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  • EUROPEN Guidebook helps businesses navigate the PPWR

    EUROPEN has released a new interactive guidebook designed to help businesses navigate the evolving requirements of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). Whether companies are starting to review the Regulation or already adapting to the upcoming changes, this practical tool provides a structured overview of the regulatory landscape and its implications for the packaging value…


  • Thecla Bodewes Shipyards delivers diesel-electric dry cargo vessel to Vertom Group

    Thecla Bodewes Shipyards has delivered the MV Vertom Joyce, a 7,280 DWT diesel-electric dry cargo vessel, to Vertom Group. The ceremonial handover took place at Harlingen Seaport, in the presence of stakeholders from both companies. Sustainable propulsion The MV Vertom Joyce has a diesel-electric propulsion system. A power management system ensures optimal energy efficiency while…


  • pladis adds trending variant to McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes range

    Pladis is introducing a popular new flavour to its well-known McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes line: McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes Hot Honey Flavour. Limited edition McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes Hot Honey Flavour combines the sweetness of honey with chilli heat in a delicious jelly covering the light sponge cake base and coated in the Jaffa Cake signature crackly dark…


  • Fingrid deploys Gridraven DLR solution across transmission grid

    Image courtesy 123rf Energy tech company Gridraven has won a public tender by Finnish TSO Fingrid to deploy dynamic line rating (DLR) across the country’s high-voltage transmission network. The contract covers five 400 kV lines totalling 700km and has an option to expand toward national coverage of 5500km by the end of 2025. The project…


  • Access to power biggest challenge for Europe’s data centres

    Image: 123RF Access to power is considered the biggest challenge for data centre operators over the next three years, the European Data Centre Association (EUDCA) has found. In its ‘State of European data centres 2025’ report, the association finds that, along with power constraints, other key challenges are regulatory compliance, particularly adhering to EU and…


  • E.ON partners on local power generation solutions for data centres

    Image: CyrusOne E.ON has entered into a ‘preferred partnership’ with Texas-based CyrusOne to develop solutions to overcome data centres grid capacity constraints in Europe. The focus of the partnership is on unlocking future energy projects in Frankfurt – Europe’s largest data centre hub, which is currently constrained by limited grid capacity and connection delays –…


  • Latin America’s first fully electric tug sets off for delivery

    The Sanmar-built ElectRA Series tug, named Trapananda, has been loaded aboard a transport ship to be delivered to SAAM Towage’s operations serving ENAP (Empresa Nacional del Petróleo) in Puerto Montt, Chile, where it will reportedly become the first fully electric tug to operate in Latin America. Electric tug design ElectRA Series tugs are the product…


  • Editor’s picks: The Autonomous Ship conference presentations to catch in Amsterdam

    With just three weeks to go until Autonomous Ship Expo, the premier event dedicated to the latest developments in autonomous, smart and remotely operated marine vessels, Electric & Hybrid Marine Technology International editor-in-chief Matt Ross selects a few of his speaker highlights from the upcoming Autonomous Ship conference. The conference takes place alongside the exhibition,…


  • DTEK closes loan agreement for 180MW battery storage projects

    Image courtesy DTEK Ukrainian energy company DTEK has reached a loan agreement with a consortium of Ukrainian banks for five energy storage installations totalling 180MW. Oschadbank, along with PUMB and Ukrgasbank (UGB), are providing around €67 million ($76.3 million). Led by Oschadbank, DTEK says in a release that the loan in the largest financing yet…


  • Freudenberg e-Power Systems and Derecktor Shipyards collaborate on third hybrid-electric ferry in Savannah

    Maritime battery manufacturer Freudenberg e-Power Systems (FEPS) and Derecktor Shipyards have announced they are going to work together on a third hybrid-electric ferry for the Chatham Area Transit Authority (CAT) in the City of Savannah in the US state of Georgia. The vessel will be outfitted with 32 high-power XMP 96P Marine subpacks with a…