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Our consultancy services offer deep, actionable insights for clients navigating investment decisions, technology evaluations, and strategic roadmaps. Whether you’re entering a new market or conducting due diligence, we help reduce uncertainty and align innovation with business goals.
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Use powerful narratives to engage your teams and stakeholders. Through our award-winning documentary Our Blue World and the book The Dynamics of Water Innovation, we offer curated film screenings, keynote talks with industry leaders, and facilitated roundtables to spark meaningful dialogue around water innovation.
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Upcoming BlueTech Web Briefings
For Web-Briefings™, BlueTech selects key topics that represent the most promising new markets and technology areas. In 30 minutes, we analyse the chosen topic with the guest expert and present distilled, research-based findings. Each webinar is followed by a 10 minutes Q&A session that allows attendees to clear any remaining issues directly via a live chat. Whether you attend them live or stream on demand, Web-Briefings™ ensure you come away with a clear understanding of the market to inform your strategy. Access for BlueTech members and clients. Get in touch if you would like to join.
Press Briefing:
Hydrogen and Water - Innovation, Risk & Opportunity
- Tuesday, 29 April 2025
- 3:00 PM GMT | 8:00 AM EST
Divya Inna, Client Relations Director
Rhys Owen, Research Director
Dr Mike Mickley, TAG Expert
Dr. Karen Meidlinger (Center for Clean Hydrogen)
Thomas Valdez (Plug Power)
Hubert Fleming (BlueTech TAG Expert)
Join Bluetech Research and a panel of industry experts for an insightful web briefing exploring the critical role of water in the hydrogen economy. This session will examine both technical and commercial perspectives, ranging from electrolyzer performance factors to regulatory developments and industrial case studies. Panelists include Karen Meidlinger (Center for Clean Hydrogen), Thomas Valdez (Plug Power), Hubert Fleming (BlueTech TAG Expert), Martin Deetz and Matt Roth (Dupont), Rhys Owen and Divya Inna (Bluetech Research). They will unpack questions around water consumption in electrolysis, the impact of electrolyzer technology on water quality and durability, infrastructure scale-up, regulatory landscapes, and the role of hydrogen in decarbonizing sectors like steel, ammonia, and transport.
Expect candid perspectives, sharp analysis, and actionable takeaways for C-suite leaders, R&D managers, and policy influencers. With real-world project insights and interactive Q&A, this session is essential for anyone navigating the intersection of hydrogen and water.
Commercial pressure:
The state of High Recovery Reverse Osmosis
- Thursday 24 April 2025
- 3:00 PM GMT | 8:00 AM EST
Divya Inna, Client Relations Director
Dr Kim Wu, Research Manager
Dr Mike Mickley, TAG Expert
High Recovery Reverse Osmosis (HRRO) offers higher water recoveries than conventional RO processes and competes with other brine concentration technologies. Although the target market of HRRO can include the whole RO and brine concentrator addressable market, adoption is often limited by cost and other operational concerns. However, HRRO technologies are gaining traction in several industries. This web briefing from BlueTech Research Manager Dr Kim Wu and TAG Expert Dr Michael Mickley will outline the state of the HRRO market and discuss BlueTech’s upcoming report which compares different technologies in terms of their commercial development and technical performance. The Web Briefing will also include a Q&A with the report authors.
Latest market intelligence, fresh off the press
From PFAS and ZLD to emerging sensor platforms, our latest reports decode the signals that matter — giving you the insight to act, invest, and lead with clarity.
Stay on top of key trends, technologies, and insights shaping the future of the water sector. Our expert-led reports help utilities, investors, and solution providers make smarter, faster decisions.
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Research highlights and latest updates
Sensor Technology (Abaia – Sensor, Reflekt – Data Platform)
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Electrically conductive RO membranes
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PFAS have become ubiquitous in soil, water and air across the globe. Evidence of PFAS’ harms to human health, in particular increased risk of some cancers, has also grown rapidly in recent years. Current PFAS removal methods primarily transfer the PFAS from one media to another, and improper…
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With PFAS taking up a considerable amount of bandwidth in the public debate on emerging contaminants, one would almost forget that there is a wide range of other contaminants of emerging concern (CECs). In this article, the approach towards identifying emerging contaminants in general is discussed,…
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Spent media management in PFAS treatment Ali Ling, PhD, PE – Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at University of St. Thomas and TAG Expert As PFAS treatment becomes more common in municipal and industrial settings, increasing volumes of PFAS-laden spent media will require management….
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Where science meets strategy
From the creators of Brave Blue World, this groundbreaking book reveals what it really takes to commercialize water technologies. Blending data-driven insights with real-world experience, it uncovers the patterns, pitfalls, and success factors that drive meaningful impact in the global water sector. A must-read for changemakers and decision-makers alike.
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BlueTech Research brings you BlueNotes, the podcast that makes knowledge bite-sized and easy to digest!
Join dynamic hosts Divya Inna and Rhys Owen for 10-minute conversations packed with insights on the latest breakthroughs in BlueTech. Listen while you commute, walk the dog, or unwind – it’s the perfect way to stay ahead of the curve without getting stuck to a screen. Subscribe now and unlock a smarter, more informed you.
Where water meets the written word
Hosted by Paul O’Callaghan and Lily Chen, the BlueTech Book Club podcast explores the books shaping how we think about water.
Each episode dives into ideas and innovations behind water technology, sustainability, and the people driving change — from academic works to stories by filmmakers, founders, and futurists.
Whether you’re new to the field or deeply involved, you’ll find insight, inspiration, and the human stories behind the science.
Join us — and bring a book.
