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Image credit: Gerd Altmann – Pixabay AI is attracting headlines daily but two issues are currently top of mind in Europe – the imminent AI Act and the energy consumption of AI-focused data centres. In a session at EU Sustainable Energy Week, the role of AI as an “enabler” in the energy sector was highlighted…
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Greg Jackson (right) at the Accenture conference. Photo: Accenture Octopus Energy chief says using generative AI is ‘like a superpower’ for his employees Generative AI has “turbocharged the power of the human”, according to Greg Jackson, the founder and chief executive of Octopus Energy. He said that for his staff, using artificial intelligence has been…
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Image: Areti Rome utility Areti and Vienna’s Wiener Netze have agreed to collaborate on grid innovation and digitalisation for these two historical European capital cities. The announcement, made during the visit of Viennese municipal representatives to the historical Castro Pretorio primary substation in Rome, will see the utilities collaborating on a range of grid technology…
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Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid, Princess of Belgium, has officially named offshore energy contractor DEME’s fallpipe vessel Yellowstone in Zeebrugge, Belgium. Environmental efficiency According to the company, the new fallpipe vessel will be the first in the fleet to be prepared for (green) methanol and it will also be the first dual-fuel fallpipe vessel in…
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An electric vehicle charges via a DC fast charger (courtesy: Unsplash) EnergyHub, a provider of edge distributed energy resources management systems (DERMS), was awarded a California Energy Commission (CEC) grant to advance the enrollment of multiple types of distributed energy resources (DERs), including thermostats, electric vehicles (EVs), and batteries, in virtual power plants (VPPs). Because…
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Farmers are achieving lower carbon emissions with the help of a new regenerative agriculture collaboration in Europe Last year, the companies embarked on a feasibility study to evaluate the impact of regenerative agriculture practices in curbing carbon emissions, increasing biodiversity and improving soil health. They worked with oilseed rape farmers covering approximately 9,000 hectares in…
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Scott Tinkler. Photo: Accenture Accenture’s global utilities lead issues call to ‘compress innovation cycles into months’ Accenture’s global utilities lead Scott Tinkler drew inspiration from Portugal’s legendary maritime history when he opened the company’s annual utilities and energy conference in Lisbon. Standing on a stage that looked out to the seas navigated by Portuguese explorers,…
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Lutetia has developed patented technology using straight injection of smoke into the tumbler with or without drying function of the meat type. Provisur Technologies, owners of the Lutetia brand say the technology is the perfect application for the best smoke penetration and enable customers to obtain products perfectly adapted to their tastes and requirements. Lutetia…
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Food-tech start-up NewMoo is makes its debut in the “happy cow” space by using plant molecular farming (PMF) to produce casein proteins for making cheese. Caseins comprise about 80% of the proteins in dairy milk. The resulting product allows cheesemakers to deliver the same genuine cheese experience as traditional dairy cheese via a cost-effective, animal-free,…
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Wall’s is targeting breakfast occasions with the launch of its first to market All Day Breakfast Scotch Egg, alongside a new All Day Breakfast Jumbo Roll and All Day Breakfast Slice. The delicious trio have been developed to meet the increased demand for quick and convenient breakfast options, with more than half of people now…
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