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We have fantastic opportunities for talented candidates to work with one of the UK’s largest consultancies who are rapidly growing their Nuclear/Oil and Gas function. This company has been in the market since 1970 and is now one of the largest independent firms working with major Nuclear Energy and Oil and Gas producers. Their expertise spans all the engineering disciplines and associated competencies and they are specialists in the application of advanced analysis techniques, combined with practical design and operational experience. (more…)

A  press release made by the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) on a long awaited study made by the  joint American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) on Wind Turbine Sound and Health Effects has been published.  (more…)

The most fundamental right is to have a job but this must be balanced against fairness and the rights of workers, Lord Young, minister for postal affairs and employment relations at the department for business, innovation and skills (BIS), told the REC National Convention in London today.

He told the audience of around 200 delegates that the government recognised that many workers enjoy agency work, as it gives them the flexibility and an opportunity to re-enter the labour market: “I see recruitment agencies making a positive contribution to this.” (more…)

Imagine living in a unique land, full of of breathtaking scenery. New Zealand has craggy coastlines, sweeping golden beaches, verdant rainforests, snow-capped alpine mountains, gurgling volcanic pools, fuming active volcanoes, flashing fish-filled rivers and glacier-fed lakes, all beneath a brilliant blue sky.

Breathtaking New Zealand Scenery

Pair this with a thriving indigenous culture, bustling cosmopolitan cities, traditional towns and friendly people with a distinct lust for life and you have an outstanding and unusual combination.

We currently have some wonderful opportunities for skilled workers in the Civil and Structural Engineering Sector who are interested in moving to New Zealand.

If you are experienced in any of the following disciplines, please contact Susan Cardy on 0118 932 0100 for further information or apply online.

• Transportation Engineers/Planners/Modellers
• Safety Engineers (Highways)
• Bridge Engineer/Bridge Design Engineers
• Civil Engineers (Highways)
• Estimators (Civil)
• Quantity Surveyors (Civil)
• Traffic Engineers
• Project Managers (Highways)
• Hydrogeologist
• Hydrologist
• Geotechnical Engineer
• Environmental Planner
• Overhead Lines Engineer
• Overhead Wiring Construction Manager

In a novel way to highlight the threat of global warming, the Maldives president, vice president, cabinet secretary and 11 ministers staged a 30 minute underwater meeting on Saturday calling on all countries to cut their carbon dioxide emissions.

President Mohammed Nasheed and 13 other government officials donned scuba gear and took their seats at a table on the sea floor — 20 feet (6 meters) below the surface of a lagoon off Girifushi, an island usually used for military training. (more…)

Scottish renewable energy projects are in line for more than £100m of European Commission funding.

Among the projects to benefit are a proposed hub for a sea-bed electricity power grid, and a demonstration zone for wind turbines. (more…)

British consumers could soon be lighting their homes and watching television powered by hydroelectricity generated in the fjords of Norway, under plans announced yesterday by National Grid.

The operator of the UK’s network of high-voltage wires said that it was in talks with Statnett, the Norwegian energy company, about laying a £1 billion cable beneath the North Sea to connect the countries. The cable would be owned 50-50 by National Grid and Statnett and at more than 560 miles (900km), the high-voltage link from Kvilldal, Norway, to an unspecified point on the English coast would be the longest of its kind in the world. It would have a capacity of about 1,000 megawatts, about the output of the Dungeness nuclear power station, according to a National Grid official. The companies have carried out a feasibility study and are selecting an optimal route. (more…)

The annual labour party conference got underway in Brighton on Sunday.

Speaking on the first day of the conference, Ed Miliband, the climate change secretary, called on all Labour councils to sign up to the 10:10 campaign and cut their carbon emissions by 10% by next year. (more…)

There was good news for the north east of England on Wednesday when energy and climate change secretary Ed Miliband announced that the world’s largest wind turbine blades are to be made in the UK, after the government awarded a £4.4m grant to help finance plans for a new manufacturing project.

Miliband said that US-based offshore wind firm Clipper Windpower Marine Limited would receive the money to support its Britannia Project to build a prototype 70m blade for offshore wind turbines that will be bigger than the Blackpool tower and will weigh more than 30 tonnes. (more…)

A third of people would pay more for a home that had been fitted with a renewable energy source.

Research released last week by the Energy Saving Trust reveals that a third of Britons are happy to speculate to accumulate when it comes to house buying decisions.

Of those polled, a third (35%) said they would be willing to pay more for a home where some of their energy supply came from renewable resources such as wind, solar or hydropower. (more…)