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Energy company Eni has reached financial close on a major deal with the UK Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) which will see them award around £2 billion in supply chain contracts for their Liverpool Bay Carbon Capture and Storage Project. The project’s backers say that it will make regional industry more climate friendly,…
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Sheffield, UK Made Smarter has launched a new £1million funding round to support technology projects among SME manufacturers in the North West. The initiative from the Government-backed digital adoption programme, which has been driving digital transformation in the region’s manufacturing sector since 2018, is offering match-funded grants of up to £20,000 to help SMEs adopt…
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BEP Surface Technologies, a leader in advanced surface finishing solutions, has unveiled an ambitious five-year growth plan to double revenue by investing in innovation, sustainability, and talent development. The strategy aims to build on the capability of BEP Solutions, the company’s dedicated R&D arm, and the acquisition of Plating Solutions in 2024. With a sharpened…
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Employees in manufacturing are among the top users of artificial intelligence (AI), with almost all saying it has had a positive impact on their workplace, according to research from business management software specialist The Access Group. The research found that 57% of people who work in manufacturing and who regularly handle information as part of…
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Image courtesy 123rf In this week’s Power Playbook: Britain’s storage landscape is set to see some changes, with the LDES cap and floor scheme receiving its first window for project applications. But BESS developers don’t seem happy. On 8 April, Britain’s energy regulator Ofgem announced the first window for the long duration energy storage (LDES)…
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ABB AC 800M CONTROLLER ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION ABB is claiming a key milestone in industrial automation with publication of its first Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for the AC 800M family of controllers. Designed for high reliability and flexibility, AC 800M controllers are central to the ABB Ability™ System 800xA® distributed control system. ABB says it…
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SICK has announced the new SIG300 IO-Link Master for smart sensor integration, unlocking a wide range of possibilities for customers in automation. Special highlights include the integrated logic editor, which solves remote control tasks directly on the device, and the USB-C interface for intuitive configuration of the SIG300. Integration into heterogeneous device and fieldbus landscapes…
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Image credit: Stock The International Energy Agency (IEA), in partnership with the UK government, gathered industry stakeholders from across the world to address the emerging risks to energy security. The reason for the summit, according to the IEA, is the growing number of threats facing the global energy transition, such as supply chain disruptions, extreme…
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Image: 123RF CERN’s Open Quantum Institute has launched a project to advance quantum optimisation of power grids with quantum software developers Classiq and Wolfram Research. The two companies intend to collaborate on applying hybrid quantum-classical methods to challenges in electrical network optimisation. The focus will be on the ‘unit commitment problem’ of optimally scheduling generation…
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The Port of Seattle has released its Seattle Waterfront Clean Energy Strategy, created in partnership with the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) and Seattle City Light (SCL). Key movements Overall, the strategy delivers technical, policy and planning recommendations for how the port and its partners should plan and build the infrastructure needed to support a zero-emission…
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