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  • Ewon Netbiter EC360W with revamped Argos cloud interface and new mobile app

    HMS Networks now announces significant updates to the Netbiter solution for remote management of field equipment. The new Netbiter EC360W gateway now comes with a fully revamped graphical user interface for Netbiter Argos Cloud to enhance user experience.The new Ewon Netbiter EC360W is an all-in-one gateway for worldwide use. This new model includes a diversity…


  • AEP files proposal to handle surging data centre development in Ohio

    (Data Center photo. Courtesy Microsoft.) American Electric Power (AEP) has filed a proposal with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio that would create a new rate category for data centre customers and cryptocurrency mining/mobile data centre operations. The proposed rate structure would require new data centres with loads greater than 25MW and cryptomining/mobile data centre…


  • Latin America’s energy infrastructure highly sensitive to climate change – report

    Image: OLADE Increasing the resilience of Latin America’s energy infrastructure is important to manage the effects of climate change, a new study from the Latin American Energy Organisation (OLADE) indicates. The report, produced in collaboration with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and the Tecnalia Foundation, finds that the sensitivity and vulnerability of…


  • Reading University students get a taste for flavour at I.T.S

    Reading University students visit I.T.S Posted: 16 May 2024 Share this page Specialist flavour house, I.T.S recently welcomed a group of BSc Food Science with Business students from The University of Reading to their Newbury Berkshire HQ to find out more about how natural flavours are produced and applied in food manufacturing. The second-year students…


  • Tetra Pak pledges action across value chain to support biodiversity ahead of the International Day of Biodiversity

    Ahead of the United Nation’s International Day of Biodiversity on 22nd May, Tetra Pak has announced the launch of its ‘Approach to Nature’ – a comprehensive framework that defines the company’s contribution to halting and reversing nature loss and enhancing water security. The approach aligns with global targets, including those outlined in the Biodiversity Plan that calls for action…


  • Brunvoll to Equip REM Offshore’s Next-Gen Subsea Construction Vessel

    May 16, 2024 Underwater illustration of REM’s new ESCV (Credit: Skipsteknisk) REM Offshore’s new ESCV (Credit: Skipsteknisk) Brunvoll’s new and more compact retractable azimuth combi thruster (Credit: Brunvoll) Brunvoll has signed a contract with Myklebust Verft shipyard for the delivery of a thruster package to REM Offshore’s new energy subsea construction vessel (ESCV). The contract…


  • Fam Stumabo Scalibur offers superior cut quality, smoother slices, and cracking for potatoes

    Fam Stumabo has introduced what it describes as a “revolutionary and unrivalled” efficient potato slicer that can deliver next-level cutting. Thanks to dual rotation technology, both the cutting head and the impeller of the Scalibur rotate for a controlled and gentle cutting process. Whereas potatoes were previously pushed against a static knife, the Scalibur features…


  • pladis expands appeal of Jacob’s Crinklys brand with a new tongue-tingling flavour

    pladis wants to heat up retailers’ Crisps & Snacks sales with a sizzling non-HFSS flavour set to widen appeal for its £12.9m Jacob’s Crinklys brand. Tapping into the appeal of ‘Spicy’ and ‘Meaty’ flavours – a segment which is far-outpacing total category growth, up +26.8% – Jacob’s Crinklys Chilli Beef will start hitting supermarket shelves…


  • US DOE Picks Five Finalists to Advance Plans for Floating Wind Technologies

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected five floating wind technologies as winners of phase two of the FLoating Offshore Wind ReadINess (FLOWIN) Prize, designed to inspire solutions to challenges of large-scale production and deployment of floating wind turbines. The five phase two winners will receive a cash prize of $450,000 and a $100,000…


  • New open source energy initiatives launched

    Image: 123rf Linux Foundation Energy (LF Energy) has announced new open source initiatives and new working groups with the goal of addressing challenges in the energy transition. These comprise four new open source projects and three new working groups, which are set to deliver new open source solutions for the energy sector. Of the new…