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Tuesday, 22 April 2014 07:35

Europe-wide hunt for top tech startups

The European Commission is looking for Europe's best startups in this year's Tech All Stars competition.

Innovative renewable energy demonstration projects and carbon capture schemes across Europe will benefit from more than 2 billion raised by sales of 300 million emission allowances.

The European Parliament has voted in favour of a Commission proposal to streamline and simplify the rules for pressure equipment products.

i2O Water has announced the launch of Smart Pressure Management, the first technology platform that provides all levels of pressure management within one unified solution.

A radiation tolerant alga capable of living in extreme conditions may soon be used to help clean-up effluent and wastewater produced by nuclear facilities.

Thames Water is hoping an innovative energy-saving trial will cut the cost of treating wastewater in some of its older biological reactors by up to 50 per cent.

The Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult and the National Renewable Energy Centre have announced that they are merging to form a national champion for the development and cost reduction of offshore wind, wave and tidal energy across the UK.

New analysis from Deloitte, shows that no UK technology companies have listed in the US since the start of 2011, apart from King.

The Technology Strategy Board and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) are investing up to £2.5m in feasibility studies to accelerate commercial applications in the novel material, graphene.

A new long-range forecast system developed by UK Met Office scientists has delivered a significant  potential advance in the skill of predictions for European and North American winters.

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