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Water industry unveils multi-billion pound 2030 net zero vision
Water industry unveils multi-billion pound 2030 net zero vision

Biomethane from sewage, renewable power, peatland restoration, and tree planting feature heavily in Water UK's sweeping new decarbonisation roadmap

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McDonald's hopes biofuel boost can help fight the 'fatbergs'
McDonald's hopes biofuel boost can help fight the 'fatbergs'

McDonald's is working with appliance manufacturer Miele to adapt its washing machines to extract grease, creating additional biofuel feedstocks and curbing potentially damaging waste

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Fatberg fightback: Water industry unveils wet wipe 'flushability' standard
Fatberg fightback: Water industry unveils wet wipe 'flushability' standard

The 'Fine to Flush' standard will allow wet wipe manufacturers which pass new tests to put official safety logos on their packaging

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Ofwat urges innovation in energy from sludge
Ofwat urges innovation in energy from sludge

"Where there's muck there's brass" claims water sector regulator, as it calls for greater innovation in sludge-to-energy to cut carbon, reduce bills and boost sector resilience

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Soil crisis escalates as third of arable land lost in 40 years, but could sewage hold the answer?
Soil crisis escalates as third of arable land lost in 40 years, but could sewage hold the answer?

Major new study argues a return to using sewage as fertiliser may help tackle potentially catastrophic loss of soil nutrients

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Green Investment Bank reaches 50th investment milestone

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Severn Trent plans £190m renewable energy investment

Water company to expand solar energy and anaerobic digestion to meet half of energy consumption from renewables by 2020

  • Investment
  • 17 March 2015
Bill Gates raises glass to 'water from poo' technology
Bill Gates raises glass to 'water from poo' technology

Microsoft founder's philanthropic foundation supports pilot project that produces clean water and electricity from human waste

  • Waste
  • 08 January 2015
Sewage-powered biofuels plant claims 'major breakthrough'

Developers Aqualia says algae-based technology could enable Spain to 'power 200,000 vehicles through a single toilet flush'

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Thames Water to invest £250m in new "poo power" technology

Utility reveals plan to use innovative waste water power technology to generate up to 20 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources

  • Waste
  • 08 March 2013
Wastewater snow trial comes to a messy end
Wastewater snow trial comes to a messy end

You don't eat yellow snow, but should you ski on it? An Arizona resort thinks so

  • Waste
  • 23 January 2013
Sewage works wind deal leaves REpower flush

Suzlon subsidiary to supply turbines for Wessex Water's 8.2MW wind farm at its treatment works in Avonmouth

  • Wind
  • 08 January 2013
Southern Water aims to sink carbon emissions with new poo power plant

Utility to invest in 14th combined heat and power plant to power wastewater treatment facilities

  • Energy
  • 07 January 2013
Microsoft to debut sewage-powered data centre

IT giant teams up with FuelCell Energy to trial zero emission generator powered by biogas from local waste water plant

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  • 23 November 2012
Taking the p*ss ... for energy

Nigerian schoolgirls come up with a new way of producing power from urine. The Sceptic Tank investigates

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  • 14 November 2012
Outbreak of wind at Bristol sewage works
Outbreak of wind at Bristol sewage works

Triodos Renewables completes deal to build four onsite wind turbines that should ensure plant becomes a net electricity exporter

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  • 04 October 2012
Stockholm: A green beacon for other cities to follow

Will Nichols reveals how the Swedish capital is awash with advanced green technologies that authorities hope will render it carbon neutral by 2050

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  • 11 September 2012
Aqualia unveils plan for sewage-powered biofuels

New plant in Spain kicks off five-year project to grow micro-algae at waste-water treatment plants

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  • 06 March 2012
How to turn sewage plants into power stations

Combining fuel cell with other technologies could provide power for entire water grids, scientists say

  • Waste
  • 02 March 2012
Poo power could clean up Accra's acrid beaches
Poo power could clean up Accra's acrid beaches

Columbia University project backed by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation aims to turn Ghana's untreated sewage into energy

  • Energy
  • 04 October 2011
Northumbrian Water brings sludge power to the North East

Second anaerobic digestion facility could see all the effluent produced in the North East converted into renewable energy

  • Energy
  • 08 September 2011
Flood defences must provide better cover for infrastructure
Flood defences must provide better cover for infrastructure

Funding decisions for protection schemes must take more account of critical networks, says Institution of Civil Engineers

  • Infrastructure
  • 18 May 2011
Sewer power project leaves water company feeling flush

Newly installed £13m CHP system meets all Lancaster plant's electricity needs, says United Utilities

  • Waste
  • 12 April 2011
Paris says 'let them heat cake' (with sewer power)
Paris says 'let them heat cake' (with sewer power)

Experiment could see sewers heat 10 per cent of city with President Sarkozy's Elysee Palace already signed up

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