Legal action against Drax over ‘harmful’ wood pellet dust dropped

The Health and Safety Executive has concluded that there is “no evidence of continuing risk of harm from exposure to wood dust” at the Drax power plant

Industry responds to reported concerns over UK hydrogen village

Northern Gas Networks project aims to supply around 2,000 homes with hydrogen by 2025

Gas leak at Scotland’s ‘largest’ wind farm lead to evacuation of workers

Insulating gas was emitted from a transformer platform at Seagreen wind farm in June

National Grid Gas fined £4m for handing over incomplete records

The Health and Safety Executive found records on 769 buildings were missing, which meant gas risershad not been subject to condition surveys, inspection or routine maintenance for a number of years

BP hit with £400k fine after oil spill in Shetland

Around 3.8 tonnes of ‘extremely flammable, unstabilised crude oil’ spilled on to the ground at Sullom Voe Terminal in December 2012

Solar panel firm fined £40k after worker falls through skylight

An employee of SolarUK was carrying out installation work on the roof of a farm workshop in East Sussex

New UK hydrogen gas network trial cleared by HSE

The HyDeploy project will blend up to 20% of hydrogen with the normal gas supply in part of Keele University’s private gas network

Could your home be at risk of fire from dodgy cables?

Dangerous, fire-starting cables could allegedly have been installed in homes and businesses across the UK. As much as 11 million metres of the non-compliant cables are said to have been brought to the UK market by Atlas Kablo, a Turkish firm that has now ceased trading, according to a BBC investigation. The Health and Safety […]

Energy firm fined £80k for oil and gas release

A Hampshire-based energy company has been fined £80,000 for releasing natural gas and crude oil. Humbly Grove Energy’s main activity is the injection of natural gas into depleted underground oil reservoirs for storage. During a maintenance operation in February 2014, around 145kg of gas was released into the atmosphere, together with some crude oil into […]

Botched pool boiler spells court sentence for installer

A 75-year-old gas installer from Essex was slapped with a suspended prison sentence and 150 hours of community service last week for botched gas work on a swimming pool. William Saint from Chelmsford, was prosecuted after several failed attempts to install a gas boiler at a home in Brightlingsea. He did the work but the […]