Air pollution falls as UK goes into Coronavirus lockdown
Experts say that UK air pollution in cities is falling as the country goes into Coronavirus lockdown. This decrease is similar to what...
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- Mar 16, 2020
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Global Power Sector CO2 Emissions Decline By Record-Breaking amount
In 2019, carbon emissions from the worlds power sector reportedly fell by 2%. – This is the largest drop in electrical CO2 production...
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- Mar 12, 2020
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Coronavirus hospital ward staffed by robots running on 5G opens in Wuhan to protect medics
A coronavirus hospital ward staffed by robots to protect medics from the deadly bug has opened in Wuhan. The program, launched Saturday...
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- Mar 11, 2020
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Improper Waste Removal
As time goes on and culture develops, more people, families and businesses are becoming more sustainably minded. As a result, waste...
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- Feb 27, 2020
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Sewer flooding sensors trialled!
A flooding detection sensor is being trialled by infrastructure company Amey and the Water Research Council with the aim of preventing...
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- Feb 20, 2020
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UK Power Networks trial world’s fastest circuit breakers
Cable maintenance company UK Power Networks is trialling what it calls “the world’s fastest circuit breakers” in London. The Power...
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- Feb 7, 2020
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Offshore Wind in Europe
In 2019, Europe completed 10 projects to connect 502 new offshore wind turbines to the grid. This brought about 3,627 MW of new (gross)...
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- Jan 28, 2020
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Boris Johnson defies Trump and gives Huawei the green light to develop Britain's 5G network
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson defied the Trump administration and granted permission to the Chinese telecoms company Huawei to help...
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- Jan 28, 2020
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Bentley's going green with a plan to reduce waste water at Crewe plant
Bentley says the system will recycle more than 350,000 litres in 2020! Bentley has launched a new water capture and recycling system for...
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- Jan 14, 2020
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Communication Training - Toro Style
On Friday we had the pleasure of Dr. Marie Stopforth CPsychol who ran a team bonding session at Toro HQ. The session was focussed on...
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- Dec 2, 2019
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The Downside of Solar Energy
As solar energy sources expand, used photovoltaic panels are creating a growing waste problem - Could recycling solve the problem? The...
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- Nov 14, 2019
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Nationalising power – Good or Bad?
The Chief Executive of SSE, Alistair Philips-Davies, says that nationalisation of power would make it harder for green energy projects to...
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- Oct 17, 2019
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Renewable Energy Outperforms Fossil Fuels for a Whole Quarter
Wind, solar and other sources of renewable power have produced more electricity than fossil fuels for the first time in a whole quarter...
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- Oct 8, 2019
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Energy Co-Op Doubles it's Investment Target to £1.5m
A Welsh energy co-op has raised £750,000 with a share offer scheme. Swansea-headquartered Egni Coop, a developer of rooftop solar energy...
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- Oct 7, 2019
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New Openreach Trials Bring Full Fibre to Rural UK Villages
Openreach (BT) has today unveiled trials to test a “range of new tools and techniques” for deploying their 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises...
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- Sep 20, 2019
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Solar & Storage Live! - Did you see us?
Toro Recruitment were fortunate enough to attend the Solar & Storage Live Event at the Birmingham NEC this week! The event covers both UK...
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- Sep 12, 2019
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UK Ranks 36th in Global Study of Mobile Network Performance
Crowd sourced data analysis firm Tutela has today published the results of their Global Mobile Experience Report, which ranks 167...
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- Sep 12, 2019
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Sorry…No New Green Energy for How Long!?
The process for developing privately-run wind and solar farms is changing, leading to a gap in projects being completed. Industry experts...
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- Sep 10, 2019
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Power grid ‘needs faster upgrades’ as solar and wind generation rises
The energy sector has faced criticism for not moving quick enough on power grid upgrades. These upgrades could help to cope with an...