South West’s distinction as Britain's first low-carbon economic area receives boost with £1.2 million funding

China-based RINO International Corporation has secured an $18.4 million contract to install a sludge treatment system in the Dalian Development District, marking the commercial launch of the company’s new technology

Diversified technology company 3M has formed an alliance with Sewerin G.m.b.H. to produce water leak detection products for the global water market through its track and trace solutions unit

Scientists from the Universities of Exeter and Plymouth are calling for urgent research to understand the impact of renewable energy developments on the marine ecosystem

A new technology developed at Germany’s University of Kassel will be capable of generating electricity from rivers and oceans without the need for wide-area dams

A small hydroelectric plant with the largest-ever capacity for Korea, at 7.5 megawatts, was recently opened by Korea Midland Power Co., according to Yonhap News and Korea Herald earlier this week. The plant is situated in Boryeong, a seaside city 160km southwest of Seoul.

An allocation of £22 million for pilot wind, wave, and tidal projects offshore and £8 million for the European Marine Energy Center (EMEC) was announced in a recently released UK government white paper.

New investment of £35 million on wave and tidal energy projects for the South West region and another £5 million for the Wave Hub project was announced last week in a conference in Cornwall, UK.

A new 50-year license was issued by the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to energy company Avista for the operation of its five hydroelectric developments under the Spokane River Project last Thursday (June 18).

Research scientists at the Fraunhofer institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB in Stuttgart are working in conjunction with the company Logos Innovation to develop the method of obtaining drinking water from air humidity.

Water clarification technology developer Purio, Inc. has announced that an independent laboratory analysis report has proven that the company’s system can turn sewage into safe water.

The energy arm of technology giant GE has signed contracts totaling over $500 million to supply advanced power generation and water desalination for the Al Dur Independent Water and Power Project in the Kingdom of Bahrain in the Middle East.