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Trime goes T-ZERO – Diesel-Free Lighting and Power by 2025

|Date: March 31, 2021

Trime goes T-ZERO – Diesel-Free Lighting and Power by 2025

Could all contractor and hire firms soon have access to fossil fuel free construction machinery? This is ...

Could all contractor and hire firms soon have access to fossil fuel free construction machinery? This is the proposition put forward by the Trime Group, a leading manufacturer of site lighting, power ...

March 31, 2021
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SMT GB charges on with environmental pledge by opting for a new fleet of fully electric company cars

|Date: March 30, 2021

SMT GB charges on with environmental pledge by opting for a new fleet of fully electric company cars

Marking another big step forward towards achieving its ambitious environmental objectives, SMT GB takes a ...

Marking another big step forward towards achieving its ambitious environmental objectives, SMT GB takes an industry lead by swapping its entire company car fleet from diesel and hybrid to fully electr ...

March 30, 2021
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Komatsu announce collaboration with Proterra

|Date: March 08, 2021

Komatsu announce collaboration with Proterra

Komatsu Ltd. has signed a collaboration agreement with Proterra Inc of the United States, to receive the ...

Komatsu Ltd. has signed a collaboration agreement with Proterra Inc of the United States, to receive the supply of Proterra’s industry-leading battery systems with the aim of having Komatsu electrify ...

March 08, 2021
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Speedy fuels a more sustainable future with £5 million power investment

|Date: February 26, 2021

Speedy fuels a more sustainable future with £5 million power investment

Speedy, the UK’s leading tools, equipment and plant hire services company, has invested £5 million in gen ...

Speedy, the UK’s leading tools, equipment and plant hire services company, has invested £5 million in generators, biofuels and mobile fuel stations to support customers in reducing on-site carbon emis ...

February 26, 2021
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VPS Group | Sustainable power options for CCTV towers

|Date: February 19, 2021

VPS Group | Sustainable power options for CCTV towers

The VPS Group continues fight against climate change expanding its range of sustainable carbon-neutral CC ...

The VPS Group continues fight against climate change expanding its range of sustainable carbon-neutral CCTV security options. Once the vaccination programme starts to help overcome the pandemic, comba ...

February 19, 2021
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Nationwide Platforms continues to invest in its sustainable fleet

|Date: October 27, 2020

Nationwide Platforms continues to invest in its sustainable fleet

Nationwide Platforms continues to invest in its fleet with the delivery of 86 electric, hybrid and Stage ...

Nationwide Platforms continues to invest in its fleet with the delivery of 86 electric, hybrid and Stage V-compliant scissor and mast lifts from Skyjack. Looking to provide its customers a solution to ...

October 27, 2020
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EIC report supports adoption of alternative fuels

|Date: October 08, 2020

EIC report supports adoption of alternative fuels

Encouraging alternative fuels could save more than 1,250 lives a year, according to the Environmental Ind ...

Encouraging alternative fuels could save more than 1,250 lives a year, according to the Environmental Industries Commission (EIC) latest research released this Clean Air Day (8 October) Encouraging al ...

October 08, 2020
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Trime UK win a Green Apple Award for their X-Solar Hybrid lighting tower

|Date: October 07, 2020

Trime UK win a Green Apple Award for their X-Solar Hybrid lighting tower

Following on from their 2018 award for the water-saving X-Splash wash bay system, Trime UK, the leading ...

Following on from their 2018 award for the water-saving X-Splash wash bay system, Trime UK, the leading supplier of environmentally centred lighting towers have now had the sustainable qualities of t ...

October 07, 2020
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Genquip Groundhog celebrate a Green Apple Award for their Unisex Solar Hybrid Toilet

|Date: October 01, 2020

Genquip Groundhog celebrate a Green Apple Award for their Unisex Solar Hybrid Toilet

The promotion of the use of renewable energy to power their temporary welfare facilities has been an impo ...

The promotion of the use of renewable energy to power their temporary welfare facilities has been an important aspect for the Genquip Groundhog partnership. Serious investment has been made in develop ...

October 01, 2020
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JCB wins engineering award

|Date: July 14, 2020

JCB wins engineering award

There's something to shout about as the ultra-quiet JCB 19C-1E electric digger wins an award The UK’s Roy ...

There's something to shout about as the ultra-quiet JCB 19C-1E electric digger wins an award The UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering has today announced that JCB’s ultra-quiet and zero emissions 19C-1E ...

July 14, 2020
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