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Image courtesy 123rf Grid enhancing technologies (GETs) like DLR offer tremendous advantages to network operators and consumers. But, if implemented incorrectly, they can potentially introduce new vulnerabilities to cyberattacks, writes Faraz Khan, principal enterprise architect from Ampacimon. GETs live up to their name, they’re intelligent and efficient. They offer unprecedented advantages to do things better,…
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Image: Oxford PV The IEA in its ‘State of Energy Innovation’ report defined a set of early stage innovations that it believes are achievable in ‘races to first’ around 2030. Drawing from input to the report these represent “outstanding scale-up challenges” towards which innovators are known to be working, in some cases by several companies…
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MEPCA is excited to celebrate Jake Hall, better known as the Manufacturing Millennial, as our Manufacturing Champion for April. Ahead of his UK debut at Automation UK this May, Jake talks to our editor about his journey from the factory floor to being a respected manufacturing influencer. With 100,000 followers and in excess of 150,000,000…
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Epax has launched EPAX Evolve 05 – the world’s first commercially available VLC-PUFA (very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid) product. VLC-PUFAs are a family of Omega-3 fatty acids that offer particular potential in the healthy ageing category. Pre-clinical studies have found that supplementation is associated with improved sight,1 and that depletion is linked to…
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Discover how Bosch’s cutting-edge Bamberg production plant harnesses Rexroth’s CytroBox for improved efficiency and sustainability. The Bosch plant in Bamberg manufactures spark plugs using state-of-the-art hydraulics. An upgrade with the stand-alone CytroBox power unit increases productivity and reduces energy consumption by over 50 percent, marking a significant step in sustainable industrial manufacturing. 120 years of…
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With 45% of energy generation needing to come from renewables by 2030, utilities face significant challenges in shifting to renewable energy. We hear from Laura Moreno Sánchez, Utilities Manager at Minsait, an Indra Company, who stresses that utilities must forecast long, medium, and short-term impacts on energy distribution resources and make optimal planning for their…
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Paul Kerr. Image courtesy UK Power Networks. Britain’s biggest electricity distributor UK Power Networks has appointed Paul Kerr, recent group chief financial officer at SES Water, as finance director. With a wealth of experience in the utilities sector, Kerr has a background in corporate financing strategy and planning. Kerr was with SES Water for seven…
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President Trump’s sweeping tariffs have caused confusion, anger, and threats of reprisal among political leaders and global markets worldwide. On Wednesday 2 April 2025, President Trump announced that the United States (US) would be implementing at least a 10% tariff on all imports effective from 5 April 2025. A spokesperson for the Scotch Whisky Association…
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The Coastal Sustainability Alliance (CSA), an industry collaborative effort led by Kuok Maritime Group (KMG), has signed two letters of intent (LOIs). The first focused on prioritizing the use of PXO’s E-Supply Boat by key ship agencies during an upcoming trial, and the second focused on developing a multimodal, multisite marine charging infrastructure. These partnerships…
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Image Courtesy 123rf. Regional energy planning is set to be undertaken across GB, mapping network upgrade needs in every part of the country by the end of 2027. Under a new decision from Ofgem, energy plans are to be drawn up for nine regions in England and for Scotland and Wales, by the National Energy…
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