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HS2 trials game-changing Clean Air Gas Engine technology to dramatically cut carbon on construction sites. In its bid to cut carbon and focus on improving local air quality, HS2 is trialing new ultra-clean generator technology developed by a collaboration of three UK technology companies. By replacing diesel with LPG, the innovation is set to cut […]

Vehicle to be on display at NVN event

Paul Andrews, CEO of Lancashire-based engineering firm OakTec, travelled with the Prime Minister Theresa May on the recent UK Trade Mission to India, her first international trade visit. OakTec has developed the Pulse-R™ multi-gas and multi-fuel engine, which is ideal for use in various applications in India due to having low levels of emissions, high […]

Lancaster-based engine design specialist OakTec has won funding from the Niche Vehicle Network to develop a version of the award-winning single cylinder Multi-gas Pulse-R™ engine suited to power a small fuel-efficient leisure vehicle. The Small Efficient Recreational Vehicle project (SERV) will be carried out by three partner companies and will produce a demonstration vehicle powered […]

Lancaster-based low carbon powertrain specialist OakTec has recently secured its first commercial contract from the MoD to explore the suitability of its novel Pulse-R™ engine technology to combust a broad spectrum of fuel types in the same engine. The development work will seek to produce a demonstration engine that will combust a range of fuels […]

Lancashire R&D engineering company wins ‘peer-to-peer’ competition after 15 years’ development of low emissions, low-cost Pulse-R™ engine. A small gas-powered engine developed by Lancaster-based engineering R&D company OakTec has been judged the innovation most likely to attract investor backing at Innovate 2015. Fellow entrepreneurs and delegates were given novelty banknotes and asked to choose which […]