Join us for an unparalleled insight into 2023’s key highlights and expert perspectives shaping the industry’s future in 2024 and beyond! Brought to by Divya Inna, Paul O’Callaghan, Raveena Shinde, and TAG members Gigi Karmous-Edwards, Dr. Steve Gluck, and Dr. Glen Daigger. During this event, you can expect to gain insights into 2023 research highlights, explore growth opportunities in 2024, and…
• Cees Buisman to deliver BlueTech Forum 2022 keynote • Professor and author says a growth of consciousness critical to humanity • Radical water forum to provide immersive experience for participants Esteemed professor and author Cees Buisman, whose renowned book explores how the growth of humanity depends on the growth of our consciousness, has been…
Happy Chinese New Year, as we welcome in the Year of the Water Tiger, which occurs only once every 60 years. The next one you can mark will be in 2082! In Chinese astrology, water is one of the five elements and when combined with the 12 animals, produces the 60 unique combinations. I don’t…
The lithium battery economy, driven largely by the growing electrical vehicle market, presents opportunities for water and wastewater businesses across the value chain, according to a new report from BlueTech Research. Rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-on) batteries are used in smartphones and laptops as well as battery-powered cars and are driving the growth of technology across the…
Through a radical two-year experiment living inside a mini-Earth, ecologist Dr Mark Nelson developed a deep understanding of humans’ connection with the planetary biosphere and our impacts on the water cycle. Biosphere 2 was a 1.2 hectare (3.1 acre) virtually air-tight ecological system containing five areas modelled on Earth’s biomes and an agricultural system. Built…
BlueTech Research and Brave Blue World join 50L Home Coalition BlueTech Research and the Brave Blue World Foundation have joined the 50L Home Coalition, as part of a shared mission to solve the urban water crisis through research and innovation, and re-imagine the future of water. The partnership will catalyse deeper collaborations between the organisations,…
The global water and climate dialogue is seeing a shift away from making the environment ‘less-worse’ and towards initiating regrowth and regeneration. That is the view of Paul O’Callaghan, founder and chief executive of BlueTech Research, who is observing the transition. “Radical collaborations between industry and the supply chain are now needed if bold ambitions…
The hydrogen economy is at the start of a period of growth, with the size of the global market predicted to be as much as US$12 trillion by 2050, accroding to the latest research. As part of global decarbonisation efforts, hydrogen is expected to emerge as an alternative fuel. Given water is the main feedstock for…
By BlueTech Research Chief Executive Paul O’Callaghan The largest tranche of external innovation funding ever injected into the UK water sector, representing £36M, has just been awarded to nine projects via the Ofwat Water Breakthrough Challenge. A total of 23 entries were submitted, of which 17 were carried forward for detailed review. Ofwat had identified…
Each day our Knowledge Management Team screens, filters and categorizes the various news feeds we subscribe to and summarises key elements into a weekly update. Some of this week’s highlights include an impactful water film sponsored by Grundfos, exciting news about biogas generation from agricultural waste – with some stats from Sir David Attenborough –…