IGas and BayoTech to develop hydrogen generation systems
Memorandum of Understanding signed with BayoTech for hydrogen development. (Credit: skeeze from Pixabay) IGas is pleased to announce a further step in its strategy to be well placed in the energy transition by entering into heads of terms with BayoTech, a manufacturer of modular hydrogen generation systems, to produce hydrogen from certain of IGas’ existing gas resources.BayoTech, whose high efficiency, low carbon technologies originated in Sandia National Laboratories, is a hydrogen generation technology company offering hydrogen production solutions through rentals, leases, sales and Gas as a Service to customers worldwide. Headquartered and produced in New Mexico, USA, BayoTech’s on-site hydrogen generators are more efficient than legacy steam methane reformers, leading to lower carbon emissions and low-cost hydrogen.IGas has initially identified two of its existing sites, in the South East, where the gas resource can be reformed into hydrogen which will then be sold to local or national customers.Commenting, IGas CEO, Steve Bowler said:“I am very pleased to announce our partnership with BayoTech, a leading technologies business in hydrogen generation systems. Preliminary engineering work has confirmed that gas at these sites is suitable for BayoTech’s innovative, modular system.We look forward to working with BayoTech to be well placed in the growing hydrogen economy which will add value to our existing gas resource through the delivery of cost effective hydrogen.”Commenting, BayoTech CEO, Mo Vargas said:“IGas’ leadership is a great example of where locally produced resources can be used in the energy transition to significantly reduce the carbon intensity associated with long distance transportation of hydrogen, support local jobs and provide the UK with low cost hydrogen to accelerate the new economy.We are excited to be partners with IGas and look forward to the transformative plans we have together in providing low cost, low/no carbon hydrogen to the UK.” IGas has initially identified two of its existing sites, in the South East, where the gas resource can be reformed into hydrogen which will then be sold to local or national customers Source: Company Press Release
Home » News » Stamp Duty hike raises £424 million extra for HMRC in three months previous nextRegulation & LawStamp Duty hike raises £424 million extra for HMRC in three monthsMost of the revenue came from sales of properties sold for less than £250,000.The Negotiator2nd August 20160567 Views Andrew Lloyd, Managing Director of Search Acumen, says, “These figures show that despite a tumultuous three months in British politics, and the Government’s decision to penalise those investing in additional properties, the residential and buy to let markets has stayed strong. In fact, the second quarter of 2016 saw a 10 per cent jump in residential transactions from the previous year and was the highest recorded figure for this quarter since 2007. Although it may feel as though we are in a time of constant change and uncertainty, we can look ahead with some optimism despite the looming realities of Brexit. The market is fundamentally strong.“This increase in residential transactions has also meant that the Government has benefitted from an additional £424million in revenue, generated from April’s SDLT tax hike. The figures suggest that the driving force for these rises came from properties valued below £250,000 which continue to be the preference among buy-to-let investors who accounted for almost a fifth of these transactions in Q2.“However, the Government has in many ways shot themselves in the foot. Instead of freeing up the lower end of the market for first-time buyers as promised by George Osborne, competition for these more affordable properties has intensified and therefore further squeezed out many first-time buyers from getting onto the housing ladder. Going forward, the newly appointed Housing Minister will need to focus his attention on delivering a working and sustainable housing market, especially for this end of the market.”HMRC Stamp Duty revenue stamp duty August 2, 2016The NegotiatorWhat’s your opinion? Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment.Please note: This is a site for professional discussion. Comments will carry your full name and company.This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.Related articles BREAKING: Evictions paperwork must now include ‘breathing space’ scheme details30th April 2021 City dwellers most satisfied with where they live30th April 2021 Hong Kong remains most expensive city to rent with London in 4th place30th April 2021
A property platform best known for online property auctions has moved to offer buyers instant property purchases.Under The Hammer, a property sales website with a nationwide network of estate agents, property buyers, and sellers, has introduced ‘Secure Now’ to its platform, which it claims will make property transactions instant, more secure, and transparent.Sellers and agents are able to list properties for a fixed price at their discretion. Buyers are then able to go online and purchase the property immediately at any time, and pay an exclusivity deposit in order to secure the property.There are then fixed timescales to exchange and complete on the property transaction, with 28 days to exchange and a further 28 days to complete – providing clarity, speed, and time for buyers to secure financing and avoid issues in the transaction process.Revolution securedThe platform has introduced ‘Secure Now’ alongside changes to their auction process to provide a quicker, fairer, and more transparent property auction transaction as Under The Hammer looks to revolutionise the culture of buying and selling properties both at auction and online.“During the past year, Under The Hammer has worked with hundreds of agents, property sellers, and buyers,” says Thomas Gilday of Under The Hammer.“In that time, we’ve learnt from comments, reviews, and suggestions from all three on how we can improve the service and drive forward the property revolution.”“At our core is speed, security, and transparency. The changes to our auction platform, and the exciting introduction of our ‘Secure Now’ service, will help us improve the property buying and selling process in these areas even more.“With our Secure Now service, we’re able to offer immediate security of the transaction for our sellers, whilst also allowing for buyers to make an instant decision to purchase a property at any time, day or night.”For more information, visit underthehammer.comRead more about online property auctions.underthehammer.com auction buy now Thomas Gilday Under The Hammer Secure Now online auction online property auction November 19, 2019Nigel LewisWhat’s your opinion? Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment.Please note: This is a site for professional discussion. Comments will carry your full name and company.This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.Related articles BREAKING: Evictions paperwork must now include ‘breathing space’ scheme details30th April 2021 City dwellers most satisfied with where they live30th April 2021 Hong Kong remains most expensive city to rent with London in 4th place30th April 2021 Home » News » Auctions news » Property auction platform for agents offers eBay-style ‘buy now’ option previous nextAuctions newsProperty auction platform for agents offers eBay-style ‘buy now’ optionUnderTheHammer.com says it believes there is a market for ‘speedy sales’ within the property market and its service is also fairer and more transparent.Nigel Lewis19th November 201901,009 Views
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It’s been a remarkable run for Voodoo Dead, as the all-star ensemble just wrapped up a four night jaunt through the Northeast. After two nights in DC and another in New York, the crew made their way to the Ardmore Music Hall in Ardmore, PA (near Philly) for two more nights along this Mardi Gras run, the first of which happened last night, February 11th.The band features the likes of Oteil Burbridge, Steve Kimock, Jeff Chimenti, Wally Ingram, Jackie Greene and Papa Mali, bringing some New Orleans flare to the music of the Grateful Dead. After a big jam with Brandon “Taz” Neiderauer the night before, the Voodoo Dead gentlemen got to work on a great show last night.After an opening set from the Funky Dawgz Brass Band, Voodoo Dead opened up their performance with funk classic “You’re The One” and kept the train rolling with Bob Dylan’s “It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry.” There were plenty of Grateful Dead favorites throughout the night, including “China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider,” “Bird Song,” “Scarlet Begonias,” and a show closing “Turn On Your Lovelight.”Check out a full video of the festivities below, courtesy of LiquidSilverStreams on YouTube. Voodoo Dead returns to the Ardmore, tonight!Setlist: Voodoo Dead | Ardmore Music Hall | Ardmore, PA | 2/11/17Set I:You’re the OneIt Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (JGe, PM)China Cat Sunflower > (JGe)I Know You Rider (JGe, PM)Many Rivers to Cross (instrumental)Highway 61 Revisited (JGe)Set IICongo Man Chant >Get Up, Stand Up > (PM)Iko Iko > (PM)Bird Song (JGe)Bertha (JGe)Loose Lucy (JGe)Scarlet Begonias (JGe)Turn on Your Lovelight (JGe)[Setlist scribed by Bill Batson of FOJC, Photo by Mark Raker Photography from DC]
On Saturday night, Bob Weir and Wolf Bros returned to The Capitol Theatre for their second straight night at the storied Port Chester, NY rock palace. The trio—comprised of Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir along with bassist Don Was and drummer Jay Lane—once again threaded together a number of Dead classics, RatDog favorites, and staple live covers in addition to welcoming a familiar high-profile guest to help them close the show: decorated guitarist Warren Haynes.Late in the second set, Bob Weir and company launched into “The Other One”. As Weir has been known to do with Dead & Company, he took the bus down a different path after the song’s first verse, diverting into Jerry Garcia/Robert Hunter ballad “Stella Blue”. As “Stella Blue” ended and the band rounded the corner back into “The Other One”, Weir instructed the crowd, “Everyone say ‘Hi, Warren’” as Haynes took the stage.After trading jazzy guitar runs with Haynes for several minutes, Bobby finished out second verse of “The Other One” before letting it bleed into “Not Fade Away”, capping the set with Warren adding texture on guitar and backing vocals. When the band returned for their encore, they once again brought Warren Haynes along for the ride as he and Weir traded verses on a rousing rendition of “Turn On Your Love Light” to send the crowd home happy.You can check out fan-shot video of Warren Haynes’ sit-in with Bob Weir and Wolf Bros below via YouTube user Sean Roche.Bob Weir and Wolf Bros w/ Warren Haynes – “The Other One”Bob Weir and Wolf Bros w/ Warren Haynes – “Not Fade Away”Bob Weir and Wolf Bros w/ Warren Haynes – “Turn On Your Love Light”Bob Weir and Wolf Bros continue their tour on Monday, November 12th at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C. For a full list of the band’s upcoming shows, head here.Setlist: Bob Weir and Wolf Bros | The Capitol Theatre | Port Chester, NY | 11/10/18Set One: Bertha, Friend of the Devil, Tennessee Jed, Queen Jane Approximately, Even So > October Queen > Corrina, DealSet Two: Lost Sailor > Saint of Circumstance > Smokestack Lightning, Eyes of the World, Eternity, The Other One > Stella Blue > The Other One* > Not Fade Away*Encore: Turn On Your Love Light**with Warren Haynes Load remaining images
Read Full Story In the largest and most comprehensive study of heat-related illness to date, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers have identified a handful of potentially serious disorders—including fluid and electrolyte disorders, renal failure, urinary tract infections, sepsis, and heat stroke—that put older Americans at significantly increased risk of winding up in the hospital during periods of extreme heat.The study also showed that risks were larger when the heat wave periods were longer and more extreme and were largest on the heat wave day, but remained elevated for up to five subsequent days.“An innovative aspect of this work is that, rather than preselect a few individual diseases to examine, we considered all possible causes of hospital admission during heat waves in order to characterize the effects of heat on multiple organ systems,” said Francesca Dominici, professor of biostatistics at HSPH and senior author of the study.The study appears online December 23, 2014 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).Although it’s well-known that heat waves pose a health risk to older people, previous studies had investigated only a small number of potential heat-related health outcomes, such as cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.
LOOKING INSIDE FRUIT with X-rays helps prevent damaged fruit from reaching markets. Using a medical x-ray machine, Bill Tollner, above, can grade produce and help farmers and distributors learn which fruits are already damaged and will deteriorate in storage. When radiation and food products come in contact, many shoppers voice safety concerns at first. Tollner said the radiation levels used in this process are lower than the levels used in dental X-rays. “The canning industry uses X-rays to detect metal fragments to insure safety,” he said. “With this process, I’m using them to improve the quality and safety of food before consumers buy it.” “It occurs in Red Delicious apples. If you eat the apple right away, it has a delicious taste,” he said. “You just can’t store them, which creates a big problem for apple processors.” Water-core apples develop dots near the veins. Over time, the dots turn brown. Tollner found the X-ray equipment can easily detect water core in apples. It can “see” many other defects in carrots, onions and celery, too. “For example, some onion diseases cause air gaps between the rings,” he said. “The X-rays clearly show these gaps well before the onion shows visible signs of disease.” “One of our food scientists had been working on water core problems in apples,” he said. “He asked me to use the X-ray equipment on them.” Water core is a condition that causes apples’ internal moisture to increase. Why use X-rays? S. Omahen, UGA CAES “With apples, bruises are a big problem,” Tollner said. “We can detect old bruises before they can be seen by the human eye.” An engineer with the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Tollner was using X-rays to study soil layers when a colleague suggested he try it with food products. Research proves its safety Using medical X-ray machines, Bill Tollner can detect imperfections in fruits and vegetables before anyone can see them.
You search for the best apples, handle them with kid gloves and still throw out half when the hidden bruises show up a few days later. You’d need X-ray vision to pick only the perfect apples. That’s exactly what University of Georgia researchers concluded. So they developed a new grading system to make sure the bad apples never reach supermarket shelves. How Scientists See Inside Fruit The fruit industry wants the systems “They’ve developed an optical grader. We’d like to combine the two machines,” he said. “Eventually, we’d like to see apples and other food items come through the sorter where the X-rays will find the internal defects and the optical viewer the surface defects.” Mechanical grading systems like these could help food processors deal with labor shortages. “We’re coming to a point in our country where labor to inspect food products just isn’t there,” Tollner said. “People feel they have more stimulating things to do than inspect food for minimum wage.” This method helps the fruit industry. S. Omahen, UGA CAES This new grading method could be especially useful for apple and onion processors who commonly store their products. “The whole goal is to keep the product on the shelf longer,” Tollner said. “Using this equipment, processors can pull out bad fruit before storing it side by side with good fruit.” The new X-ray grading system has received good reviews from apple processors in New York and West Virginia. “I plan to present the new process to Georgia’s Vidalia onion growers this month at an upcoming conference,” he said. Tollner is also working with U.S. Department of Agriculture researchers at the USDA Fruit Research Station in West Virginia. CHECKING THE DATA on fruit in an X-ray machine allows Bill Tollner, above, to look inside the fruit without cutting into it. This equipment is the same as used for medical x-rays. 
Vermont Pure Holdings, Ltd. (NYSE Alternext: VPS) announced its financial results for the first half and second quarter of its fiscal year 2009 and that it will file these results on Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission today. Total sales for the first six months of fiscal year 2009 decreased 4% to $32.3 million from $33.8 million for the comparable period a year ago. Gross profit decreased 11% in the first half of 2009 to $17 million from $19 million in the comparable period a year earlier. Gross profit, as a percentage of sales, decreased to 52% from 56% for the respective periods. Net income decreased to $327,000 in the first six months of fiscal year 2009 compared to $983,000 in the first six months of fiscal year 2008.Total sales for the three months ending April 30, 2009 decreased 4% to $16.8 million from $17.4 million for the comparable period a year ago. Gross profit decreased 10% for the second quarter of 2009 to $8.8 million from $9.8 million in the comparable period a year earlier. Gross profit, as a percentage of sales, decreased to 53% in the second quarter of 2009 from 56% for the second quarter a year ago. Net income decreased for the three months ended April 30, 2009 from $232,000 compared to $471,000 for the comparable period last year.”Although our business has been negatively affected by the recessionary economic environment, we remain profitable despite experiencing lower margins in the first half of the year for most of our product lines,” said Peter Baker, C.E.O. of Vermont Pure Holdings, Ltd. “We expect to be able to take advantage of new opportunities that our distribution base presents in future quarters including fully integrating the Blue Hills Spring Water Company acquisition into our Boston market operations. However, we expect fiscal 2009 to be less profitable than fiscal 2008,” Baker concluded. Blue Hills is better known by its popular brand Monadnock Mountain Spring Water.Vermont Pure Holdings, Ltd. (NYSE Alternext: VPS), the largest independent home and office distributor of its kind in the United States, markets water, coffee and other home and office refreshment products throughout the Northeast through its subsidiary Crystal Rock LLC. The Company bottles and distributes natural spring water under the Vermont Pure(R) brand and purified water with minerals added under the Crystal Rock(R) label. The majority of its sales are derived from a route distribution system that delivers water in 3- to 5-gallon reusable and recyclable bottles. The Company continues to set high standards in the bottled water industry through its technical innovation, commitment to the environment and by integrating its family roots into relationships with employees and customers. More information is available athttp://www.crystalrock.com(link is external).VERMONT PURE HOLDINGS, LTDResults of Operations (Unaudited) (Unaudited) Six Months Ended: Three Months Ended: April 30, April 30, April 30, April 30, 2009 2008 2009 2008(000 s $)Sales $32,308 $33,823 $16,756 $17,438Income from operations $1,893 $3,124 $1,060 $1,578Net Income $327 $983 $232 $471Basic net earnings per share $0.02 $0.05 $0.01 $0.02Diluted net earnings per share $0.02 $0.05 $0.01 $0.02Basic Wgt. Avg. Shares Out.(000 s) 21,521 21,619 21,541 21,624Diluted Wgt Avg. Shares Out.(000 s) 21,521 21,619 21,541 21,624Note: This press release contains forward looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward looking statements, including integration of acquisitions, ability to sustain and manage growth, changing market conditions, and other risks detailed in the company s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.SOURCE Vermont Pure Holdings, Ltd. June 15, 2009.
The agency said it was still working on a proposal to broaden its feed ban so that ruminant protein would be banned from all animal feeds, not just ruminant feeds. The BSE case, Canada’s fifth, was discovered on Apr 16. In announcing the closing of its investigation of the case on Jun 16, the CFIA said the case fell within the same “geographic cluster” as the other four. It involved a 6-year-old purebred Holstein dairy cow in southwestern British Columbia. May 1, 2005, CIDRAP News story “USDA seeks Canadian-born cattle in BSE probe” Jun 20, 2006 (CIDRAP News) Canada’s latest case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, probably resulted from contaminated feed, which might have linked the case with the nation’s previous one, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The fourth BSE case, according to Reuters, involved a Holstein-Hereford dairy cow in Alberta, which is a source of feed for British Columbia livestock. See also: “Investigators also identified a feed ingredient supplier common to this case and Canada’s fourth BSE animal, confirmed on January 22, 2006,” the report continued. “This potential link suggests that all of Canada’s BSE cases fall within the same geographic cluster, which is reflective of feed sourcing, production, and distribution patterns.”
Given its age, the British Columbia cow was born after Canada in 1997 banned putting protein from cows and other ruminants into cattle feed. But the investigation, according to the CFIA, found high compliance with the ban. “Such findingswhich have been observed during other investigations and regular inspections of feed mills, renderers, and retailers across the countryconfirm the presence of limited opportunities for contamination during feed manufacture, transportation, storage, and use,” the CFIA said. The CFIA said it had identified 148 animals linked with the infected cow, including its herd mates and recent offspring. Of those, 22 live animals were located; all tested negative for BSE. One additional cow is pregnant and will be tested once it has calved. The CFIA examined records concerning feed to which the infected animal would have been exposed early in its life, when cattle are most likely to contract BSE. “While a specific source of infection was not found, investigators determined that vehicles and equipment used to ship and receive a variety of ingredients likely contaminated cattle feed with the BSE agent,” the agency said. Of the remaining cows, 77 had died or been slaughtered, 15 were exported to the United States, and 33 were untraceable, according to the news release. The US Department of Agriculture said in April it had found one of the animals exported to the United States and was looking for the 14 others.