Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) believes its sector “can achieve net-zero by 2050” through a range of measures recommended to government and others in its latest report, Routes to Net-Zero 2050: 2020 Year End Summary. The report includes 21 recommendations for action covering all transport modes and activities.

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Logistics Transportation Policy Government 242

Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Company confirms that nearly a third of Coca-Cola products shipped to Yorkshire from London will be transported on trains. Coca-Cola's European subsidiary yesterday unveiled plans to transport 31 per cent of the products it ships between manufacturing sites and warehouses in London to England's North-East by rail, instead of road.

Transportation 69

Transportation Logistics Demand Carbon 69

Business Green

JULY 30, 2021

Hybrid cars manufactured by Toyota in the Midlands are to be transported to market in Europe on a novel train fuelled by used vegetable oil, in a "pioneering" initiative announced yesterday. DB Cargo's novel train, which is named 'I’m a Climate Hero', will ferry hundreds of Toyota hybrid cars from the Midlands to France and Czechia each week.

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Carbon-neutral Transportation Europe Carbon 96

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The free CPDs cover a number of key construction applications, including geocellular structures, highways, and rail. 9 December – Managing rail surface water. Attenuation is a requirement for virtually all construction sites across the UK, and with storm events becoming increasingly common, getting them right is crucial.

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Construction Biodiversity Health Transportation 179

GreenTech Gazette

APRIL 1, 2024

Project: Ultra Light Rail Partners in the UK is leading this initiative with their BioUltra train design. Development: The project is ongoing, with the goal of replacing existing trams and light rail systems. Long-term Potential: Offers a path towards a more sustainable and self-sufficient transportation system.

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Waste Waste Fossil fuels Transportation 52

Business Green

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Target designed to encourage investment in rail freight and encourage polluting lorries off UK roads, according to Department for Transport

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Government Pollution Transportation Investment 46

Business Green

AUGUST 10, 2022

Latest deal between Network Rail and EDF Renewables UK is hailed as 'milestone step' towards a cleaner and greener railway. The agreement is set to cover around 15 per cent of Network Rail's annual consumption of non-traction energy.

Biodiversity 69

Biodiversity Solar Power Transportation Fossil fuels 69

Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The government's £96bn Integrated Rail Plan has faced criticism from green groups and regional politicians, who fear it represents a major downgrade on previous proposals. The Department for Transport (DfT) yesterday touted its new Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) as "the biggest ever government investment in Britain's rail network".

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

The UK needs to back the right horse as we transition to a green economy, where decarbonisation, and circular solutions for materials, will be the foundation.” Decarbonizing these modes of transport received an apparent boost with a £270 million joint investment in technologies for zero-carbon aircraft and automotive.

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Transportation Policy Aviation Technology 147

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Three British companies unite to develop new hydrogen fuelling infrastructure that could soon allow for the roll out of zero emission trains on the UK rail network. We are looking forward to bringing to market the solutions that will enable hydrogen to play a major role in powering the future transport sector.".

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Hydrogen Transportation Europe Innovation 92

Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Memorandum of understanding will see the two firms identify and develop innovations that can reduce emissions across the UK rail network. Rolls Royce has signed a deal with rail rolling stock owner Porterbrook to identify technological innovations that can reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality across the rail network.

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Hydrogen Innovation Transportation Batteries 69

Business Green

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Government confirms plans to cut rail enhancement budget by over £1bn, drawing critical comparison to £27bn roads spending. We must ensure that, where necessary, projects are reviewed to reflect the changing demand for rail services as a result of the pandemic," the DfT said in a statement.

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Transportation Government Demand Investment 91

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

Phill Davies, Co-Founder of Magway, a UK firm behind a new form of e-commerce and freight delivery system, believes the transition to electric vehicles won’t be enough to secure needed emissions reductions for sectors such as logistics, and offers a few thoughts on alternative approaches. Racing forward to first place.

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Transportation Logistics Electric vehicle Carbon-neutral 130

Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

New Department for Transport initiative designed to support the development of clean rail demonstration projects. The government has this week launched a new £9m competition to identify cutting-edge ideas that can enhance train passenger journeys and decarbonise the UK rail network.

Innovation 86

Innovation Carbon-neutral Hydrogen Transportation 86

Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

A joint effort from UK and European governments is needed to ensure rail is able to compete with low-cost air travel, argue HS1 CEO Dyan Crowther and Eurostar CEO Jacques Damas. We have been using fossil fuels for over 200 years now, and our recent fuel crisis is a stark reminder of how reliant our transport network remains on it.

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Transportation Electric vehicle Government COP 68

Business Green

JULY 7, 2021

Green hydrogen infrastructure company H2 Green and rolling stock provider Eversholt Rail have teamed up to develop renewable hydrogen supply solutions for the UK's rail network. Hydrogen production hubs developed to supply rail fleets could ultimately service road vehicles as well, they said.

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Hydrogen Transportation Government Carbon 76

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Interconnectivity between different modes of transport is critical. A new report suggests immediate action aimed at achieving net zero carbon can still offer a significant economic opportunity for Scotland – and the transport sector is “hugely optimistic” about the country’s prospects of decarbonisation. per cent per year.

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Transportation Aviation Investment Policy 243

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

The first installation at a UK transport hub of a system to utilise kinetic energy from commuters’ footsteps has been launched by Pavegen and Central Bedfordshire Council at Leighton Buzzard train station. Funded by the Department of Transport through the £22.9 Funded by the Department of Transport through the £22.9

Technology 147

Technology Energy Energy Transportation 147

Business Green

JANUARY 25, 2021

Transport secretary Grant Shapps announced £794m investment package over the weekend in two rail routes that closed 50 years ago, but campaigners have criticised the plans for relying on diesel engines. His comments were echoed by Rooney, who said "the IMechE believe that electrifying the rail network need not be expensive".

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Investment Packaging Transportation Government 96

Business Green

APRIL 26, 2021

British railway industry urges government to end development 'hiatus' for rail electrification, warning UK cannot meet its net zero goals if lines are not upgraded. Like the rail replacement bus services they typically necessitate, electric train infrastructure projects in the UK have endured a frustratingly stop-start history.

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Transportation Government Hydrogen Batteries 56

Business Green

JULY 6, 2020

Hitachi Rail and Hyperdrive team up in support of plans to create a battery hub in the North East. The two manufacturers are now set to accelerate the creation of batteries that can be mass-produced to provide emission-free power for hundreds of battery trains across the UK. Hyperdrive's manufacturing facility / Credit: Hyperdrive.

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Batteries Innovation Climate change Technology 94

Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Confirming the milestone this morning to coincide with COP26's official Transport Day, the UK's largest supermarket chain said Glasgow was the first city in Scotland where it had completely ended the use of fossil fuel vans in its delivery fleet.

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Fossil fuels Transportation Retail Electric vehicle 84

Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

It comes after trials managed by Riding Sunbeams and Network Rail last year demonstrated the feasibility of piping electricity generated by solar power directly to lineside equipment, bypassing the main grid.

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Solar Power Government Transportation Investment 100

Business Green

JUNE 16, 2020

Department for Transport announces winners of rail innovation funding competition as industry urges for more support for hydrogen trains. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the funding competition would help support better and "more environmentally friendly journeys" across the UK's rail network.

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Hydrogen Innovation Transportation Government 76

Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

Dubbed 'Rail to Zero', the project would see CO2 captured from Enfinium's Ferrybridge energy-from-waste facility in West Yorkshire transported via railway to Navigator Terminals' bulk liquid storage site near the east coast in Teesside, before then being shipped for permanent storage under the North Sea.

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Carbon-negative Carbon Waste Waste 40

Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Confirming the milestone this morning to coincide with COP26's official Transport Day, the UK's largest supermarket chain said Glasgow was the first city in Scotland where it had completely ended the use of fossil fuel vehicles in its delivery fleet.

Fossil fuels 73

Fossil fuels Transportation Retail Electric vehicle 73

Business Green

JULY 22, 2021

Chiltern Railways has launched what it claims is the UK's first battery-diesel hybrid train, which took its maiden journey on the line between London Marylebone and Bicester Village stations this week before it enters into full passenger service in September.

Batteries 89

Batteries Innovation Pollution Technology 89

Business Green

JANUARY 23, 2023

The UK's newest rail operator, Varamis, said it will use former passenger trains that run on fully electrified routes to help meet surging demand for next day delivery of consumer goods. We look forward to delivering other innovations to keep growing the amount of parcel logistics transported by rail."

Logistics 36

Logistics Innovation Demand Carbon 36

Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Self-charging trains could soon make their way onto Britain's railways thanks to the latest round of clean tech innovation funding from the UK government. Now we will support even more innovations to help deliver a greener railway that benefits passengers, employees and customers for rail freight.".

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Innovation Government Construction Transportation 40

Business Green

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Department for Transport announces second round of winners from the 'ideas fund' for its Restoring Your Railway Fund, geared at resuscitating mothballed railway lines and stations. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps stressed the funding would held the government deliver on its promise of ‘levelling up' regional inequalities around the UK.

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Education Transportation Construction Government 78

Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Long-promised electrification of line between Kettering and Market Harborough to kick off on Christmas Eve, but government's scaled-back rail vision continues to face criticism. Meanwhile, the largests rail fare hike in nine years is expected to come into force from March next year.

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Government Transportation Investment Carbon 49

Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2021

Caterers for venues such as Wimbledon and the O2 Arena are to end the use of produce that is air freighted into the UK in a bid to curb the carbon emissions of their menus.

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Carbon-neutral Transportation Carbon Europe 100

Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

Bus and rail operator submits new 2045 net zero target to the Science Based Targets Initiative. Transport group Go-Ahead has announced a new set of net zero targets, committing the firm to reduce emissions by 75 per cent by 2035 and reaching zero emissions a decade later.

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Transportation Global warming Climate change Government 93

Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Cutting aviation emissions and expanding green transport networks would generate more jobs while costing the taxpayer less than the bailouts handed to the aviation sector during the pandemic, a fresh analysis has claimed.

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Aviation Transportation Government Demand 76

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Executive director of the UK energy firm and grid operator joins BusinessGreen editor in chief James Murray to discuss the challenges and opportunities for the energy sector from the rapidly escalating net zero transition.

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Electric vehicle Transportation Energy Energy 85

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Signal Group (UK) has launched a portable gas analyser, the SOLAR XPLORE, which apparently brings the advantages of the firm’s Flame Ionisation Detection (FID) technology for VOC measurement to a compact, easily transportable device. New design features include an inbuilt datalogger and a lightweight but robust frame.

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Ozone Methane Organic Health 130

Business Green

JULY 27, 2022

The UK rail industry struggles to create tracks that can cope with both high and low temperatures, according to Brunel University London's Kangkang Tang. The UK's rail service has been hit with widespread train delays and high levels of cancellations during the heatwave. Trains cannot travel over rail lines with kinks.

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Construction Cooling Climate change Transportation 36