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The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Waste and Recycling Committee has endorsed the construction of two dry anaerobic digestion plants in the North West
Cheshire West & Chester Council has approved plans by EET Hydrogen for the low carbon hydrogen production hub
The owner of British Gas is offering grants to groups in the North West, encouraging sustainable and accessible energy solutions for local communities
The company, which operates the power network in North West England, is seeking more than 1GW of flexibility from 2023-28 across 30 locations in its region
The announcement follows United Utilities’ pledge to keep the average household water bill ‘flat’ for this year
The project aims to create the ‘world’s first’ low carbon industrial cluster
United Utilities says it is the biggest ever fatberg discovered in the North West
India’s Essar Energy is to pay £801m to buy Shell’s Stanlow oil refinery in the northwest. Stanlow has been up for sale since 2009 and Essar has always been one of the front runners in the bidding race. Shell said it had put the refinery up for sale so it could “concentrate its global manufacturing […]
A Lancashire asphalt maker is saving more than £2,000 a month on its electricity bill since fitting energy-saving drives. Express Asphalt produces 40,000 tonnes of asphalt a year. An exhaust fan used in the production process was wasting energy through a lack of efficiency. Express Asphalt works manager Rick Harbour explained: “The motor was running […]
Workers repairing gas mains in Chester have dug up human remains thought to have come from a nearby graveyard and dating from the 1600s. The discovery was made by workers from Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions, which is replacing the Victorian metallic mains. And the company has also unearthed so many other artefacts that it has […]