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  • First electric hydrofoiling boat crosses the Baltic Sea

    An electric hydrofoiling Candela C-8 has driven between Stockholm and the Finnish autonomous region of Åland. This is the first time an electric boat has crossed the Baltic Sea and made the journey between Sweden and Finland. It returned the same day – at a 95% lower cost than a boat powered by fossil fuel.…


  • Commercial P2P power trading launches in Japan

    Image: Trende A commercial peer-to-peer (P2P) power trading project among agricultural cooperatives in Japan has been launched by the renewable energy company Trende Co. The blockchain-based service, which is being implemented through Japan’s National Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, uses AI-based supply and demand forecasting to trade electricity between consumers supplied from local solar power and…


  • Aker Solutions to Design Substations for Mediterranean Floating Wind Project

    Renexia, through its subsidiary Renext Solutions, has signed a front-end engineering and design contract (FEED) with Aker Solutions to design the underwater substations for Med Wind project, a 2.8 GW floating wind farm in the Mediterranean Sea. Aker Solutions will work in close cooperation with its alliance partner ABB to deliver the project scope. The…


  • HiFood’s micro protein formula wins Global Food Industry Award 

    HiFood has won the Global Food Industry Award in the “Most Innovative Process” category thanks to Micro Protein, a new range of micronised plant-based, allergen-free and clean label proteins. The solution also ranked as a finalist in the “Most Innovative Ingredient” category at the 22nd World Congress of Food Science and Technology – held in…


  • Key Technology unveils new line of high-capacity vibratory conveyors

    Key Technology has introduced high-capacity vibratory conveyors for advanced food handling applications. Conveying up to 100,000 lbs (45,359 kg) of product an hour and available in widths more than 10 feet (3 meters), these extra-large, high-capacity conveyors can be engineered for grading, aligning, distributing and other specialised food handling functions. Achieving new levels of versatility…


  • Food fair season provides showcase for Stockley’s gifting offers

    September food fair season provides the perfect backdrop for Stockley’s to showcase its first tranche of new gifting offers with the eagerly anticipated arrival of its gift bottle of bubbles -Salted Caramel Malt Balls and the very latest incarnation of Stockley’s sublime Sweet Shop Collection. Stockley’s is a reinvigorated pioneer with the UK’s handcrafted sweets…


  • US utility rates increases soared in 2023. This year could see more of the same

    (Credit: Steve Snodgrass / Creative Commons) Utilities in the US are on pace to raise electricity rates by around $9 billion in 2024, nearly reaching the modern record for net rate increases set a year prior, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Net electricity rate increases reached $9.7 billion in 2023, more than double the…


  • Novel hydrogen heating gains first customer

    Image: Hyting German gas technology company Flusys has been named by Hyting as the first customer of its catalytic hydrogen heating system. The 10kW heating system, which has been developed for industrial and commercial customers, is due for installation and commissioning in early 2025 in Flusys’ newly-established production facility for precision pumps in Offenbach, Germany.…


  • New guidance for expanding and smartening EU grid for renewables

    Image: 123RF Guidance published on the integration of renewable electricity in Europe’s grid highlights the need for expanding grid capacities and developing a more flexible and smarter infrastructure. This need is at both the distribution and transmission levels and is necessary to integrate an increased amount of variable renewable electricity and distributed energy resources such…


  • The Enoda PRIME® Exchanger: Dynamic power flow technology for a balanced and decarbonised grid

    ENODA was established in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2021 The Enoda PRIME® Exchanger can be placed into the distribution grids of utilities, improving their performance and enabling them to become the primary provider of system stability. ENODA provides a system which is agnostic to the nature of supply and demand. To do that, there needs to…