Energy and environmental technologies and services is one of the fastest growing business sectors in England’s Northwest. Our industrial heritage and pioneering spirit have combined to develop products and services with a truly global market.

Envirolink Northwest is supported by the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) to improve the competitiveness of the region’s energy and environmental technologies and services sector and to ensure Northwest companies realise the business opportunities this sector offers.

We work to help organisations commercialise new technologies and services and successfully market these solutions in the marketplace. Our objectives are to:

• Increase the levels of innovation, knowledge and technology transfer within the sector
• Increase the level of learning and skills for the current and future sector workforce
• Promote the sector in regional, national and international markets

Envirolink Northwest helps the region’s energy & environmental technologies and services sector to develop by promoting specific supply chains in the marketplace, identifying finance for business growth and new product development and stimulating partnership formation to address market opportunities.

Not only are we playing a crucial role in helping to improve the competitiveness of industries in the economically vibrant environmental technology sector, we are also part of a team working to apply solutions to high profile environmental issues such as water, energy and waste.

To maximise this growth our activities are delivered by three specialist teams focusing on the following growth sectors:

• Environmental Technologies, specifically:
• Remediation and Reclamation of Land
• Water & Wastewater Treatment


• Energy Management, specifically:
• Energy Efficiency
• Renewable Energy


• Waste Management and Recycling Technologies

Detailed descriptions of key energy and environmental sub-sectors and our sector support activities can be found throughout this website.