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  • Pip Organic enters snack bar category with Pipsticks

    Organic food and drink company Pip Organic has launched its new Pipsticks, a 100% organic fruit bar made with no added sugar or preservatives. Containing fibre for slower release energy and providing one of the five a day, Pipsticks are created for snacks and lunch box fillers. Available in two fruity flavours – Mango and…


  • Scotland’s Jamesfield battery energy storage system goes live

    Image courtesy 123rf Global clean energy enterprise TagEnergy and renewable energy infrastructure developer Harmony Energy’s Jamesfield battery energy storage system (BESS) has gone live. The 49MW/98MWh standalone project near Abernethy, Scotland, progressively came online from November 2023 as site sections were finalised, and was fully energised when construction was completed in early February 2024. The…


  • Oat Milk Manufacture using Silverson High Shear Mixers

    Non-dairy or plant-based milks, such as Oat milks, have become increasingly popular over the past few years and as a result Silverson has been seeing more enquiries from manufacturers in the beverage industry seeking guidance and process solutions for this application. In response, Silverson has released a video showing how their mixing equipment can be…


  • Concern about ageing business water meters in Britain

    Image: Wave British business water services provider Wave has called for closer attention to issues surrounding ageing water meters. The call follows the completion of ‘Project No Flow’ undertaken with the data collection provider Occutrace on the lifespan of non-household water meters, which found that the root cause of many non-consuming meters is the meter…


  • PG&E partnership would bring up to bn for transmission improvements

    Image by Couleur from Pixabay Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) filed with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for approval of a transmission lease programme with the nonprofit Citizens Energy Corporation, which could invest as much as $1 billion through the programme. The programme would allow PG&E to accelerate work on its electric system to further improve safety, reliability, capacity and infrastructure health, and to enable new interconnections to clean-energy projects that support decarbonization. Citizens has committed to contributing a large share of its profits from the programme to clean…


  • First hybrid electric vessel constructed in South America will use a Corvus Energy battery

    Corvus Energy will supply the battery energy storage system for the Magellan Discoverer – the first hybrid diesel-electric vessel to be constructed in South America. Zero-emission battery Corvus will supply an Orca Energy Storage system for zero-emission operation mode. The battery system will be part of ABB’s full power plant delivery on board the ship.…


  • Meridian Energy selects Candela P-12 electric hydrofoil ferry for Lake Manapōuri service

    Hydroelectric power generation company Meridian Energy has signed a deal with Swedish company Candela to power the electric hydrofoil ferry P-12 set to be introduced to New Zealand’s Lake Manapōuri. Candela’s hydrofoil ferry The Candela P-12 is expected to begin operating on Lake Manapouri in 2025. Meridian will be the the first customer outside Europe…


  • Ulstein Introduces New Subsea Vessel for Offshore Energy Market

    Norwegian shipbuilder and ship designer Ulstein has developed a new subsea vessel – ULSTEIN SX232 – designed to service the offshore wind market for floating and fixed installations as well as offshore oil and gas industry. Designed for walk-to-work operations in the offshore energy market, the ULSTEIN SX232 features an optimizes hull based on the…


  • Multivac to combine all of Fritsch’s business activities on one site

    With the purchase of around 7.6 hectares of land on the new Industrial Park in the town of Iphofen The Multivac Group is cementing plans for the relocation of the Fritsch company with the aim of combining all the business operations of the dough machinery manufacturer on one site. Currently, operations have been spread up…


  • Cold Chain Climate Summit 2024: UK poised to lead the world towards -15°C

    The UK can lead the world in moving smoothly and safely from a frozen food temperature set point of -18oC to -15oC, affirmed the Cold Chain Federation at the Cold Chain Climate Summit 2024 on 13th March. It is expected the move will secure massive reductions in the energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of…