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Veolia Water: i2O Water helps Veolia Water save 1.5 million litres of water a day and nearly £100,000 a year in water wastage reduction

(26/01/2012)

i2O Water Ltd helps Veolia Water realise savings in excess of 1.5 million litres of water a day, nearly £100,000 a year, and improve customer service, following a successful roll out of i2O Water’s integrated network monitoring system across 31 Veolia Water sites in the UK. Veolia Water, which provides water and wastewater management services throughout the UK, approached i2O in August 2010, following very large and unpredictable demand it was experiencing on the Wentworth Estate Golf Club du... [more]

Viessmann: Viessmann will present at Ecobuild an easy integration of renewable heating products

(24/01/2012)

Viessmann will demonstrate the benefits of its advanced products and controls to the simple integration of existing heating technologies with renewable energy and heating systems, at Ecobuild (March 20-22, 2012; ExCel; London – stand N2730). Fourteen products from the company’s comprehensive range of quality products for domestic, commercial and renewable applications will be on display including those from the Vitodens boiler (4.8 kW to 840 kW), Vitocal heat pump (1.5 kW to 1 MW) and Vitosol... [more]

Volvo Truck Corporation: Renewable fuels for diesel engines

(07/12/2011)

The fuels powering the diesel engine have undergone considerable development during its 119 year long history. So much so that today, even the fuel we traditionally, if somewhat simplistically, refer to as ‘diesel’ is beginning to make way for alternatives with a smaller environmental footprint, such as biogas and DME. Time to examine what it is all about. One might say that diesel is somewhat misunderstood and has received more than its fair share of criticism from an environmental perspect... [more]

Viessmann: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh's biogas plant takes high-solids organic material and turns it into heat and electricity

(28/07/2011)

The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh has dedicated the first high solids dry fermentation anaerobic digester (HSAD) in the Americas. On average, 2,320,000 kWh will be generated annually, providing 8 percent of the University’s electricity needs on its campus. The biogas plant, owned by the University, is designed and constructed by BIOFerm™ Energy Systems, a member of the Viessmann Group. The plant is part of the University’s plan to achieve carbon neutrality across its campus. It will take... [more]

Verta Energy Generation: Verta integrates specialist waste handling and processing with the generation of renewable energy from that waste

(12/07/2011)

Verta Energy Generation Limited, the Four Rivers BioEnergy Inc electricity generation subsidiary, has successfully installed and operated its first electricity generator, utilizing the Cummins 1,250 KVA (1MW) diesel generator that it purchased last week and Verta’s customized generator fuel as its feedstock. Verta is planning to progressively install additional generator units in its UK Plant’s Energy Centre in stages. Verta has selected the 1 MW unit for its first generator, to allow flexibi... [more]

Vattenfall Wind Power: Swedish officials and key energy figures exchange experiences in the development of offshore wind farms

(07/07/2011)

Last month, a delegation of government officials and politicians from Sweden have spent two days with key energy figures in East Anglia to discuss the social acceptance of offshore wind farms. Swedish delegates attended a special conference hosted by Peter Aldous, MP for Waveney, at OrbisEnergy. The visit was organised as part of the EU- funded POWER Cluster project. Delegates heard about the opportunities off the East Anglian coast and how the UK has developed as the world’s largest market f... [more]