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  • New at Mouser: NXP Semiconductors MCX Microcontrollers for Intelligent Motor Control and Machine Learning Applications

     Mouser Electronics, Inc., the industry’s leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components™, is now shipping the MCX industrial and IoT microcontrollers (MCUs) from NXP Semiconductors. These new MCUs are high-performance, low-power microcontrollers with intelligent peripherals and accelerators for secure, intelligent motor control and machine-learning applications. NXP’s new…


  • Planning key focus for Britain’s future National Energy System Operator

    Image: National Grid ESO Britain’s forthcoming National Energy System Operator (NESO) will be charged with producing two key energy plans. The new organisation, which will replace the current National Grid ESO, is intended to continue the delivery of the existing electricity market roles, including control centre operations, market development and transactions and system insight, planning…


  • Smart meters in manufacturing sector can bring savings – study

    Photo by Simone Hutsch via Unsplash A new study from North Carolina State University researchers suggests that smart meters can improve energy efficiency in manufacturing. The key driver is the willingness of managers to actually make use of the technology, according to the researchers, who also present the study as a proof-of-concept for using ‘event…


  • Ports of Southampton and Singapore explore green transportation cooperation

    Associated British Ports (ABP) has welcomed a delegation from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) to the Port of Southampton, led by Teo Eng Dih, chief executive of MPA. Sustainable maritime cooperation The port authorities opened discussions on various areas of potential cooperation regarding sustainable maritime transportation in the context of the UK-Singapore…


  • EDF unveils ‘eco-responsible’ decentralised quantum data centre in Canada

    Image: Exaion EDF Group subsidiary Exaion has inaugurated the Bellevue data centre for quantum hybridisation in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. The new data centre, claimed the world’s first eco-responsible and decentralised infrastructure specifically designed for quantum hybridisation, will provide heating and domestic hot water to the Humano District project in which it is located. The Bellevue…


  • Future of grids: combining the real and the digital world

    Apr 03, 2024 E.ON Hungária Group is currently installing more than 165,000 new smart meters in Transdanubia and Pest County in west and central Hungary, including the capit…


  • Walkers introduces paper multibag packaging for Snack A Jacks

    Walkers has announced the rollout of new, paper outer bags for all Snack A Jacks multipacks. The new, paper outer bag is set to reduce the use of virgin plastic by 65 tonnes per year. It can be recycled with other paper packaging in home recycling bins and reduces greenhouse gas emissions of the individual…


  • TotalEnergies announces flexible battery project in Belgium

    Image courtesy 123rf French energy and petroleum company TotalEnergies has announced the development of a battery project in Belgium, which will help manage grid congestion problems. The project, announced on the occasion of Belgian Energy Minister Tinne Van der Straeten’s visit to TotalEnergies’ Antwerp refinery battery storage project, will be developed on the site of…


  • Dyna-Mac Secures 4M Backlog with New Contracts

    Apr 3, 2024 © Lukasz Z / Adobe Stock Singapore-based oil and gas module construction company Dyna-Mac has increasing order book to a record $664 million, with the main new contract related to the construction of process modules for an unnamed client. The several contracts Dyna-Mac secured are for project deliveries stretching until 2026. The…


  • Sleaford Quality Foods reveals new £750,000 innovation centre

    SQF MD James Arnold & MP Dr Caroline Johnson. Posted: 3 April 2024 Share this page Sleaford Quality Foods, the Lincolnshire-based high-quality ingredients and blends supplier to the food industry, has taken a significant step towards realising its growth plans with the official opening of its new, state of the art Innovation Centre by local…