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  • Low Carbon announces financial close on 385MW portfolio

    Image credit: 123rf.com Global renewable energy company Low Carbon has announced that it has reached financial close on a 385MW portfolio of solar and co-located battery storage projects. The 385MW portfolio, most of which will enter construction in early 2024, is part of a large pipeline of solar and battery storage projects in excess of…


  • Rising Dough: Welsh Baking Industry Gears Up for Second Annual Conference

    Members of the Welsh baking industry will come together to discuss key issues facing the sector at the second annual Welsh Baking Conference, which is taking place at the All Nations Centre in Cardiff on 13 March 2024. Organised by Zero2Five Food Industry Centre at Cardiff Metropolitan University, this year’s conference will focus on the…


  • Resource scarcity squeezes 93% of food and beverage businesses, reveals ABB

    A new report from ABB Motion, entitled “Circularity: No Time to Waste,” reveals that 93 per cent of food and beverage businesses are feeling the effects of resource scarcity. Raw materials (37 per cent) are seen as the scarcest resource, followed by energy (34 per cent), labour (32 per cent), and electronic components (26 per…


  • Veggie delights: plant-based ice cream celebrates strong Aussie roots on Australia Day

    How best for a British based but Australian conceived brand of plant-based ice cream chunks to celebrate both the arrival of Australia Day (26th Jan) and the successful conclusion of yet another remarkable Veganuary. Australia Day is all about revelling in all that’s great about Australia and being Australian and as Over the Moo is…


  • Lhyfe Meets Its Green Hydrogen Objectives with First Offshore Demonstrator

    French green hydrogen production specialist Lhyfe has announced the operating results of its offshore hydrogen production pilot platform, Sealhyfe, confirming the initial objectives have been met with valuable insights gathered for the large-scale HOPE project. After 14 months of testing, including in particularly tough conditions, Sealhyfe was brought back with its full production capacity intact…


  • Port of San Diego to create a US5,000 shore power connection point

    The Port of San Diego has awarded a US$676,270 equipment purchase and consulting service agreement contract to Watts Marine (formerly Cochran Marine) to create an additional shore power connection point. This shore power connectivity at its B Street cruise ship terminal will enable vessels with starboard connections to access shore power at B Street Pier’s…


  • Kraken acquires German tech startup Kwest to ‘supercharge green home energy’

    Image credit: Kwest Kraken, the tech arm of global energy and technology group Octopus Energy, has announced the acquisition of German tech start-up Kwest. Kraken says adding Kwest’s leading workflow platform to its tech stack will unlock smoother installations of clean technologies such as heat pumps and smart meters across Germany, the UK and Octopus’…


  • NICEIC enhances training portfolio with the addition of EWA

    NICEIC has announced the addition of the Installation Electrician Experienced Worker Assessment (EWA) to its training portfolio.     This industry-approved pathway offers experienced electricians, who might not have completed an apprenticeship or secured a Level 3 vocational qualification (or equivalent), a formal means to validate their competence and industry experience.    Candidates applying to undertake the…


  • Technip Energies Hands Over Coral Sul FLNG Unit to Eni

    The performance tests on Eni’s Coral Sul floating LNG (FLNG) unit offshore Mozambique, led by Technip Energies, have confirmed the requirements of LNG production of above 3.4 million tons per year. Following the completion of the performance tests, the Coral Sul FLNG unit has been handed over to Eni. The FLNG was delivered and commissioned…


  • ABC Engines to Equip Jan De Nul’s Largest Cable Layer Yet

    Jan 26, 2024 Fleeming Jenkin CLV (Credit: Jan De Nul) Offshore installation services company Jan De Nul has ordered methanol marine engines from ABC Engines for its new cable-laying vessel Fleeming Jenkin with ‘unrivalled cable-carrying capacity’. The order includes four 7,200 kW engines and one 1,800 kW engine that can run on (bio)diesel, HVO and…