Scotland targets UK and overseas markets for water and waste water innovation services
Scottish Enterprise, the body tasked with identifying and exploiting opportunities for Scotland's economic growth, is targeting the UK and overseas markets for water and waste water innovation services and products.
Carbon Trust collaborates on work to accelerate marine energy take-up
Engineering consultancy Frazer-Nash has won a commission to help support the Marine Farm Accelerator (MFA) − an Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult programme which is being delivered in collaboration with the Carbon Trust.
Failure to meet engineering skills demand to cost UK £27bn a year
Filling the demand for new engineering jobs will generate an additional £27 billion per year for the UK economy from 2022, according to new research published today.
New plans announced for 2.8GW West Somerset Tidal Lagoon
Longbay Seapower has notified the Planning Inspectorate of its intention to submit a planning application to construct a 21km tidal lagoon covering 72 square kilometres off the coast of West Somerset in the Bristol Channel in 2018.
Plans unveiled for world-first tidal energy farm off Isle of Wight
Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC) has submitted a consent application for a tidal farm to the south of the Isle of Wight.
Construction funding: £2m to improve supply chain innovation
Innovate UK, the UK Government’s innovation agency, is to invest the funding to explore new ways of increasing collaboration and improving the flow of information in the construction industry supply chain.
Yorkshire Water, WRc and IBM collaborate on Proof of Concept Project
WRc has been working together with IBM and Yorkshire Water on a proof of concept project to demonstrate the power of IBM’s cloud-based Intelligent Operations Centre (IOC) data analytics and visualisation platform.
New tidal lagoon project planned at Cardiff
The Planning Inspectorate has been notified that the developers of the Tidal Lagoon Swansea project intend to make a new application for a new tidal lagoon at Cardiff.
EU funds major international wave and tidal energy project
The European Commission says wave and tidal energy are set to join wind and solar power as staples in the renewable energies electricity mix – and a major EU-funded project looks set to accelerate progress.
UK first as Scottish Water trials wastewater recycling technology
A pilot project by Scottish Water to test a new recycling technology for waste water for the first time in the UK has been completed at Dunbar and Aviemore Waste Water Treatment Works with promising results.
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Barhale completes two Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects for Severn Trent
Barhale has completed work on two separate Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects it is carrying out for Severn Trent. -
Börger UK relocates to larger premises as sales continue to grow
Börger UK, which has firmly established itself as a leading pump brand since it was set up in Staffordshire in 2004, has moved into bigger, brand-new premises in Shrewsbury. -
Register for HUBER Technology UK webinar on water intake screens for municipal and industrial applications
HUBER Technology UK & Ireland are inviting people to register for their March webinar where they will be providing information about HUBER water intake screens for municipal and industrial applications. -
Sulzer launches global Water Treatment Center of Excellence for integrated water solutions
Sulzer has launched a new global Center of Excellence (CoE) for Water Treatment Solutions - the CoE consolidates Sulzer’s wastewater treatment expertise in a unified and global manner.
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