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For the first time in the UK, Severn Trent Water has  injected the largest quantity of green gas produced from sewage generated by around 2.5 million people into gas pipes serving homes in the Birmingham area.

WRc is piloting gamification as a means of driving water efficiency in a number of key  target areas.

Leading global consultancy Deloitte is warning that while technology investments are identified as a strategic priority by many companies,  Chief Iformation Officer innovation budgets remain insignificant .

Severn Trent Water has chosen an integrated solution from Paragon and TranSend Solutions to plan, schedule and capture real time information on all sludge tankering collection and disposal jobs. 

A new study has found that the European Research Area partnership between Member States, research stakeholders and the Commission has made good progress in delivering an EU 'single market for research.'

The European Commission has approved €86.6 million French aid for the SuperGrid research programme to develop innovative energy transmission networks.

UK consultancy WRc is looking for more partners to join a newly-launched collaboration aimed at transforming the management of water networks.

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has announced that the University of Manchester is to build a £60 million Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC).

French-headquartered construction group VINCI has gradually been expanding the use of drones as tools across various business activities.

 

Utility supply company Amey has teamed up with one of its biggest customers United Utilities to use new technology pioneered in the North West with the launch of a mobile phone app for emergency water and sewer road works.

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