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Image: SWEPCO The number of smart meters in North America reached almost 146 million at the end of 2023 and with ongoing growth is expected to number 182.9 million in 2029. In a new study, Berg Insight reports that at the end of 2023, the overall penetration in North America surpassed 80% with 130.6 million…
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Image: Iberdrola Iberdrola is investing €290 million ($312 million) to boost digitalisation, chairman Ignacio Galán has announced. Speaking during the company’s digital summit, Galán said that digitalisation initiatives aligned with its strategic plan that are seeing the investments include accelerating renewable energy projects and the development of smart grids and improving operational excellence and the…
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Image courtesy Hitachi Energy Switzerland-based tech company Hitachi Energy has announced an additional investment of $4.5 billion in manufacturing, engineering, digital, R&D and partnerships by 2027, with a focus on transformers, HVDC and high-voltage product lines. The $4.5 billion doubles the company’s investments over the last three years and will also support the deployment of…
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More than 470 Thai Union Group employees from Thailand, the US, Africa, and Europe united for World Oceans Day to collect trash in their local communities, advancing the Company’s commitment to divert 1,500 tonnes of ocean-bound plastic from entering waterways and oceans by 2030. The Thai Union teams collected a total of 11,036 kilograms of…
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Vacuum specialist Leybold has added a new model to its Clawvac dry claw vacuum pump series – the Clawvac CP B. The rough vacuum pump designed for food processing, materials handling and environmental industries, is robust, durable and reliable. The Clawvac B’s product features allow for precise and trouble-free operation even under harsh conditions and…
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Jun 10, 2024 © kittikunfoto / Adobe Stock U.S. oilfield services giant Baker Hughes has secured a contract from Brazil state-owned oil and gas major Petrobras for workover and plug and abandonment (P&A) services in pre-salt and post-salt fields offshore Brazil. The multi-year project, set to start in the first half of 2025, will be…
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The countdown is on for the eagerly anticipated Machine Vision Conference which opens the doors at the Coventry’s CBS Arena on 18 June 2024. The two-day event is expected to attract over a thousand of visitors from a range of businesses across the UK and further afield. The UK Industrial Vision Association (UKIVA), MVC organisers,…
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Image courtesy 123rf Washington state utility Tacoma Public Utilities is close to completing a 300,000 smart electricity and water metering project. The smart metering upgrade, which began five years ago, is focussed on putting in place a future-proof electricity and water metering infrastructure for the city’s growing number of residents. Currently with more than 300,000…
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Perfectly Clear has announced the launch of Dino Water – a new range of sugar-free children’s drinks to encourage little ones to get more vitamins into their diet. Dino Water comes in two SKUs, ‘Orange & Mango’ and ‘Blackcurrant’, and as well as having ‘no nasties’ and being sugar-free, the new children’s drink includes multi-vitamins…
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The signing ceremony took place in Berlin, Germany. Image courtesy Amprion. German TSO Amprion has awarded a cabling contract and signed a Preferred Supplier Agreement (PSA) with Japanese cable manufacturer Sumitomo Electric to the tune of more than €3 billion ($3.2 billion). The agreement sees secured cable supply capacities for sections of the Korridor B…
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