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  • The Happy Pear makes UK product range launch

    Founded by Irish twins, Dave and Steve Flynn, The Happy Pear has long-been associated with delicious plant-based eating, with an underlying mission to help people eat more vegetables every day. Now, for the first time, it’s inviting UK consumers to eat well, feel good and live better with The Happy Pear’s collection of products that…


  • Aggreko’s invests in cooling fleet amid high summer temperatures across Europe

    Aggreko has significantly invested in its European fleet of cooling solutions to bring reliable, clean and efficient cooling to the market. As weather forecasts predict warmer than normal temperatures for the continent this summer, companies across Europe will require HVAC to maintain operations on site while keeping energy consumption to a minimum. Aggreko has grown…


  • Eight US transmission projects selected for .2bn in federal grants

    Image by Sabine Zierer from Pixabay Eight long-range transmission projects in the US have been selected to receive $2.2 billion as part of the second traunch of funds set aside by the bipartisan infrastructure law. The projects announced by the Department of Energy on Tuesday are part of the $10.5 billion programme designed to enhance…


  • Seeq raises m in funding round

    Seeq recently announced the successful closure of a $50 million Series D funding round. The round was led by the global investment firm Sixth Street Growth, with contributions from existing investors such as Insight Partners, Altira Group, Second Avenue Partners, and Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures. This latest investment brings Seeq’s total funding to approximately $165…


  • Poland’s Enea Operator to instal 273,000 smart meters in 2025

    Image: Enea Operator Enea Operator has secured co-financing for the purchase of 273,000 smart meters from Poland’s National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management. The grant, amounting to PLN 163 million ($41 million) towards the total project cost of PLN 242 million ($61 million) is for the purchase of 273,000 smart meters for installation…


  • Hydrogen demand to quintuple for 2050 net zero goals, International Chamber of Shipping reports

    The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has launched a report that found that hydrogen-based fuel sources need to scale five times from current levels to keep the net zero by 2050 scenario within reach. It also identified that the heavy industry sector is expected to dominate global hydrogen demand by 2050, with South Korea, Japan…


  • Tech Talk | Meeting the data centres’ energy challenge with ‘bridging’ solutions

    Image: Aggreko Hybrid bridging solutions such as battery energy storage alongside sustainable power systems offer an approach to meeting accelerating data centres’ energy demand, suggests Aggreko. The growth in data centres is becoming of increasing concern in many areas as besides their individual energy use, they tend to concentrate in specific locations. An example is…


  • Utility on the hook for bn in Maui fire settlement

    Image courtesy 123rf Hawaii’s investor-owned utility will pay nearly half of a $4 billion settlement to support victims of the Maui wildfires last year. It appears the deal will allow Hawaiian Electric to avoid bankruptcy. Hawaiin Electric has admitted that downed powerlines initially caused the fires, which are blamed for killing more than 100 people…


  • Romania’s Rețele Electrice companies secure €38.4m from modernisation fund

    Image courtesy Rețele Electrice Romanian Rețele Electrice companies and Romania’s Ministry of Energy have signed financing of 191 million lei (€38.4 million; $41.9 million) from the European Union’s Mondernisation Fund for electricity distribution infrastructure modernisation. The modernisation financing will be distributed across the DSOs Rețele Electrice Muntenia, Rețele Electrice Banat and Rețele Electrice Dobrogea –…


  • Roquette cooks up four modified starches to enhance viscosity, consistency and elasticity

    Roquette is expanding its texturising solutions range with the addition of four new tapioca-based cook-up starches. The new grades – Clearam TR 2010, Clearam TR 2510, Clearam TR 3010 and Clearam TR 4010 – have been specifically developed to address “unmet” texture needs of food manufacturers and complement existing botanical sources within the broader range.…