Five British companies have received £700,000 in grant funding from the Government’s innovation agency Innovate UK to develop tidal energy projects with Canadian businesses and universities.
UV disinfection technology company Hanovia has been awarded €3.9 million by Horizon 2020, the EU’s biggest ever research and innovation programme,for the Eco- UV development project.
Clearfleau, the leading UK-based provider of on-site AD-based treatment solutions for the food and beverage sector, has finished the first stage in a major sustainability project for First Milk, at one of the UK's largest cheese creameries.
The demand for higher-level skills in British industry is set to grow in the years ahead, with sectors central to future growth, including manufacturing and construction, particularly hard-pressed according to this year’s CBI/Pearson Education and Skills survey.
Skanska UK has received a funding award from the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), worth more than £700,000 to develop the use of robots for on-site and off-site construction.
The Marine Management Organisation has launched the enhanced Marine Information System (MIS), an interactive tool for marine licensing applicants and decision makers, supporting marine plan implementation.
PUB, Singapore’s national water agency, and Canadian- headquartered Anaergia Pte Ltd (Anaergia), have announced the start Singapore’s first project aimed at producing more biogas for electricity generation by co-digesting used water sludge and food waste.
The winners of the Water Industry Forum Impact Awards 2015 for UK Water Research were announced at the Water in Future Cities – Research Councils UK flagship Water Showcase 2015 which took place in London last week.
ADBA’s new detailed Market Report, published at UK AD & Biogas 2015 which is taking place this week, has shown that Biogen’s new food waste plant in South Wales marks a major milestone: the industry’s 400th operational anaerobic digestion (AD) plant.
EU-funded researchers are developing a self-cleaning filter membrane for desalination plants that could deliver significant reductions in energy use, waste and maintenance costs compared to those of existing filters.
Craig Nienaber, Business Development Manager for Safe Access Solutions (SAS) at HUBER Technology, explores why the company is seeing a growing level of interest in its safe access solutions for critical infrastructure providers, including their application in wastewater treatment assets.
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.
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.
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.