Big 6 and much more at Energy Live 2014!

More than 600 people attended Energy Live 2014. Thanks to all of you. Our highlight of the day had to be a 55 minute unscripted Q&A with Ed Davey which had us all in stitches. We also sparked huge debate with our “Frack Off” and quizzed big 6 bosses for an hour in our Question […]

M&S ties with BT at top of carbon leader board

Retailer M&S tied with telecoms group BT on the top spot in a carbon reporting leader board of FTSE 100 companies. Each company in the FTSE 100 was scored using publicly available data against 67 criteria to rate their carbon management strategy. Carbon Clear which did the rankings said Marks and Spencer impressed with their […]

Job of the Week – Affinities Development Manager – McLean Ross

The client, a well-known energy supplier, seeks an Affinities Development Manager to join their growing organisation. This is a rare opportunity for a proven sales manager to utilise their selling ability in their Affinities Team dealing with 3rd party relationships. This role has a base location in the Midlands but has the option to be […]

Guest Blog: npower’s Wayne Mitchell on Energy Storage

How best to meet the energy storage shortfall Now the key polices of Electricity Market Reform are ready to roll, you could be forgiven for thinking we have – at last – got our energy needs sorted. Certainly, in the key areas of promoting low-carbon generation and ensuring sufficient future capacity, we have some useful […]