Views sought on application for gas extraction from old mine shafts

Alkane Energy has applied for an Environmental Permit to carry out the drilling of a borehole at Rufford Hills Farm in Nottinghamshire

Infrastructure giant buys energy firm for £61.4m

Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Partners (BBIP) is buying an energy firm for £61.37 million. It has made a recommended bid for Alkane Energy through Barbican Bido, a BBIP company. Alkane Energy operates mid-sized gas to power electricity plants, providing both predictable and response capacity to the grid. It has a total of 145MW of installed generating […]

Abandoned coal mines used for green energy?

Abandoned coal mines could be used to provide low carbon heat and green energy. Researchers in the UK are looking at ways to use water which has flooded the huge underground caverns left by mining works. Nottingham Trent University and Nottinghamshire-based firm Alkane Energy believe it could be used as a renewable heat source to […]

Welsh food waste will power £7.5m AD plant

Welsh rubbish will be used to create nearly 1MW of electricity at a new anaerobic digestion plant. Household food waste from three Welsh councils will be recycled at the £7.5m facility, built by organic waste specialists TEG Environmental and energy company Alkane Energy. The plant, which will be built in a former abattoir near St […]