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  • The next milestone in Rolls-Royce’s ten-year expansion programme is to select the fissile construction partner, who will bring AtkinsRéalis and Mott MacDonald’s designs to life. They will be tasked with building the nuclear manufacturing facilities, with the winning firm being announced in the coming weeks. Rolls-Royce Submarines currently employs more than 5,000 people and designs,…


  • Tech Talk | Research, development and innovation – who are leaders in energy?

    Image: Iberdrola Siemens … Electricite de France (EDF) … Iberdrola – all leaders in their respective energy categories for expenditure on R&D and innovation in Europe. This is according to the EU’s ‘Industrial R&D Investment Scorecard’, which monitors the performance of the region’s leading industrial R&D investors against their global peers. The 2024 edition, which…


  • Siemens and Sony partner on immersive engineering for the industrial metaverse

    Image: Siemens Digital Industries Software Siemens Digital Industries Software is integrating its NX software for product engineering with the Sony head-mounted display to enable the industrial metaverse. The development, announced at the CES 2025 show in Las Vegas, features a new set of software tools focussed on design and visualisation in the extended reality (XR)…


  • DTEK to instal 200MW of energy storage capacity in Ukraine

    Image: DTEK Ukrainian energy company DTEK has selected Fluence Energy to deliver 200MW of advanced energy storage systems to be installed at six sites across the country. The project, with an investment of €140 million ($143 million), will lead to the delivery of Ukraine’s first large-scale battery-based energy storage portfolio and the provision of 400MWh…


  • Marine battery market to grow to US.50bn by 2030

    According to Research and Markets’ Marine Battery Market by Type, Vessel Type Function, Capacity, Propulsion, Power, Design, Form, Sales, Regions, Global Forecast to 2030 report, surging demand for hybrid and electric vessels will cause the marine battery market to grow from US$882.3m to US$1.50bn, at a CAGR of 9.3% during the forecast period from 2024 to…


  • Edwards Vacuum’s dry claw pump offers reliable, cost-effective operation with easy maintenance

    The newest model of mono claw vacuum pumps, the nEDC300 from Edwards Vacuum, has a number of features that not only increase performance but also reduce noise, increase dependability, and make on-site maintenance easier. This means that it can be used in a wide range of applications, such as water and wastewater treatment, thermoforming, vacuum…


  • Sainsbury’s lists G Spot by Gillian Anderson

    The humorous plant-based functional drink company G Spot, which was co-founded by the well-known actress Gillian Anderson, has reached a significant milestone in its 20-month journey by securing its first supermarket listing with Sainsbury’s. From January, shoppers across the UK will find G Spot’s sparkling canned beverages in over 300 Sainsbury’s stores nationwide and online.…


  • Food and drink trends you will find at your next event in 2025

    The food and drink industry is the UK’s largest manufacturing sector, contributing £38 billion to the economy annually and employing over 475,000 people. According to the UK’s Food and Drink Federation (FDF) 11,600 new food and drink products were introduced into the UK in 2021 by 12,515 UK food and drink manufacturers. The food and…


  • DSOs call to accelerate EU grid permitting provisions

    The wind farm is located in the Dutch province of Groningen. Image courtesy Eneco. The DSO Entity has issued guidance on the latest EU permitting provisions for grid and renewable energy projects. As has been widely highlighted by organisations and media, permitting for grid and renewable energy projects has become a key issue, particularly at…


  • UK Power Networks’ DSO hits flexibility milestone

    Image: UK Power Networks UK Power Networks’ DSO has achieved over 100,000 live assets totalling 2GW of flexibility on its Localflex trading platform, marking a “significant milestone”. This total includes assets from ongoing day-ahead flexibility markets as well as longer-term tenders, underscoring the growing interest in and capability of flexibility providers for a smart and…