Energy and Carbon
A University of Glasgow-led team of scientists have demonstrated that using air-source heat pumps to support anaerobic digestion could cut the carbon emitted during the production of biogas by more than a third.
In an Expert Focus article from AECOM, sustainability experts Ben Murray, Principal Sustainability Consultant and Alex McMahon Consultant, Climate Change & Sustainability Services, discuss the practical and regulatory challenges the UK water sector is facing in cutting capital and operational carbon while at the same time maintaining performance standards in the face of a changing climate.
Steve Morris, Managing Director at wastewater technology specialists HUBER Technology, explores the key role optimisation of treatment processes can play in reducing energy costs, cutting carbon emissions and delivery on the step up in efficiency Ofwat is expecting to see from the water companies.
Anglian Water is making history with its carbon reduction programme with the UK utility industry’s first fully electric jetting 4-ton van.
Grundfos, a global leader in advanced pump solutions and water technologies, has become the first organisation in the water solutions sector to receive full validation of its 2050 net-zero target from the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
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