The secretary of state for trade and industry, Patricia Hewitt, this week announced an extra £50m is to be invested in the development of wave and tidal power technologies. The new Marine Research Development Fund is hoped to speed up the commercial

Gambica's Controlgear Technical Committee has published guidelines on the application of the new European harmonised installation cable core colours and how they relate to industrial control products. It recommends that equipment live conductors should all be coloured black or be the same

Government figures show targets for doubling the capacity of combined heat and power schemes are unachievable. The New Electricity Trading Act brought in to prevent the big generators artificially boosting electricity prices has also stopped the development of CHP schemes. Many proposed