Houses shake as third record-breaking tremor hits UK’s only fracking site

26th August 2019 | Commercial Energy

A tremor measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale has been felt near the UK’s only active fracking site, less than two days after a previously record-breaking tremor at the facility. The British Geological Survey reported a large tremor related to fracking activity hit near Blackpool at 8.30am on Monday. The tremor comes only two days…Read more

UK fracking potential lower than previously thought, study says

21st August 2019 | Commercial Energy

Previous estimates from 2013 for the size of the resource in the UK’s Bowland shale in northern England, which used data from shale in the US, found it could potentially provide up to 50 years’ worth of current gas demand. But new estimates based on lab analysis of UK shale rock by the University of…Read more

11 waste plastic-to-hydrogen plants proposed for UK

20th August 2019 | Commercial Energy

A £130 million collaboration contract between three companies has been signed, confirming plans to open up 11 new plastic recycling sites across the UK using pioneering technology to convert unrecyclable plastic into hydrogen. PowerHouse Energy Group and waste infrastructure developer Peel Environmental have released plans for ten new sites alongside the previously announce project at…Read more

Plastic recycling is a myth: what really happens to your rubbish?

17th August 2019 | Recycling

An alarm sounds, the blockage is cleared, and the line at Green Recycling in Maldon, Essex, rumbles back into life. A momentous river of garbage rolls down the conveyor: cardboard boxes, splintered skirting board, plastic bottles, DVD cases, printer cartridges, countless newspapers, including this one. Odd bits of junk catch the eye, conjuring little vignettes:…Read more

Energy watchdog receives interim report into power cut that sparked travel chaos

16th August 2019 | Commercial Energy

A report into the power cut which caused travel chaos and cut electricity for almost one million people in England and Wales has been handed in to the energy watchdog, Ofgem. The National Grid Electricity System Operator said it gave its interim technical report to Ofgem on Friday, with the anticipation of the findings being…Read more

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