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  • Six Innovators Selected to Advance New York’s Offshore Wind Potential

    Jun 7, 2024 © BINGJHEN / Adobe Stock The Offshore Wind Innovation Hub, led by Equinor, has selected six companies that will receive support to further develop their ideas and advance offshore wind’s potential in New York. Six companies were selected from a pool of 78 applicants based on the novelty of their solutions that…


  • Rolls-Royce to provide emergency power for Colorado data centre

    Kinetic energy system provides immediate response in case of outage or power disruption from grid. Image credit: Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce has received an order from its distributor Smith Power Products to provide two 1,500kW mtu Kinetic PowerPacks (KPPs) for NOVVA Data Centers in the US. The two KPPs will provide emergency backup power for an expansion…


  • Grid + renewables spend hikes beyond fossil fuels

    Image courtesy 123rf In this week’s edition of Smart Energy’s Power Playbook, Yusuf Latief reports on an investment update from the International Energy Agency (IEA) which has found that of the total $3 trillion expected to be invested in energy, the lion’s share will go into renewables and the power grid, surpassing fossil fuels. The…


  • Avangrid secures mobile transformer to speed up power restoration

    Image: Avangrid Iberdrola subsidiary Avangrid has secured its first mobile transformer, which can be deployed within a two month timeframe. The 168MVA mobile transformer, which was custom made by Hitachi Energy, is able to be deployed to any of Avangrid’s onshore wind and solar facilities due to its multi-voltage capabilities and would enable outages in…


  • Puratos’ Sourdough Institute to ‘protect, research and inspire’

    Puratos has opened a hub dedicated to celebrating the art, science and potential of sourdough, the Sourdough Institute:. Through a combination of masterclasses, online events, its one-of-a-kind Sourdough Library and ground-breaking research, the Institute in Sankt Vith, Belgium, aims to “protect, research and inspire” the legacy of the popular ingredient on a global scale. The…


  • Industry needs to invest in technical solutions for plant-based ingredients’ development of cleaner labels

    Food and beverage companies must find technical ways to maximise the impact of plant-based actives and make them more attractive to consumers. This is the view of scientists at R&D consultancy Sagentia Innovation who has been exploring ways to overcome challenges surrounding the effective use of non-nutritive plant-based active ingredients also called phytochemicals. More than…


  • SITA launches maritime technology company SmartSea

    Air transportation technology provider SITA has launched SmartSea, through an initial agreement with maritime service provider Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM). Columbia Shipmanagement partnership SmartSea is intended to provide a one-stop shop for maritime technology solutions. CSM has become the first SmartSea client to upscale its operations through its technology. Julian Panter, CEO of SmartSea, said, “SITA’s…


  • Food manufacturers dominate inaugural Made Smarter Adoption Awards

    Food manufacturers pursuing digital transformation have been celebrated at the launch of the Made Smarter Adoption Awards. The Awards champion manufacturing and engineering companies who have committed to adopting technology and skills to digitalise, decarbonise and drive growth. Regional winners from adoption programmes in the North West, North East, West Midlands, and Yorkshire and Humber have now…


  • SECO and MediaTek collaborate to redefine industrial IoT

    SECO has announced its participation at embedded world China, taking place in Shanghai from 14 to 16 June. The event offers an ideal platform for SECO to demonstrate its commitment to innovation in the embedded technology landscape through strategic cooperation with industry leaders like MediaTek. This collaboration has granted SECO early access to MediaTek’s Genio…


  • Equinor Picks Emerson Downhole Monitoring Kit for Rosebank Field

    Jun 6, 2024 Petrojarl Knarr FPSO (Credit: Altera Infrastructure) Equinor has selected engineering services firm Emerson to provide advanced well completion monitoring systems for its Rosebank oil and gas field in the North Sea, the U.K.’s largest undeveloped offshore field. Emerson’s suite of Roxar downhole monitoring tools will empower Equinor to use advanced oil recovery…