Areva’s Transmission and Distribution division has won a Euro20m contract with National Grid Transco (NGT), the UK’s largest transmission network owner and operator, to upgrade the electricity grid in central England. The project will improve voltage stability and respond to increasing power

Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) has launched Ireland’s first-ever Energy Awards scheme. The awards, organised by SEI and sponsored by the state electricity company, are to encourage, recognise and reward excellence in energy management in the industrial, commercial and public sectors. There are

The prime minister of communist Vietnam, Phan Van Khai, has allowed the creation of a US$342m hydro-electric plant to cater for the country’s increasing demand for electricity, according to a state official. The Ninh Binh 2 project, to be located in the

David Dennison, managing director of DM Engineering – an electrical contracting firm based in Belfast – is the new president of the electrical industry’s charity EEIBA. He paid tribute to his predecessor at EEIBA, Keith Ralls. “Keith steered the EEIBA’s fortunes in

Eneco – a UK design, development and manufacturing firm behind a range of low-emission vehicles for urban environments – is to hold a conference on hybrid-vehicle technology on 8 and 9 September in Churchill College, Cambridge. Speakers will include Professor David Howe

A team from Fulcrum Consulting has won CIBSE’s Carbon 60 Challenge. The aim of the competition was to find the best way of reducing carbon emissions from the Institution's headquarters building in London by 60%. The team of engineers comprised Kate Crawford,

The 2004 CIBSE National Conference takes place from 29-30 September in London Docklands with the theme “Delivering Sustainable Construction”. Book your place before 25 July and receive a £50 early-bird discount. All the details of the conference can be found at http://www.cibse.org/nationalconference,