A European Union UK-led project to nteractively link climate data from multiple sources offers real promise to help policymakers understand the likely results of their initiatives to address issues ranging from energy markets to groundwater resources.

Wales’ first giant tidal energy generator will be unveiled today at Pembroke Port by the First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones, marking the birth of the Welsh tidal industry.

The Government is punching below its weight when it comes to support for UK businesses developing innovative low carbon technologies such as smart meters, heat pumps and renewable energy technologies, according to the cross-party House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee.

The Department for Business Innovation and Skills has published two benchmark studies examining challenges and barriers to innovation in the UK and returns on investments made in science and innovation.

The Environment Agency has published a useful technical guide on the monitoring of methane at unconventional gas exploration facilities to produce shale gas via hydraulic fracturing.

The Crown Estate, manager of the UK seabed, has announced that it has agreed seabed rights for six new wave and tidal current demonstration zones, which for the first time will enable locally-based organisations to manage and sub-let parts of the seabed to a range of wave and tidal stream developers.