Technology Strategy Board sets out £35M pa energy strategy to 2015
The Technology Strategy Board has published its new energy strategy for 2012 to 2015 setting out details of its proposed £35m per annum programme, in which offshore renewable energy, including wave and tidal power, plays a key role.
Imperial and NEC team up to bring water systems into digital age
Improving ageing Victorian water systems so that they can meet the UK’s growing needs will be the focus of a new partnership between Imperial College London and NEC Corporation.
WRc and utilities to run major wastewater dissolved oxygen monitors trial
WRc, working with a large group of the UK’s water utilities, will be conducting the most significant and comprehensive trial of wastewater DO monitors undertaken by the UK water industry for over a decade.
WRc proposes new hub to test innovative water technologies
The Water Research Centre (WRc) is proposing the introduction of a National Innovation Accelerator for Water (NIAW) in a bid to hasten innovation in the normally risk-averse water sector.
Technology Strategy Board to run new funded innovation voucher scheme
Small UK businesses will be able to obtain Government funding to help them develop and grow with the launch this month of a new and easily accessible Innovation Voucher scheme.
New system to reduce water pipe leakage
An innovative leak detection system that can identify damaged water pipes swiftly and accurately has been developed by engineers at the University of Sheffield.
Second UK marine energy park launched in Scotland
The Government has announced that the UK’s second marine energy park will be launched in Scotland with an official opening by UK Energy Minister Greg Barker at the Caithness port of Scrabster.
UK falling behind in water technology opportunities
The UK is falling further behind in the race to capitalise on growing global demand for innovative water technologies, while countries like Israel, Singapore and Australia are increasingly well positioned to succeed in a market estimated by the Technology Strategy Board to reach $770 billion by 2016.
Technology Strategy Board water projects funding announced
The Technology Strategy Board has just announced details of ten small to medium sized companies in the UK which are set to deliver innovative feasibility projects designed to help businesses safeguard future water supply, both in this country and abroad.
Seminar to address multi-€ billion EU water and eco-innovation funding opportunities
The James Hutton Institute in Dundee, in partnership with Scotland Europa and the Environmental Clean Technologies Partnership, is hosting a seminar next Thursday looking at EU funding opportunities in the field of water and eco-innovation.
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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. -
Kohtari CEO says joined-up water intelligence needed to predict, not just react - not more data
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react. -
IED compliance – using automated sliding floodgates to support secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites.
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