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- Plans for biggest onshore windfarm in England to be submitted this week Tue, 5 Nov 24, 5:00pmCubico project at Scout Moor near Greater Manchester could power the equivalent of 100,000 homes
- White column provides low carbon energy and artistic allure Tue, 31 May 22, 2:30amManchester has a new low-carbon energy center that will supply heat and power to several buildings throughout the region. The architectural and functional design of the structure is a result of 10 years of innovative material...
- Manchester Extinction Rebellion activists glue themselves to banks Tue, 3 Sep 19, 3:08amBarclays and HSBC targeted on final day of protests against fossil fuel investments
- Fully-furnished shipping containers form unique prefab hotel in Manchester Mon, 7 Aug 17, 9:35pmArchitecture firm Chapman Taylor unveiled images of the recently completed Holiday Inn Express at Manchester’s Trafford City – the first hotel in the North West to be built using a special type of volumetric modular construction...
- UK’s rail network suffering from lack of joined-up thinking | Letters Tue, 25 Jul 17, 4:23amReaders respond to news of scrapped rail electrification plans and the folly of HS2The transport secretary’s announcement (Fury as soaring cost halts electrification, 21 July) is disastrous for the UK – on economic,...
- Manchester waste to energy plant could be bad news for food charity Tue, 3 Jun 14, 8:59pmUnless businesses are proactive, surplus food from New Smithfield Market will feed anaerobic digestion plant instead of those living in food poverty, FairShare saysIt's 8am at New Smithfield Market in north Manchester, and...
- Fracking protesters park bus across Salford IGas drilling site Wed, 18 Dec 13, 8:14pmFive people locked to bus parked across Barton Moss site, following wind turbine blade blockade earlier in the week
- Manchester fracking protesters park bus across IGas drilling site Wed, 18 Dec 13, 8:14pmFive people locked to bus parked across Barton Moss site, following wind turbine blade blockade earlier in the week
- Most ‘Outstanding’ BREEAM One Angel Square Officially Opens in Manchester Fri, 22 Nov 13, 2:20amOne Angel Square is a 500,000 sq ft, 14-story building right in downtown of Manchester. Now the largest building in the city, it is part of a larger effort to redevelop the core and is strategically located to Victoria Station,...
- Web inventor's open data organisation announces new global network Tue, 29 Oct 13, 6:00pmUS, Canada, Russia and France among 13 to sign agreements with Open Data Institute co-founded by Sir Tim Berners-LeeJust one year after its foundation in London, an organisation created by Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Sir Nigel...
- IGas to drill two shale gas wells between Manchester and Liverpool Sat, 27 Apr 13, 2:36amCanadian and Chinese-owned firm also considers Surrey and Sussex locations, but discounts use of fracking at this stageIGas, partly owned by a Chinese state company, is planning to drill two wells between Manchester and Liverpool...
- Coffee-Powered Vehicle Sets Guinness Land Speed Record for Caffeinated Combustion Wed, 20 Feb 13, 8:00amFor some of us, it takes a couple cups of coffee to wake up and hit the road. The Bean Machine, a coffee-powered pickup built by UK engineer and conservationist Martin Bacon, takes the notion of caffeine-based energy to a...
- 2013 Bonnaroo Music Festival Will be Powered by 196 New Solar Panels Tue, 15 Jan 13, 1:29amWhen you pay for a music festival ticket, there are some fees that are simply annoying. (Twenty bucks for a processing fee? Are the tickets being hand-delivered by the Pony Express?!) But for this year’s upcoming Bonnaroo...
- Bonnaroo Installs 196 Solar Panels to Power Their 2013 Music Festival in Tennessee Tue, 15 Jan 13, 1:29amWhen you pay for a music festival ticket, there are some fees that are simply annoying. (Twenty bucks for a processing fee? Are the tickets being hand-delivered by the Pony Express?!) But for this year’s upcoming Bonnaroo...
- Manchester’s One Angel Square is the UK’s Most BREEAM “Outstanding” Building Tue, 1 Jan 13, 5:00pmOne Angel Square is the largest commercial building in Manchester, England – and it is now the highest scoring BREEAM Outstanding building in the United Kingdom...