Syrinix – A new way of looking at water

In this whitepaper, we interview Syrinix’s CEO, James Dunning. He outlines why access to water has turned into one of the hottest political issues on the planet. James also explores how enlightened utility companies are exploring new ways to improve the efficiency of water flows, using affordable technology that fundamentally changes the way water is…

Dawn of the Abundant Free Energy System

There is no logical, technical, economic or political justification for operating the future energy industry as we have the past one, or to attempt to make these markets operate by common rules. The Low Carbon generators are so totally different from the legacy scarcity generators, for example: fixed vs marginal costs, abundant cheap energy flows…

Recycling in the Anthropocene Age

I think it’s fairly safe to say that technological advances on their own will not reduce per capita use of the Earth’s resources. That requires different ways of doing things, some new regulation and above all, changes in attitudes amongst consumers themselves to what they actually need. The Brookings Institution predicts that the “global middle…

Bactest – Why the happiness of bacteria matters

Have you ever wondered about how happy bacteria are? Probably not, but for some industries it’s a critical question. Bactest has combined microbiology and computer science to develop a technique for quickly and accurately detecting and measuring bacterial activity in liquids, outside of a laboratory. The uses for this technology are varied, from testing liquid…

Streaming 2.0

Spotify has just announced reaching a target of 60 million paying users and as a result is now getting ready for a NYSE listing before the end of the year. Although global music sales have started growing for the first time since 2000, music streaming services still have to turn a profit. An example is…

Meet the Turquoise team: Luke Taylor

Career Describe your career journey After Cambridge I joined Operis, spending close to three years there building and auditing financial models and advising on PPP/PFI projects. I then took a year off to go to South America, before joining Lightsource at the start of 2015 where I helped close a number of deals at the…

Avoiding value slippage

Co-authored by Sophie Maugan, Partner at Cleveland Scott York, and Ian Thomas, MD at Turquoise. What is IP? There is a tendency to equate intellectual property with ‘technology’, as we imagine that any innovative product is immediately surrounded with patents and other forms of legal protection to prevent competitors from copying it. Actually, much of…

Meet the Turquoise team: Ian Thomas

Turquoise team members share their thoughts on business issues and give some career insights. Business What has been the most significant technological development of recent years? Although perhaps more in the realm of manufacturing, the reduction in cost of wind turbines and, in particular, solar modules has had a huge impact on the deployment of…

Gatwick gone bonkers

Gatwick has become the first UK airport to announce that it will be Carbon Neutral: http://www.mediacentre.gatwickairport.com/press-releases/2017/gatwick-becomes-first-uk-airport-to-join-global-renewable-electricity-alliance.aspx. I have never been a fan of the concept of Carbon Neutrality. The level of certification required to substantiate such a claim makes the Brexit negotiations look like a tea party. All we really want is to reduce emissions,…