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Hitachi Energy Guarulhos transformer factory in Brazil. Image courtesy Hitachi Energy Swiss tech giant Hitachi Energy has announced an investment of over $200 million to enhance its operations in Brazil and ramp up global transformer manufacturing capacity. The investment, announced during the celebration of Hitachi Energy’s 70th anniversary in the country, will include the expansion…
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aicas, a provider of embedded software, is pleased to announce the launch of its Edge Device Portal (EDP) and invites customers to join its exclusive pilot programme, “Be an EDP Pioneer”. This initiative offers early access to EDP, a Cloud-based solution designed to streamline the management of Edge applications, and enables participants to trial the…
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Advantech recently introduced its new ICR-1600 series of industrial 4G connectivity gateways. This range is specifically designed to meet the increasing need for dependable and cost-efficient network connectivity in industrial settings. The ICR-1600 series delivers strong performance, flexibility, and advanced features to support a variety of M2M and IoT applications, such as environmental monitoring, vending…
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Image credit: Diehl Metering Traditionally, utilities, mainly in Europe, deal with their water losses by using a combination of operational systems (e.g. SCADA), specialised hardware (e.g. noise logger) and manual localisation work. Public perception, specifically reports from the community about water emerging on the surface, also comes into play. Generally, the identification of a leak…
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(The eye of Hurricane Beryl, which made landfall in the Houston area in July. Image by Flickr.) In a letter to lawmakers, CenterPoint has proposed a roughly $5 billion investment toward grid resiliency in the Houston area. This includes removing vegetation around power lines, along with system hardening, advanced automation, predictive modeling, and further actions…
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Subsea7 in August announced it was awarded a “sizable” contract, worth between $50 million and $150 million, to perform engineering, procurement, construction, and offshore installation (EPCI) work in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The company revealed on social media that the contract was awarded by Shell Offshore Inc., for its Vito waterflood project. Subsea7’s work…
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There are calls for Government action to stop the decline in the British abattoir industry, which is under threat from falling farm production, increasingly onerous trade barriers and a systemic labour shortage. According to the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA), abattoir numbers have declined from around 2,500 in the 1970s to just 203 today. The…
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Image courtesy Smart Wires Power grid tech developer Smart Wires has announced delivery of a second large-scale project with Colombian transmission company ISA Transelca to unlock grid capacity. The deal will see Smart Wires deliver their SmartValve advanced power flow control (APFC) solution to with ISA Transelca in the Atlántico region of northern Colombia. The…
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A new food waste legislation will come into force in 2025 affecting all businesses generating over 5kg of food waste, particularly bakeries as well as restaurants, cafes, pubs, and takeaways. The new law means that most businesses will have to separate food waste from other waste streams. Companies must store waste food in separate bins…
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Penmann Climatic Systems and Newsome have announced a strategic alliance in what is being billed as a landmark move set to reshape the HVAC, temperature and humidity control solutions provided to the UK industrial, commercial, and manufacturing sectors. The provider of process cooling, air conditioning and ventilation solutions to the food processing and manufacturing sectors,…
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