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  • Gin Premier Cru launching in the UK

    Summer is here, along with the promise of balmy evenings, perfect for a well-mixed, chilled, beautifully garnished gin and tonic. Enter Palmaràe, a new-to-world, award-winning, golden, Gin Premier Cru, launching in the UK, Marrakech & Cote D’Azur this summer, promising to elevate and enhance the gin category. Recently awarded Master, the highest accolade at the…


  • Next level Electronic Circuit Breakers introduced by PULS

    PULS, a technology and market leader in DIN-Rail power supplies, announces the launch of its new series of PISA-M 4-channel electronic circuit breakers (ECBs).  These devices are the perfect safety and power distribution tool for applications with power requirements ranging from 90 W to 480 W. The new PULS electronic circuit breakers manage the current…


  • Apprenticeship launched in the UK to combat smart meter ‘dumb mode’

    Helen Nellist, deputy principal and deputy CEO of Cheshire College South & West joins Utilita Energy’s chief home services officer to welcome eight new apprentices to the course. Image courtesy Utilita Utilita Energy and Cheshire College South and West have launched a new-style smart metering apprenticeship, designed to overcome many of the communications issues engineers…


  • LoRaWAN for water submetering in 27,000 Swedish apartments

    Image: Netmore Group Swedish IoT operator Netmore Group is collaborating with real estate company Stena Fastigheter on a LoRaWAN rollout for water submetering for its property portfolio. The project involves providing Netmore’s LoRaWAN connectivity to Stena Fastigheter’s approximately 27,000 apartments across Stockholm, Malmö and Gothenburg, with the aim to enhance energy efficiency and the digital…


  • Guidance for meter data interoperability in Europe

    Image credit: 123rf.com The European Commission issued guidance on meter data reporting to ensure a consistent and comparable approach in EU countries. With EU rules foreseeing a new repository on electricity meter data interoperability next year, the guidance is aimed at streamlining the process and ensuring uniformity in the reporting, thereby enhancing the usability of…


  • Milestone year sees awards victory for Interfood

    Photo Caption: James Sydenham of Interfood Technology receives the award for ‘Best Machinery/Equipment Supplier’ from category sponsor Bill Jermey of the Institute of Meat (left), watched by host Michel Roux Jr (right). Posted: 10 July 2024 Share this page Interfood Technology has celebrated another award win in a year that sees the business mark a…


  • Who is your energy transition digital superhero?

    The Accenture conference ‘superhero’ session Which superhero best epitomises the power of digitalisation in the energy transition? Quirky question, isn’t it? It was asked by Andrea Falciai, EMEA Utilities Lead at Accenture, to three industry leaders during Accenture’s International Utilities and Energy conference in Lisbon. The trio were Ana Paula Marques of Portuguese utility EDP,…


  • German grid needs €300bn by 2050 finds KfW study

    Image courtesy 123rf According to a forecast study on behalf of German bank KfW, additional investments of around €300 billion ($324.5 billion) will be required for the country’s grid infrastructure alone by the middle of the century. KfW announced the figure during their first investor conference, held in cooperation with Deutsche Bank AG in Frankfurt…


  • Microchip Technology Expands Processing Portfolio to Include 
Multi-Core 64-Bit Microprocessors 


    Real-time, compute intensive applications such as smart embedded vision and Machine Learning (ML) are pushing the boundaries of embedded processing requirements, demanding more power-efficiency, hardware-level security and high reliability at the edge. With the launch of its PIC64 portfolio, Microchip Technology (Nasdaq: MCHP) is expanding its computing range to meet the rising demands of today’s…


  • Creative packaging design for Goodfella’s midweek sharing pizzas

    Brand packaging expert Sun Branding has embraced Goodfella’s Italian-American heritage and family values in unveiling its latest collaboration with Goodfella’s for the brand-new Grande midweek sharing pizza. Sun Branding endeavoured to create packaging that not only stands out on the shelf but also enriches the consumer experience by evoking the warmth and joy of sharing…