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April 24, 2012 UK’s First Zero Energy Cost Business Park Launches
The UK’s first Zero Energy Cost Business Park – Armstrong Point – launched its demonstration site in Manchester’s city centre on Friday 20th April.
January 16, 2012 Vector Technology Group chooses Greater Manchester for its new European centre
Brazil’s Vector Technology Group (VTG) has signed a joint venture with Supply UK based in Greater Manchester, to distribute its pioneering telemetry-based water services products and software into the UK and Europe, creating a new company 'Vectora Europe '.
January 11, 2012 Healthcare and nuclear science key conference themes for 2012
Healthcare and nuclear science look set to dominate the city’s conference calendar in 2012. Three national healthcare science conferences by the MS Society, British Dental Society and British Cardiovascular Society will bring a combined estimated 8,700 delegates and an economic impact of approximately £11.7m in April and May. The three conferences will be held at Manchester Central Convention Complex.
November 28, 2011 Manchester’s award-winning nuclear energy sector takes the spotlight
Manchester’s nuclear energy sector is in the spotlight this month following the announcement that The University of Manchester’s Dalton Nuclear Institute, comprising around 100 academic staff and more than 300 research staff and students, has won the Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Further and Higher Education.
November 10, 2011 Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) Europe 2011
“Smart Grids is the way that we will change our electrical systems to cope with the transformation of moving from coal and gas, to a renewables, nuclear and gas based economy”, says Peter Crossley, professor of power systems at the University of Manchester.
October 27, 2011 ENER-G opens new R&D centre
ENER-G has opened a new research and development centre in Salford.
September 13, 2011 Offshore Wind: Financing Supply Chain Growth
This Envirolink workshop will provide an insight for investors and suppliers into potential finance options, deal structures and critical market considerations.
August 17, 2011 Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) Europe 2011
The University of Manchester is hosting a major international energy conference in December 2011 to bring together some of the world’s leading academics and industrialists.
June 8, 2011 MIDAS Exceeds Annual Targets with over 3,000 Jobs Created by Projects in 2010-11
Manchester’s inward investment agency, MIDAS, has today released its end-of-year figures, which show the agency has once again exceeded targets - supporting the creation of 3,182 new jobs across Greater Manchester in 2010-11.
March 8, 2011 Back to the future for ENER-G apprentices
Three apprentices from Salford-based clean technology business ENER-G who are engineering the technologies that power tomorrow’s green revolution have restored an historic engine that powered the post industrial revolution