
International engineering firm COWI has been awarded a contract by Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) – a joint venture involving DEME, Qair and Aspiravi – to provide Pree-FEED study for Ayre and Bowdun offshore wind projects in Scotland. Under the contract, COWI will conduct a Pre- Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) study for TWP’s Ayre and Bowdun…

Model VB-60-SSIS Vee-Cone Blender achieves uniform blends more gently, sanitises more rapidly, and discharges more thoroughly using less energy than agitated blenders. Posted: 5 March 2024 Share this page A new Munson Sanitary Vee-Cone Blender with internal spray line, Model VB-60-SSIS, blends dry and granular bulk materials uniformly, with or without liquid additions, in 15…

Image: Siemens In a decentralised energy system with increasing proliferation of distributed energy resources, visibility on this grid ‘edge’ is becoming ever more crucial. Though the ‘edge’ has been talked about for years, it is increasingly taking central stage as more and more homes and businesses take up solar and battery systems, switch to electric…

At the internationally leading trade fair for food and beverage production, NORD DRIVESYSTEMS presents its drive solutions for the industry from 19 to 22 March 2024 in Cologne. NORD-drives-End-of-Line.jpg: Decentralised asynchronous drives provide decisive advantages in the endof- line packaging of food and beverages Image: NORD DRIVESYSTEMS The NORD DRIVESYSTEMS’ drive solutions promise high energy…

New MiNexx® 3000 bench scale impresses with outstanding price/performance ratio March 2024 – Minebea Intec, a leading global manufacturer of industrial weighing and inspection technologies, presents the new weighing platform MiNexx® 3000 – the new generation of bench scales. With innovative design and outstanding functionality, MiNexx® 3000 sets new standards in precision, efficiency and integration…

Image: European Commission Funding to deploy the first version of the European energy data space is now available under the European Commission’s Digital Europe programme for 2023-2024. The European Commission is making available €74 million (US$80 million) in funding towards the creation of the energy and other sectoral data spaces as part of an over…

UK Research and Innovation has granted £6m (US$7.6m) of UK government funding to Coastal Workboats to design and build the first fully electric workboat and charging station for the Shetland Islands. This will lead to a UK-first demonstration of electric workboats in a commercial environment which will see the team working closely with the Maritime…

Volvo Penta and Sanlorenzo will bring Volvo Penta’s IPS professional platform – the technology and propulsion platform for commercial marine vessels and superyachts – to two dual-power Sanlorenzo yachts, the SX120 and the SX132. The two models are expected to launch in 2025 and 2027 respectively and will be the first superyachts installed with the…

Love British Food’s inaugural ‘Public Sector Influencers’ event on Wednesday 20th March is set to connect the most influential people in the public sector with British farmers, producers and suppliers. All major public sector providers are attending, for a day of frank discussion and shared sense of purpose. The public sector has the potential to…

Photograph of parked cars outside at night. Image courtesy 123rf PG&E, Kaluza and Wallbox are partnering on an EV and V2X programme in California, which will use dynamic tariffs to reward customers for providing surplus power back to the grid during public safety power shutoff events. Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), the largest utility in…