DECC says England's waterways could heat 1 million homes
The Department for Energy and Climate Change says that a new online tool for communities has revealed that at least one million homes and businesses across England could be tapping into clean renewable heat embodied in the country's waterways.
Wave Energy Scotland: first £7m innovation competition opens to UK and EU technology developers
Wave Energy Scotland (WES), a new research and development body funded by the Scottish Government, is open for business with the launch of its first international technology innovation competition for developers in the UK and across the EU.
New joint industry initiative to support UK wave and tidal energy
The Crown Estate, Marine Scotland and the Welsh Government have announced they will be funding Aquatera Ltd and their delivery partners MarineSpace and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to run a secretariat function for the new Offshore Renewables Joint Industry Programme (ORJIP) for Ocean Energy.
Sensing in Water Conference 2015 issues call for papers on AMP6
The Sensors for Water Interest Group (SWIG) has issued a call for papers for its upcoming Sensing in Water Conference in September - the main theme is how using sensors and instrumentation can help to deliver water company outcomes in AMP6 and over the next 25 years.
UKTI webinar to help UK firms export to French water market
UK Trade & Investment is running a webinar tomorrow afternoon at 2pm designed to help UK companies who want to find out more about export opportunities in the French water sector.
Veolia: €5m energy efficiency WwTW project to deliver €600k savings pa
An energy efficiency and effluent quality improvement project being carried out by the Spanish subsidiary of Veolia Water Technologies at the La Cartuja Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in Zaragoza will save 600,000 euros a year in energy costs on a total investment cost amounting to nearly 5 million euros.
£1m funding secured for UK R & D project to develop next generation membranes
Researchers from the University of Bath have been awarded a £1m Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grant to research and develop the next generation of long lasting ‘immortal membranes’ that will be able to separate water from problematic particles such as pharmaceuticals or pollutants.
IET conference to focus on key control and automation engineering challenges in AMP6
The Institution of Engineering and Technology has announced details of its forthcoming keynote conference for the water sector Water:Process Control & Automation.
Sensors Group workshop to examine role of Big Data in UK water sector
The Sensors for Water Interest Group is holding a workshop next month with a specific focus on the growing use and potential application of Big Data in the UK water sector.
UK industry guaranteed central role in tidal lagoon turbine production
British industrial components and expertise will be at the heart of tidal lagoon turbine production following the appointment of General Electric and Andritz Hydro as preferred bidders to the £1 billion Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon infrastructure project.
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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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