BIM Building Information Modelling (BIM) can improve efficiency of the water sector, but the utilities need to work together and share information to get the maximum benefit from (BIM)  water according to industry data expert Andrew Cowell.

Key players in the ocean renewable energy sector have met at the Australian Maritime College, a specialist institute of the University of Tasmania, to observe a world-first trial testing the performance and impact of wave energy farms at model scale.

As the Chancellor prepares to deliver his budget statement this morning, the anaerobic digestion  industry is calling for him to recognise the global opportunity for UK companies and researchers in biogas, digestate and bioproducts.

The successful testing of key components of a pioneering wave powered renewable energy technology at Pembroke Port has led to the signing of an agreement of closer collaboration between developers Marine Power Systems (MPS) and the facility’s operator, the Port of Milford Haven.

EU-funded researchers have conclusively shown that large-scale, cost-effective manufacturing of graphene is possible, opening up new product possibilities and ensuring that Europe remains at the cutting edge of applied nanotechnology.

Engineers at United Utilities are trialling a new technology to reduce the risk of odours from the firm’s Davyhulme wastewater treatment works.