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Image credit: Kamstrup The water sector is undergoing a technological transformation, driven by the rapid advancements in digitalisation. By adopting smart metering and advanced communication technologies, utilities across the globe are making significant improvements to secure a sustainable future with reduced water losses. Additional benefits include decreased non-revenue water, enhanced transparency, increased customer satisfaction, and…
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Image: TGO Alliance The Total Grid Orchestration (TGO) Alliance has been launched by utilities and technology providers in the US and Canada to deliver the energy transition. The Alliance, which is co-chaired by Black & Veatch and Hydro Ottawa, is intended as a collaborative forum to develop an industrywide framework for grid orchestration across planning,…
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Jochen Hagemann, Head of Network Engineering, and Thomas Wagner, Project Manager, Netz NÖ. Lower Austria network operator Netz NÖ is piloting Bludigit’s Picarro technology for vehicle-assisted gas detection. Picarro, which was developed by Bludigit, Italgas’s digital subsidiary, is based on California-headquartered Picarro’s gas concentration analysis technology for detection of a range of gases. Bludigit’s approach…
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EngineeringUK Chief Executive Dr Hilary Leevers EngineeringUK is asking for a more strategic approach to careers provision in schools and colleges in England and for greater investment in the careers system and associated infrastructure in a report on STEM careers provision. The report, ‘Advancing STEM careers provision in England: Key lessons and opportunities’, highlights what…
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FANUC’s Open House has now firmly cemented itself as an unmissable highlight of the automation calendar, attracting a mix of over 600 Focussing on key challenges facing UK manufacturers and the ways in which automation can address them, the event will include speakers from major companies like Airbus, Amazon and Cummins and automation influencers from…
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Among the guests of honor were high-ranking political representatives, including District Administrator Tamara Bischof (left) and Member of the Bundestag Dr. Anja Weisgerber (right) as well as Member of the State Parliament Barbara Becker (4th from left) and the Mayor of Kitzingen, Stefan Güntner (3rd from left), who paid tribute to GEA’s role for the…
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Chris Williamson Chief Business Economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence UK private sector manufacturers report a sustained upturn in business activity during September, marking 11 months of continuous expansion, according to the latest S&P Global Flash UK PMI Composite Output Index. But output growth slowdowns in both manufacturing and services meant that the overall speed…
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The world’s first floating wind farm, the 30 MW Hywind Scotland pilot park, is currently undergoing maintenance works include replacement of bearings and other repairs on its five turbines. Hywind Scotland, located 25 kilometres offshore of Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, comprises five Siemens Gamesa 6 MW turbines mounted on SPAR-type foundations. The turbines are undergoing maintenance…
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Image: UNDP IBM and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched two new interactive models focussed on energy access and development in developing countries. The two models, for electricity access forecasting and clean energy equity, are being made available with free access through the UNDP’s GeoHub dashboards to enable users access the data and…
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Fhaheen KhanSenior Economist, Make UK Business confidence has climbed to equal the highest levels achieved since the manufacturing outlook survey series from Make UK and BDO started. Output is expected to rise by about 30% in the fourth quarter of the year. Firms are forecasting a boost to overall economic prospects from a period of…
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