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Manufacturers missing out on £11 million energy savings

With just under a year until large UK organisations must comply with ESOS (Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme) legislation, energy consultancy Utilitywise is warning that manufacturers may be missing...

Energy Audits
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Engineering Council withdraws IDGTE license

The Institution of Diesel and Gas Turbine Engineers (IDGTE) has had its licence withdrawn by the Engineering Council with immediate effect, "due to a number of concerns".

Continuing Professional Development
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Dräger celebrates 125 years of safety technology

Safety equipment specialist Dräger has marked 125 years in business with a celebratory event the National Motorcycle Museum for customers, business partners and staff across the UK and Ireland.

Gas Detectors
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Meat firm fined for FLT thorough examination failure

Following the prosecution of a north London meat company for failing to carry out inspections, CFTS (the national body for the thorough examination of forklift trucks) chairman Mike Mathias is warning...

Forklift Trucks
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Giant valves for sustainable energy at Tata Steel Port Talbot

Valvestock, Pipe Center's specialist industrial valves operation, has supplied three giant 48in butterfly valves for the new sustainable energy storage system at Tata Steel's Port Talbot plant.

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Features

Starter for ten

We're all aware of the importance of choosing higher-efficiency electric motors, pumps, fans, etc, to cut costs and emissions, but are we missing a trick? Brian Tinham reports

High Efficiency Motors
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Artificial intelligence detects tool problems early

Researchers at Nottingham Trent University have developed an artificial intelligence system claimed to detect problems with cutting tools on production lines with 100% accuracy.

Condition Monitoring
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First triad warning of the season from npower

npower has issued its first winter Triad warning in a season where energy demand peaks have become increasingly hard to predict.

Energy Saving
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Spanish Magallanes launches scale tidal turbine plant

Spanish tidal turbine specialist Magallanes has successfully deployed its floating turbine at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), which is supported by the EU-funded Marinet project.

Wave/Tidal Energy
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Fairford energy recovery wins Best Business Innovation Award

Fairford Electronics has won the title of Best Business Innovation at the South West Green Energy Awards for its iERS intelligent energy recovery system.

Electric Motors AC
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Nestlé Fawdon plant saves 200kW on Clearfleau AD bioenergy

Industrial anaerobic digestion (AD) plant firm Clearfleau – which specialises in on-site renewable energy and won this year's Waste Treatment Project Award at the Sustainability Leaders event – has...

Biomass Plant
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Babcock Wanson completes Moy Park regenerative thermal oxidiser

Babcock Wanson has completed commissioning the regenerative thermal oxidiser at food giant Moy Park's Grantham, Lincolnshire facility.

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