Startup raises £4m to scale up production of fungi and biomass panels

Firm says its first insulated panel saves around 23kg of CO2 per sq m compared to incumbent systems. The post Startup raises £4m to scale up production of fungi and biomass panels appeared first on Construction Management.

Creativity and awareness shine through this year’s ICE CityZen Awards entries

A pitch to install solar panels on grey field sites, instead of farmland, has won the top prize in a student competition run by the ICE. The post Creativity and awareness shine through this year’s ICE CityZen Awards entries appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Meridian secures consent for Bunnythorpe Solar Farm

Manawatu is set to host Meridian’s second battery energy storage system (BESS) and solar energy park after receiving consent to build a 120MW solar farm alongside an already consented BESS at Bunnythorpe, north of Palmerston North. With around 250,000 solar panels, the Bunnythorpe Solar Farm will be capable of producing approximately 225GWh of electricity per […] The post Meridian secures consent for Bunnythorpe Solar Farm appeared first on Building Today.

RPS brings sun to Vico homes

RPS Group has formed an £8.2m partnership with Vico Homes, which will see it install PV panels on over 2,000 social homes in West Yorkshire, funded in part through the Warm Homes: Social Homes Fund.

The Types of Drywall Insurance Contractors Need

Drywall work looks straightforward from the outside. You hang panels, tape joints, finish seams, and move on to the next job. But anyone who has spent time on a jobsite knows how many things can go wrong, and how expensive those things can get without the right drywall insurance coverage in place. A panel falls […] The post The Types of Drywall Insurance Contractors Need appeared first on Contractors Liability.

Undecided - How Solar Panels Can Help Solve California’s Drought 29112022

The simple genius of solar canals explained: The southwestern U.S. is in the throes of a “megadrought” so severe that they’ve broken the record — all 1,200 years of it. Researchers from the University of California have proposed a solution that could potentially address both the water and energy crises at the same time: covering irrigation canals with solar panels. But is this just another renewable energy gimmick, or does it hold a little more water?