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The wait is almost over! Electric & Hybrid Marine Expo North America, the world’s leading exhibition and conference dedicated to the very latest electric and hybrid marine propulsion technologies, comes to Chicago, Illinois, this week, on August 20 and 21, 2025. Attended by shipowners and operators, boat builders, shipyards, retailers of recreational vessels, propulsion system…
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Courtesy US DOE Pressure on power infrastructure in the US is intensifying, with a supply shortage for power and distribution transformers to hit 30% and 10%, respectively, in 2025, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie, an energy research and consultancy firm. According to the report ‘Untangling the US transformer supply chain crisis‘, since…
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Image courtesy 123rf Hari Vasudevan of KYRO discusses how, rather than replacing tradition with technology, an efficient storm response and recovery system for utilities should be based on a carefully blended approach. Utility professionals pride themselves on rapid, decisive action. Emergency crews roll out, and everyone from linemen to consultants works diligently to restore power…
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Technomelt EM 335 RE, an adhesive designed to meet the demands of contemporary recycling procedures, is now available from Henkel. It is alkali-dispersible and can be removed by up to 98 per cent. The Technomelt EM 335 RE has strong performance and recycling capabilities while labels made of plastic and paper work best with this…
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Digital Drive, Backed by Made Smarter, Unites five companies on one industrial estate to embrace technology for growth and job creation. A ripple effect of digital transformation is sweeping through a rural industrial estate where five manufacturers are modernising operations with support from Made Smarter. The government-funded programme, which helps SMEs adopt technologies and embrace…
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Mondi’s investment in cutting-edge technology makes it possible to increase the production of ultra-high barrier paper. Mondi is expanding its range of high-performance barrier papers with the rollout of FunctionalBarrier Paper Ultimate, a paper-based solution that meets even the most demanding packaging requirements. Following its previously announced €16 million investment in state-of-the-art technology at its…
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Image courtesy Wärtsilä The last two weeks have been fruitful for the UK’s battery energy storage (BESS) sector, with contracts and agreements announced by the likes of Balance Power, Wärtsilä, RES and Eku Energy across a range of projects. The announcements include: Balance Power’s planning approval for a 49.5MW project in Radwell Bury, Hertfordshire. Wärtsilä’s…
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Sunpower Yachts International has announced the launch of the Sunpower Solar-eJET 3.3m Inflatable Tender – a vessel it claims to be the world’s first solar e-jet tender designed to be seamlessly recharged directly from the yacht’s solar energy system. “The Sunpower Solar-eJET tender marks a turning point in clean marine innovation,” said Grant Hudson, executive director…
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Concordia Damen has delivered to VOF Generation the Mts Generation tanker, a vessel fitted with a hybrid propulsion system containing Equadrives systems from Verhaar Omega and an EST-Floattech battery package. The Generation, a CDS Tanker 110, will be deployed for the transportation of mineral oils on the Rhine river. Integration of the complete propulsion system and…
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Converter station valve hall. Image courtesy National Grid. National Grid Electricity Transmission and SSEN Transmission have named Hitachi Energy as the preferred bidder to deliver HVDC converter stations for the Eastern Green Link 3 (EGL3) project in Aberdeenshire, Scotland and West Norfolk, England. EGL3 – the biggest project in National Grid Electricity Transmission and SSEN…
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