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  • NTT demo ‘world’s first’ optical fiber innovation for faster, cost-effective IoT construction

    NTT Corporation has demonstrated a construction technology that allows various types of optical fibres to branch and merge without causing communication interruption. This result is expected to reduce the cost of facility construction and shorten the construction period for telecommunications carriers, especially as the number of connected devices in the Internet of Things continues to…


  • Eaton awarded m in tax credits for manufacturing investments

    Intelligent power management company Eaton was awarded more than $26.6 million in investment tax credits from the US Internal Revenue Service as part of the Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Tax Credit (48C) funded by the Inflation Reduction Act. The company was awarded the tax credits for its manufacturing investments totaling more than $200 million to…


  • EU increases 2030 solar goals by 87% but grid planning trails

    Photo by Anders J on Unsplash Solar energy targets in Europe have increased by an average of 87%, however, grid and flexibility planning trail far behind renewable goals, putting the energy transition at risk. That is the finding of the latest analysis by Solar Power Europe, the association representing the entire European value chain. EU…


  • Silvery Tweed Cereals partners with environmental consultants to achieve sustainability goals

    Silvery Tweed Cereals has entered into a partnership with environmental consultants Beyondly to help reduce its carbon footprint and achieve its sustainability goals. Berwick-upon-Tweed-based Silvery Tweed processes, manufactures, and supplies premium-quality cereal and seed ingredients to many of the leading names in the baking and cereals industries throughout the UK and Europe. It consists of…


  • Provisur Technologies future-proofs product handling

    Provisur Technologies’ new Formax Free Movement System (FMS) is a compact and hygienic handling system for sliced products that offers a high level of flexibility, making it ideal to overcome the challenges of today’s ever-changing markets. The FMS utilises free-floating movers that ride along an electromagnetic surface to enable smooth and seamless product handling. The…


  • Interfood brings Salva ovens to the UK

    Frank Teixeira (left), Salva’s export area manager for UK and Ireland, finalises the new partnership with James Fitch, Interfood’s bakery divisional manager. Posted: 26 April 2024 Share this page Interfood has signed a partnership deal with world renowned oven manufacturer Salva to represent the San Sebastian based family-owned company in the UK. This will cover…


  • Manufacturers are cutting back on expensive ingredients, Dutch Consumers’ Association reports

    Image: Photo by Gustavo Fring: https://www.pexels.com/photo/cheerful-woman-using-electronic-scales-in-supermarket-4173320/ Posted: 26 April 2024 Share this page The Consumers’ Association has concluded that manufacturers in the Netherlands have a “new trick to hide price increases” by cutting back on expensive ingredients. According to the association, expensive ingredients are replaced by cheaper ones while the sales price remains the same…


  • EST-Floattech containerized battery system chosen for Kotug fully electric pusher boat

    Kotug has chosen EST-Floattech’s containerized energy storage solution with Octopus Series for the E-Pusher 1 (Type M), an emission-free pusher that transports cocoa beans for Cargill on inland waterways from the Port of Amsterdam to Zaandam in the Netherlands. According to the companies, it is the world’s first fully electric pusher boat. Containerized energy storage…


  • Satellite imagery used to identify high-voltage power line faults

    Image courtesy Elewit In a collaborative project between Spanish TSO Red Eléctrica, tech platform Elewit and satellite solutions developer Orbital EOS, the capability of satellite imagery analysis is being investigated as a means to identify breakdowns in high-voltage power lines and reduce asset service replacement times. The project’s proposal is to use very high-resolution satellite…


  • US DOE issues final permitting rule to expedite transmission expansion

    Image courtesy 123rf The US Department of Energy has announced a final transmission permitting reform rule and a new commitment for up to $331 million aimed at adding more than 2,000MW of additional grid capacity throughout the Western United States. The DOE is issuing a final rule to establish the Coordinated Interagency Transmission Authorizations and Permits…