£3.5M new funding for Scottish renewable energy projects
Scottish Enterprise has announced £3.5 million of new investment in Scotland’s growing renewable energy sector.
New study reveals massive shale oil reserves in Southern England
A new study by the British Geological Survey (BGS) suggests there are several billion barrels of oil in shale rocks under large parts of southern England, including Sussex, Hampshire, Surrey and Kent.
Climate-KIC commences Israel Tour for cleantech entrepreneurs
Next week Climate-KIC, the European Union’s main climate innovation initiative, will kick off its first Start-up Tour of 2014 in Israel, as part of its role in supporting European cleantech innovators to expand their business opportunities outside of Europe.
Severn Trent Water launches new leakage detection technology
Severn Trent Water has launched its new LeakFinderST™ leakage detection technology with its partner Echologics.
Veolia Water Technologies to supply first floating wastewater plant in South East Asia
Veolia Water Technologies is the first water solutions provider to install a wastewater treatment plant upon a floating platform in South East Asia.
Water a key issue for £10m UK Longitude Prize challenge
The Longitude Prize 2014, a challenge with a prize fund of £10m, has identified access to safe and clean water as one of six key issues on which the British public will cast the deciding vote to choose which one the prize will tackle.
EU project brings world-first waste treatment technology to Spain
A European Commission-funded project will see the installation of a pioneering single-step, energy-positive and cost-effective waste destruction technology at a wastewater treatment facility in Valencia, Spain.
US Navy patent first: award-winning automation goes commercial
The US Navy has announced that its award-winning Metrology Bench Top (METBENCH) automation system has been licensed to industry for the first time, marking the Navy's first cross-licensing patent agreement of its type.
€63M EU boost for climate innovation initiative
The European Union’s main climate innovation initiative, Climate-KIC, the public-private partnership partially funded by the European Commission through its European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), is to receive an initial €63 million grant for 2014.
United Utilities opts for energy-efficient aeration technology
United Utilities, the UK‘s largest listed water company supplying around 7 million homes in the North West of England, is the latest water utility to discover the merits of floating fine bubble aeration technology.
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ABB launches digital platform for optimizing operation of water networks
ABB has launched AquaMaster+™, a digital platform for smart water network management, designed to help water utilities monitor, analyze and manage their water networks, preventing pipeline water losses and optimizing operations. -
Safe access solutions a key requirement for water sector and other Critical Infrastructure Providers
Craig Nienaber, Business Development Manager for Safe Access Solutions (SAS) at HUBER Technology, explores why the company is seeing a growing level of interest in its safe access solutions for critical infrastructure providers, including their application in wastewater treatment assets. -
Albion Water appoints new Director of Business Development
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development. -
Webinar to explore moving indirect potable water reuse to full implementation
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality.
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Southern Water showcases last footage inside Yew Hill Reservoir before filling
Southern Water has released film and images showing what it’s like to walk inside Hampshire’s expanded Yew Hill underground reservoir for the very last time, before it gets filled with water. -
Scottish Water completes £235m investment in two-way connection between drinking water networks
Hear how Scottish Water has completed its £235 million Ayrshire Glasgow Resilience Project - customers across Greater Glasgow, Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire will now benefit from a more secure and resilient water supply. -
United Utilities accelerates investment to reduce spills from storm overflows across Northwest
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