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  • California fires continue to cause major outages

    PG&E Blackhawks. Image: PG&E As the Los Angeles fires enter their third day, fanned by strong winds, over 400,000 southern California customers remain affected by widespread outages. The fires, described variously as unlike anything seen before and the most destructive in local history, have caused widespread devastation, particularly in the Pacific Palisades area favoured by…


  • Danos Names Habbit Decommissioning Opns Manager

    Jan 9, 2025 Blake Habbit, Danos Decommissioning Operations Manager (c) Danos Danos has promoted Blake Habbit to lead the growth and development of the company’s Gulf of Mexico decommissioning services. As operations manager, Habbit will oversee business operations and customer support throughout the decommissioning phase. Leveraging Danos’ diverse portfolio of service offerings, he will coordinate…


  • Danos Names Habbit Decommissioning Ops Manager

    Jan 9, 2025 Blake Habbit, Danos Decommissioning Operations Manager (c) Danos Danos has promoted Blake Habbit to lead the growth and development of the company’s Gulf of Mexico decommissioning services. As operations manager, Habbit will oversee business operations and customer support throughout the decommissioning phase. Leveraging Danos’ diverse portfolio of service offerings, he will coordinate…


  • Lindum Packaging’s hand wrap dispenser sets new standard for health and safety

    Forresters Chicken has raised the bar for health and safety in warehouse operations by being the first business to use the recently introduced double-handed pallet wrap dispenser from Lindum Packaging. Known for its robust design, ease of use, and cost-effectiveness, the dispenser transforms how businesses handle pallet wrapping. “Forresters Chicken has experienced frequent breakages with…


  • Elogrid tunnel thruster technology for two new CLdN vessels

    Elomatic has signed an agreement with logistics provider CLdN to install its patented Elogrid tunnel thruster technology on two new ro-ro vessels currently under construction. The Elogrid tunnel thruster grid is an energy saving device, designed to maximize side thrust for better maneuverability, enabling high levels of performance, efficiency and sustainability. Designed for installation on…


  • If work on a production line is easy to perform, this reduces the number of errors and thus downtime. In order to build up the expertise of its operators and maintenance personnel more quickly and more sustainably, the Coca-Cola production site in Mannheim, Germany, is now relying on KHS’ Virtual Training Center or VTC. This…


  • Damen Multi Cat 1908 Electric to feature EST-Floattech Octopus battery system

    EST-Floattech battery systems have been selected for Damen Shipyards’ Multi Cat 1908 Electric (MuC 1908 E) zero-emission workboat – the first fully electric Damen Multi Cat. EST-Floattech will supply its Octopus Series High Energy battery system as ESS, which will power fully electric propulsion and equipment use. The performance and energy efficiency of the battery…


  • Smart meters rollout in Zurich picks up pace

    Image: ewz The large scale rollout of electricity, gas and water smart meters across the city of Zurich, which began in 2024, is picking up speed. The three municipal utilities ewz, Wasserversorgung and Energie 360° are working closely together on the implementation of the project and in the coming years intend to push ahead with…


  • Half hourly settlement: What can gas learn from the electricity sector?

    The electricity sector’s journey towards Market-wide Half Hourly Settlement could offer invaluable lessons for the gas industry, writes Orlando Minervino, decarbonisation lead at Xoserve. The energy transition isn’t as simple as swapping fuel sources – if only it were. Instead, it’s a complex evolution of interconnecting systems designed and built around decades of fossil fuel…


  • Britons want clearer, more transparent, and more standardised labels

    New research from NSF shows that people in Britain want food labels to be clearer more transparent and standardised. NSF, the global leader in food safety and quality, announced the compelling research findings into the state of food labelling practices in the UK, revealing critical insights into consumer expectations and the effectiveness of food labelling…