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Highview Power to Develop Multiple Cryogenic Energy Storage Facilities in the UK and to Build Europe’s Largest Storage System

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Plant sizes are 50 MW, 250 MWh CRYOBattery™ each, first one to be built in North of England, at the site of a decommissioned thermal power station

 Clean energy storage facilities to provide grid stability services to the National Grid

Highview Power, a global leader in long-duration energy storage solutions, today announced plans to construct the UK’s first commercial cryogenic energy storage facility (also referred to as liquid air) at large scale, which will be located at a decommissioned thermal power station in North of England. The 50 MW/250 MWh project is a clean large-scale energy storage facility that can help the UK achieve its goal of decarbonising industry, power, heat, and transport. The project being developed was announced by Highview Power CEO Javier Cavada during remarks at the BloombergNEF (BNEF) summit in London.

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Highways England keeping a watchful eye on motorway upgrade

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Drone

  • Drone technology helps keep motorists moving with fewer lane closures
  • Highways England teams reach milestone 1.1 million hours worked on M6 upgrade, set to be completed by March 2020

 

Highways England is hitting new heights to improve journeys for drivers travelling through motorway roadworks by using drone technology to monitor progress.

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Local roads in abundance at Highways UK

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The two most passionately held views put forward at Highways UK over the last couple of years have been the need for a better deal for local authorities and secondly promoting much closer integration of transport and spatial planning in the pursuit of better place making. Whether the priority is fixing potholes, easing congestion or improving air quality, it is these two intertwined big themes that will determine how we make our roads future proof, climate resilient and an asset for our citizens.

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India’s Garbage Problem has an Obvious Solution

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The Unearth Bulletin

October 9 · Issue #71 · View online

Towards a Sustainable & Inclusive World
The garbage problem has an obvious working solution.
Garbage dumps are old technology. Until we find a cheap method of sending our garbage into the sun, an expensive but relatively clean solution exists with little collateral damage. Collect the garbage and dump it into high-temperature waste burning plants. Clean up the emissions well, for which technologies exist. They may also generate energy, or they may not. However that will be a by-product. Japan, Singapore, Sweden already do it. Singapore claims its waste burning plant emissions are cleaner than the air they are released in. India needs to do the same, for each city and rural block.

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NEW 2020 STREET TRIPLE RS

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New for 2020, Triumph’s top specification Street Triple RS gets a major step up in performance from a significant engine update developed by Triumph’s Moto2TM engine team. It features all new more aggressive styling, and has been designed to set the new category benchmark for capability and handling, making this the ultimate performance street bike.

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