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Image: Nicosia Municipality As part of its Smart Nicosia smart city initiative, the historical capital of Cyprus has started a smart water meter rollout. Under the slogan of ‘Put water in the groove’, the Nicosia Municipality and Nicosia Water Board are partnering in what will be a 150,000 city-wide smart water meter rollout. Under an…
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Challenges and Growth Prospects Automate UK has published a brand new report highlighting key insights, challenges and opportunities for the automation sector in 2024. The report provides an insightful overview of recent and expected industry developments based on the survey of Automate UK members, wider industry experts, and automation technology end users. It points towards…
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Image: Salso Sciences/Planet Labs California IOU Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) is using satellite data to help spot hazardous trees and reduce wildfire risk as part of its vegetation management activities. PG&E is partnering with San Francisco Earth imaging company Planet Lab to leverage its satellite-derived data on vegetation including canopy height, cover and proximity…
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Heidelberg Materials Factory. Image courtesy Sympower Independent flexibility services provider Sympower and Heidelberg Materials Hellas, a Greek cement production company, have announced a partnership to unlock and monetise the inherent flexibility of its energy-intensive equipment. By utilising three of Heidelberg Materials Hellas’ cement mills and one of its raw mills, Sympower will optimise their energy…
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The global chocolate business delivered +1.0% volume growth, ahead of a declining global chocolate confectionery market according to Nielsen (-2.0%). Food Manufacturers continued to be impacted by soft consumer demand held back by high-inflation. Barry Callebaut was able to mitigate these pressures as it was able to meet the consumer shift towards private label chocolate…
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The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has launched its first pilot trial for an electric harbor craft (e-HC) charging point at the Marina South Pier (MSP), following an earlier call for proposals (CFP) to develop and operate e-HC charging points at various locations under a two-year pilot scheme. The charging point at MSP…
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Edinburgh-based startup is exploring a new technology that could create gluten-safe food products, such as bread, while retaining the taste and texture of the real thing. Scientists from Prozymi Biolabs, a biotechnology business with facilities at the Roslin Innovation Centre, are testing the feasibility of a new enzyme technology that degrades gliadin – the protein…
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Molson Coors Beverage Company has announced plans to invest more than £100m in its UK brewery and beverage network over the next five years. A programme of significant investment and infrastructure upgrades will improve capabilities and introduce greater efficiencies across its entire UK network. It will also play a crucial role in supporting Molson Coors’…
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Klöckner Pentaplast (kp) has launched the first food packaging trays comprising 100% recycled PET (rPET) deriving exclusively from trays, marking a significant food packaging industry milestone, the company claimed. Until now, food packaging trays have been manufactured using ever increasing proportions of recovered PET material; however, the newly launched Klöckner Pentaplast (kp) tray is the…
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Image courtesy Tantalus Systems Grid modernisation tech company Tantalus Systems has announced two grid modernisation initiatives across three US states. The Canadian tech company will deploy for Bolivar Energy Authority (BEA) on the Tennessee and Massachusetts distribution grids and will test its tech in a separate Connecticut pilot programme. The first initiative sees BEA, which…
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