Go green with Belle
29 June 2022
A common theme on Site-Eco is that contractors and end users need to be able to choose from a range of energy sources in order to find the optimum solution during the transition to net zero.&n…
Discovering Sustainable and Practical Tool Hire and Plant Hire Opportunities
Previous Posts - June 2022
Garden gnomes and Volvos
28 June 2022
When was the last time you saw garden gnomes at a plant and machinery exhibition? Eagle-eyed visitors at the Hillhead exhibition could view them on the stand display created by SMT GB, which m…
Sizeable order for mini battery Tufftruk
27 June 2022
Tufftruk reports growing interest in its EB300 electric BendIe mini dumper, a battery powered 4×4 model that has a 300kg payload capacity.
Managing director Andrew Simpson tells me…
Nixon adds Prolectric units
24 June 2022
The latest additions to Nixon Hire’s renewables division fleet are ProPower solar hybrid generators from Prolectric, which will be available to customer sites nationwide.
Wit…
Taking an Active interest
24 June 2022
Vaughan Gething MS, the Welsh Minister for the Economy, visited the FuelActive company to see first-hand how its clean fuel delivery system can reduce fuel consumption and cutting exhaust emis…
ThinkHire’s smart Trime units
22 June 2022
ThinkHire, the specialist provider of environmentally friendly power generation and lighting equipment, has ordered 20 more solar-powered lighting towers from Trime.
The X-Solar machines…
Fox takes electric tippers
21 June 2022
Family-owned Fox Group, whose businesses include Cotswold Roller Hire, has added two new Volvo FE Electric tippers into its fleet, which it believes are the first of their kind to be delivered…
Repair batteries for optimum life
20 June 2022
It’s obviously important to ensure that the battery packs used to power electrical equipment are kept in optimum condition, but if individual cells become faulty or damaged then performa…
Obart goes carbon neutral
17 June 2022
Obart Pumps and sister company Tsurumi UK have accomplished their goal of becoming Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon neutral by 2023.
As far back as 2012 the firms had adopted measures such as…
Nixon charges forward
17 June 2022
An issue highlighted earlier on the blog has been the difficulties that can be encountered in charging battery powered vehicles and equipment on sites without access to a convenient mains supp…
Speedy buys electric Transits
16 June 2022
Speedy has invested £8.25m in 150 new electric Ford Transit vans which will cut up to 1,280 tonnes of CO2e per year from its commercial fleet emissions, said to be equivalent to that abs…
The value of green work practices
15 June 2022
Ways in which new technology can be used to help contractors and organisations meet their net zero obligations were discussed last week at a COMIT Project seminar hosted by JCB at its World He…
Mileage and costs creep up
14 June 2022
Electric vehicles (EVs) have recently been a focus of much interest, especially as the price of petrol and diesel reaches record levels. So I thought it was time to catch up with Genquip Groun…
EV grant scheme closes
14 June 2022
The government is today closing the plug-in car grant scheme to new orders. It says the initiative has supported the sale of nearly half a million electric cars, with numbers of fully electric…
MHM widens Stage V range
13 June 2022
MHM has expanded its range of Stage V generators with a line-up that now covers capacities up to 500kVA in its Ready to Rent portfolio, designed specifically for the UK and Ireland hire market…
Speedy welcomes Chancellor to innovation centre
10 June 2022
Speedy welcomed the chancellor Rishi Sunak to its net carbon-zero innovation centre in Milton Keynes yesterday, meeting with the hirer’s chief executive Russell Down, before touring the…
HS2 trials heavy electric machine
10 June 2022
What is described as the world’s first all-electric, high-capacity drilling rig is carrying out work on an HS2 construction site in Warwickshire. The aim is to show that heavy constructi…
Husqvarna broadens surface prep range
9 June 2022
Husqvarna Construction is launching the first wave of its recently rebranded Blastrac and Diamatic surface range, comprising floor scrapers, scarifiers and floor grinders, which are now availa…
A digger fit for a Queen
8 June 2022
JCB’s innovative backhoe loader powered by a hydrogen combustion engine duly made its appearance at the Platinum Jubilee Parade at the weekend in London marking the Queen’s 70-year…
Understanding battery power systems
8 June 2022
As with any aspect of equipment and technology, it is vital to ensure that maintenance personnel and technicians are trained to work safely on them.
With electric and battery power…
Hilti drives to sustainability
7 June 2022
Hilti is continuing its latest rollout of electric fleet vehicles (EVs), replacing more than 200 cars across the UK with electric models.
As part of this move the Kia e-Niro ‘4+&rs…
Avant’s sound benefits
6 June 2022
Avant Tecno UK reports growing interest in its electric and battery powered compact loaders.
John Spencer, the company’s sales and marketing director, tells me that the e6 ma…
Sunbelt to create on-site facility for battery maker
1 June 2022
Sunbelt Rentals has entered into a strategic partnership with Britishvolt, a battery cell technology specialist, under which it will provide an on-site hire facility for a project in Northumbe…
Punch energy flywheel wins government funding
1 June 2022
The Punch Flybrid company which has developed an electrically driven flywheel energy storage system has received £460,000 of government funding to expand the initiative.
The…
Smart unit from ThinkHire
1 June 2022
ThinkHire, which specialises in hiring out relocatable renewable energy stations and solar hybrid power generation equipment, has launched its first portable product, namely the SiteGrid X3.&n…