World’s first roadside deployment of wind turbines to go ahead on Telford & Wrekin’s network
The first public road in the world to host the Alpha 311 wind turbines is be in Telford, according to the company behind the technology. The ‘innovative’ vertical axis wind turbines will be mounted to street lighting on the A442 main carriageway where they will harvest the airflow from passing vehicles. This follows the news […]
Amey presents paintings to celebrate street lighting works
Amey’s Edinburgh Street Lighting team have presented the City of Edinburgh Council with three hand paintings of the city scape to celebrate the completion of recent street lighting upgrades. The paintings which feature locations of where the street lighting works took place, are the creation of artist Sophie Hoggan, who has two sisters that both […]
Thousands of new LED lights to shine across Worcestershire
An extra £6million will be spent by Worcestershire County Council on street lighting in a bid to complete the replacement of all non-led units to more energy efficient LEDs. Around 20,000 lights will be replaced with new ones in 2022/23, which will help to significantly cut energy costs. This coming year’s investment will also continue […]
Lancashire sets out £20 million programme for its roads, streetlights and bridges
Lancashire County Council has unveiled a £20m programme of investment to support vital transport infrastructure. The fund will be considered the council’s cabinet and includes spending on roads, streetlights, and bridges over the next 12 months. Almost £12m of that sum is earmarked for resurfacing roads and preventing potholes appearing, with the county’s highways teams […]
Analysis shows the environmental value of switching to LED street lighting
New analysis of the power usage and therefore environmental impact of streetlighting suggests that councils can reduce their carbon footprint by 13 tonnes of CO2 per mile if they switch from traditional lamps to LEDs. Based on statistics that show an LED uses just 40% of the electricity of a traditional lap of similar effectiveness, […]
Amey secures Inverclyde street lighting contract extension
Amey has secured a one-year contract extension to repair and maintain street lights, road lighting and traffic sign lighting on behalf of Inverclyde Council. Amey has managed the street lighting maintenance service in Inverclyde since January 2014. A new contract was awarded to Amey back in November 2020 following the success of previous contracts to […]
Essex County Council replaces over 10,000 streetlights with LEDs
More than 10,000 old-style streetlights in Essex have now been replaced with LED alternatives. We are moving at the speed of light to upgrade 82,000 streetlights, mainly in residential roads. The older lights are being replaced with LED, or light-emitting diode, technology, over three years. LED can save on average 60% energy usage and thousands […]
GE Announces Multi-Million Pound Investment to Create Diverse New Generation of UK Engineers
General Electric (GE) has announced a five-year, $3.5 million (£2.5m) investment in the UK as part of its global Next Engineers programme, to increase the diversity of young people entering engineering. The UK programme will be based in Staffordshire, where GE operates three sites that design, develop, and service products used throughout the power and renewable energy […]
Work underway to install LED street lights across Suffolk
Suffolk County Council and Bouygues Energies & Services have started work replacing 43,400 street lighting lanterns in Suffolk with LED versions. SCC and Bouygues E&S say they have joined forces with the aim of reducing energy, minimising light pollution, bringing down ongoing maintenance costs for the Authority and providing the best value to residents. SCC […]
Amey continues to maintain East Renfrenwshire’s street lighting
Amey has successfully secured a three-year contract with East Renfrewshire Council to continue works to upgrade, maintain and repair the street lights for the local authority. Amey’s street lighting team have managed the street lighting service in East Renfrewshire since August 2012. In 2017 Amey secured a four-year contract to continue managing the service and […]
