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.
Innovate UK to invest £9m+ in integrated energy systems projects
Innovate UK, the Government innovation agency, is planning to invest up to £9.5 million in innovations to address the need for a diverse mix of energy sources and systems over the next three decades and beyond.
Planning inquiry for Swansea Tidal Lagoon project ends
The Infrastructure Planning Commission’s examination of the application for the Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay project has now closed. There will now be a period of 3 months for the Examining Authority to consider and make a final recommendation to the Secretary of State.
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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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