The Government's innovation agency Innovate UK is investing almost £1 million to help UK companies bring their fledgling Internet of Things ideas to market.
Northumbrian Water is investing up to £6 million in developing an innovative approach to tackling water discolouration. The new approach could deliver potential savings of 90% against traditional mains water cleaning processes and has already attracted the attention of other water companies.
Nova Innovation, a global leader in tidal energy generation, has deployed the world’s first fully-operational, commercial, grid-connected offshore tidal array in Shetland.
Anglian Water has opted to deploy an integrated GIS and SAP module to streamline processes and manage its assets and work.
More than £13 million in funding has been committed to a new anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Nottinghamshire that will generate renewable energy.
Government funding is helping with the commercial development of a real-time, rapid response software system to autonomously and efficiently inform on events (such as natural disasters, terrorism, riots) as they unfold.
WELTEC BIOPOWER Gmbh, one of the world‘s leading stainless-steel biogas plant manufacturers, will shortly start building an anaerobic digestion plant for Colombia‘s largest egg producer.
The Government has confirmed that the Treasury will underwrite funding for approved Horizon 2020 projects applied for before the UK leaves the European Union.
An EU-funded €1.4 million-plus research project into carbon nanotubes being led by Professor Michael De Volder at the University of Cambridge’s Institute for Manufacturing has potential commercial applications in the water sector.
Northumbrian Water is turning to the world of gaming to promote excellence in customer service throughout its workforce. The utility has appointed Gateshead-based virtual reality developer Vector76 to develop a new mobile game as a way of sharing best practice among colleagues.
ERG, the leading supplier of odour control systems and industrial gas cleaning & thermal systems, has been awarded the coveted King’s Award for Enterprise.
Welsh Water’s new artificial intelligence-driven tool, ORAI, has been shortlisted for three categories at the prestigious British Data Awards 2026 – underscoring the company’s commitment to using cutting-edge technology to deliver better outcome for customers.
Barhale has completed work on two separate Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects it is carrying out for Severn Trent.
Börger UK, which has firmly established itself as a leading pump brand since it was set up in Staffordshire in 2004, has moved into bigger, brand-new premises in Shrewsbury.