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Shipping company Anthony Veder has announced the installtion of two VentoFoils sails onboard the ethylene carrier Coral Patula. The sails, delivered by Econowind, mark the first installation of such a system onboard a gas carrier. Later in 2024, sister ship Coral Pearl will be equipped with two similar sails. “In our sustainable roadmap, we have…
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Sabic has joined forces with major global brand owner and producer of frozen potato products Lamb Weston and flexible packaging producer Opackgroup, in a closed-loop process designed to create low-weight sustainable packaging bags made with a thin coextrusion film structure. At least 60% of the packaging is made with polymer using bio- feedstock from used…
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Darwen, UK – Global leaders in bulk handling and processing solutions, AHS & AMP (Automated Handling Solutions/Advanced Material Processing), has announced the official opening of its new, 60,000 sq ft state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Darwen, Lancashire. The new site was officially opened by Mayor Councillor Brian Taylor of Blackburn with Darwen, who joined company leaders,…
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Key Technology has unveiled its latest innovation – the Compass line of optical sorters designed specifically for nuts. Offering a high ROI and quick payback, the easy to operate high-performance, high-capacity system identifies and removes undesirable product defects and foreign material (FM) such as shells, shell fragments, rocks and wood sticks. Compass helps nut processors…
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Parker Hannifin, a global leader in motion and control technologies, helped to inspire and educate young people at a major STEM event last week. Teams from Parker Bioscience Filtration’s Birtley site in County Durham, UK and Parker’s Gas Separation and Filtration Division in Gateshead, UK, exhibited at STEMFest Sunderland from October 8 to October 10.…
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Riga, Latvia. Image courtesy 123rf Latvia’s AST secures €73m for grid synchronisation and modernisation Latvian transmission system operator AST has concluded two agreements to receive €73.24 million ($79.42 million) to develop the electricity transmission network and prepare for the synchronisation of the Baltic states with Europe. The agreements were concluded with the Central Finance and…
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Image courtesy 123rf Dutch TSO TenneT has published the results of six congestion management surveys for infeed in large parts of the Netherlands, freeing up 880MW in grid capacity. The studies were all conducted under the latest rules of the Authority Consumer & Market (ACM), which sees energy producers required by the grid operator to…
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Oct 18, 2024 (Credit: Subsea7) (Credit: Subsea7) (Credit: Subsea7) Offshore services firm Subsea7 has completed all floatover installation operations using an innovative installation method on Saudi Aramco’s oil and gas project offshore Saudi Arabia. Subsea7 used only tugs and soft mooring lines connected to the jacket for barge docking without deployment of anchors on the…
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Image courtesy Iqony Energy storage developer Iqony, part of STEAG group, and ACCURE Battery Intelligence, a provider of battery analytics tech, have partnered to apply ACCURE’s monitoring technology to six energy storage sites in Germany. The partnership, which has been running since September 2023, sees ACCURE monitoring six storage sites dedicated to Frequency Containment Reserve…
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XOXO Soda has announced its launch with the UK’s largest online supermarket, Ocado. According to the owners, the UK’s first prebiotic fizzy drink is revolutionising the soft drinks industry with its prebiotic sodas, offering a gut-healthy alternative, without compromising on taste. Having first launched to market in May 2023, UK-based XOXO Soda is currently available…
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