1st August 2021 | Recycling
Samantha Jenkins was studying a number of types of fungus in a research project for her company, when one of the fungi made a bid for freedom. “Imagine a jar full of grain with a kind of lump of mushroom coming out of the top,” says the lead biotech engineer for bio-manufacturing firm Biohm. “It…Read more
31st July 2021 | Commercial Energy
According to new analysis from energy think tank Ember, the cost of generating electricity from power plants using fossil fuels is around double what it costs to produce it from renewable sources. Ember’s findings, as reported in Yahoo! News, have arrived with the publication of their mid-year analysis of the energy sector. The data presented…Read more
30th July 2021 | Recycling
The UK’s largest waste company, Biffa, has been fined £1.5m after exporting filthy rubbish marked as waste paper for recycling in India and Indonesia, in actions a judge called “reckless, bordering on deliberate”. Last week, the company was convicted of sending more than 1,000 tonnes of household waste to India and Indonesia, in breach of…Read more
29th July 2021 | Commercial Energy
Renewables provided a record 43% of the UK’s electricity last year, up from 37% in 2019, according to UK Government statistics. Increased wind generation meant that for the first time renewable energy sources generated more electricity than fossil fuels for the first year ever in 2020, the Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES) found, which…Read more
28th July 2021 | Commercial Energy
The world’s most powerful tidal turbine has started grid-connected power generation at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney. Orbital Marine Power’s O2 is a floating turbine anchored in the Fall of Warness where a subsea cable connects the 2MW offshore unit to the local onshore electricity network. Manufactured and launched in Dundee earlier in…Read more
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