The Institution of Engineering and Technology has launched this year’s search for Britain’s top young woman engineer.With only eight per cent of the UK’s engineers being women, the judges are not only looking for candidates with exceptional skills but also those that

Royal assent has been given for a Government supported Private Member’s Bill that will make it easier for householders who produce electricity from microgeneration technologies at their homes to sell unused power back to their supplier.Mark Lazarowicz’s Climate Change and Sustainable Energy

The 40 Eastbourne Terrace offices of engineering contractor CB&I have been refurbished by architect Fletcher Priest.A major part of the project was installing a lighting control system that was fully flexible. The Philips LightMaster control system is designed to accommodate future upgrades

The Domestic & Commercial Combined Heat and Power Conference, From Strategy to Reality, will take place at the Marriott Hotel Kensington, London on 15 November 2006.The presentations at Domestic and Commercial CHP 2006 will reflect all aspects of the government’s energy strategy

Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution has installed a photovoltaic system at Nuremberg soccer stadium. PTD was prime contractor for the order placed by German insurer KarstadtQuelle Versicherungen.The roof-mounted system, which is the largest of its kind at any of the stadiums staging

EAL, awarding body for engineering vocational qualifications and the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (Nebosh), an awarding body for health, safety and environment qualifications, have entered into a partnership to promote health and safety standards.In a memorandum of understanding

The MOD is carrying out trials of a new technology designed to overcome interference on civil and military air traffic control radar.Working with the DTI, the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) with support from National Air Traffic Services (NATS) and the Civil

A new energy-from-waste development in Greater London has been approved by the Government this month.This decision will allow Riverside Resource Recovery to proceed with an energy-from-waste power station with a capacity of 72 MW, at Belvedere, South East London. In a written

Alstom has won a contract to build a turnkey 885MW GT26-based combined-cycle power plant with Centrica Langage at Langage, Devon, in the South West of England.Alstom will design, supply, install and commission the entire power plant, including the site preparation, civil works

Nuclear plants can be built without subsidy British Energy (BE) insisted this month.The company has indicated it would be interested in building and operating a new generation of nuclear power stations provided it had long-term contracts for their output at guaranteed prices.Bill