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  • Good Energy reveals research on heat pump misinformation

    Good Energy has revealed a new research which shows the widespread nature of misinformation around heat pumps. The green energy supplier and heat pump installer commissioned Opinium to survey adults across the UK, asking them to identify if a number of statements about the electric heating technology as true or false. Shockingly, the most widely…


  • FIE 2023: “discover potential” for food, beverage and nutrition at Prinova

    Prinova will demonstrate how its capabilities and trend insights can help drive category growth at Food ingredients Europe 2023 (28th to 30th November in Frankfurt). With a theme of “discover potential”, the provider of bespoke premixes and blends will showcase a range of new concepts that reflect current trends and highlight white space in the…


  • Redefine Meat enters UK retail with Ocado

    New-meat pioneer, Redefine Meat, is making its first entry into UK retail in a nationwide partnership with online grocery retailer Ocado. Consumers can now buy and cook Redefine Meat’s chef-quality ‘new-meat’ – a new premium-quality plant-based meat range endorsed for its comparability to high-quality animal meat by renowned high-end and Michelin-star chefs such as Marco…


  • Digital skills programme for manufacturers ‘Made Smarter’ set for national expansion

    The Government has pledged to extend the Made Smarter Adoption Programme to all nine English regions in the 2025-26 period, followed by collaborations with Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland in 2026-27. This commitment from HM Treasury, announced on Friday, 17 November, will enable hundreds of thousands more SME UK manufacturers to benefit from technology guidance,…


  • German TSOs launch four DC projects under new approval procedure

    Image courtesy 123rf German transmission system operators (TSOs) 50Hertz, TenneT and TransnetBW are moving forward with four new power line projects, utilising a recently established preference area procedure approved by the Federal Network Agency to expedite completion time. Pooling their capacities and experiences through the StromNetzDC cooperation, the TSOs are jointly implementing four projects to…


  • Schneider Electric’s Natalya Makarochkina wins the SILVER STEVIE award

    Schneider Electric has announced that Natalya Makarochkina, Senior Vice President, Secure Power Division, International Operations, has won the SILVER STEVIE Award for Female Executive of the Year in the Business Services category in the 20th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honour the achievements of women executives,…


  • New Jersey’s TWW launches smart water meters programme

    Skyline of New Jersey, US. Image courtesy 123rf New Jersey water utility company Trenton Water Works (TWW) has launched a $20 million project to replace 63,034 water meters in its five-municipality system with smart water meters. TWW meter readers will be able to read the new two-way communicating water meters remotely, eliminating almost all estimated…


  • National Grid refurbishes 170km of UK transmission network

    Image courtesy National Grid National Grid is delivering a £130 million ($163 million) project to refurbish and strengthen the existing overhead transmission line network between Lincoln and Stevenage in the UK. The refurbishment will enable power to continue to feed into regional electricity networks, who distribute it to homes and businesses at lower, more usable…


  • Mouser Electronics Offers a Wide Range of Technical eBooks to Empower Industrial Automation

    Mouser Electronics, Inc., the authorised global distributor with the newest electronic components and industrial automation products, has published twelve eBooks this year in collaboration with top manufacturing partners, providing practical guides that offer engineers trusted information to create innovative designs. Three of these recent collaborative eBooks have focused on industrial applications, such as the industrial…


  • Switch Maritime secures USm to expand hydrogen and electric ferry fleet in USA

    Switch Maritime, a USA-based company developing electrified, zero-emission ferries powered by battery and hydrogen fuel cells, has raised US$10m in a Series A round led by Nexus Development Capital to grow its hydrogen and electric ferry fleet in the USA. Switch’s recent fundraising comes on the back of the completion of its flagship zero-emission vessel,…