Hydro power to light up royal residence

Two turbines have been installed on the River Thames and will generate electricity to power Windsor Castle. The two forty-tonne Archimedes screws, the largest in the UK, will generate 300 kilowatts of energy every hour for up to half of the royal residence. The project, which will cost developers Southeast Power Engineering Ltd around £1.7m […]

E.ON to invest 7 billion Euro on renewable energy

Energy provider E.ON is set to invest 7 billion Euro over the next five years in renewable energy and offshore wind farms. One of the first things to be built using the cash will be the Amrumbank wind farm in the German North Sea, which is expected to supply enough green electricity to 300,000 households. […]

Thames Water appoint new chief financial officer

Thames Water have appointed Simon Siddall as their new chief financial officer. Simon Siddall will join the company as it embarks on the second year of a £1 billion investment programme to improve the Thames Valley’s water infrastructure. Martin Baggs, Thames Water’s chief executive, said: “Stuart has a proven track record as a finance director […]