The government of Norway will mandate the country's sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world, to invest in renewable energy.

Severn Trent Water’s new wind turbine came onstream at Wanlip last week - the wind turbine is one of four located at the utility’s sewage treatment works, with two in Derby and one in Newthorpe, near Nottingham.

A reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 40% below the 1990 level and an EU-wide binding target for renewable energy of at least 27% are among the key elements of the European Commission’s new EU framework on climate and energy for 2030.

South West Water has revealed it plans to invest £850 million between 2015 and 2020 as it launches a consultation on its draft business plan.

The Green Investment Bank (GIB) has revealed that it has committed funds to 11 transactions with a total value of £2.3 billion and direct investment of £635 million, in the first five months of being operational.

Business Secretary Vince Cable has announced that a new national £50 million centre to accelerate the commercialisation of green technologies for offshore wind, wave and tidal power will be located in Glasgow.

Yorkshire Water is embarking on a multi-million pound project to create the UK's first energy neutral urban sewage plant.

United Utilities has put a five year £5 million framework contract out to tender for preliminary wind turbine surveys.

The Thames Hub scheme proposed by architects Foster + Partners, in collaboration with engineering consultants Halcrow, has placed tidal power at the heart of the £50bn plan to transform London’s Thames Estuary.

A large-scale solar power system has been installed at Bristol Water's largest treatment works at no cost to the company under the Government's Feed-In Tariff scheme.