Renewable energy provider Drax Group transforms data insight and customer intelligence with AI & Machine Learning
Renewable electricity supplier Drax Group is utilising the latest Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) tools to transform its data insight and customer intelligence to personalise the services it provides to its customers.
UK's largest annual engineering event on the hunt for new innovations from start-ups
Advanced Engineering is on the lookout for start-ups to showcase their inventions as part of its innovation zone. Supported by Innovate UK/KTN, the organisation is searching for growing businesses to exhibit their disruptive technologies and inventions on the show floor.
EA, Ordnance Survey & SEPA publish Master Map of UK's water network
Ordnance Survey (OS), the Environment Agency (EA) and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) have collaborated to bring together a nationally consistent view of Great Britain’s watercourses.
UK water companies trial innovative technologies to tackle leakage and optimise water networks
Next month’s Global Leakage Summit which takes place in London on 25th and 26th June is showcasing developments at six UK water companies using innovative technologies – and trialling others - to increase and maintain efficiency in their networks.
Research examines new links between retreating glaciers and global warming
University of Southampton scientists are using innovative technology to monitor the behaviour of glaciers in real time, in a new bid to understand the link between their retreat, global warming and rising sea levels.
Northumbrian Water underground mapping project gets government pilot go-ahead
The Government’s Geospatial Commission has announced its ambition to bring together the existing data on underground pipes and cables to create an Underground Assets Register.
Microsoft & PWc report says AI can help to tackle global water crisis
A new report from Microsoft and PWc on what can AI do for the economy and environment is highlighting the potential for Artificial Intelligence technologies to have a significant positive impact on the global water crisis by 2030.
South East Water trials IoT digital water meter trial with Vodafone UK
South East Water is the first utility in England to have a full NBIoT (Narrowband Internet of Things) commercial agreement in place with Vodafone UK as part of a digital water meter trial which could revolutionise the way the water industry detects and prevents leaks.
Innovation in the UK’s municipal water sector - collaboration and demand-led approach key to success
A recent Enterprise Ireland water innovation seminar in Dublin, hosted in collaboration with Wet Networks (an Arup and WRc initiative) emphasised the greater need for a demand-led approach to innovation, writes Darragh Cotter, Cleantech Market Advisor based in Enterprise Ireland’s London office.
Pioneering project calls for more companies to join the innovation revolution
A global initiative to create the utility company of tomorrow has taken a significant step forward as Peter Simpson, Anglian Water’s Chief Executive and the driving force behind the programme, called on more companies from around the world to step up to a new set of challenges.
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Safe access solutions a key requirement for water sector and other Critical Infrastructure Providers
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 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.
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