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  • Virtual power plant services model to pool utility assets

    Image courtesy 123rf Solnet Group, a European project planner of commercial & industrial solar installations, is launching virtual power plant (VPP) services for solar companies in the balancing markets. The Finnish company’s Solnet Manager platform will allow commercial and industrial solar utilities and energy storages to join a collective pool of VPPs, enabling them to…


  • Diageo trials paper-based bottle for Baileys Irish Cream Liqueur

    Diageo is trialling paper-based packaging for Baileys, the Original Irish Cream Liqueur. In partnership with PA Consulting, as part of the Bottle Collective with PA and PulPac, Diageo is trialling a dry moulded fibre bottle which is 90% paper, with a thin plastic liner and a foil seal. The bottle is designed for recycling in…


  • Hitachi Energy to supply converter stations for Australia’s Marinus Link

    Image courtesy Hitachi Energy Hitachi Energy has been selected by Marinus Link Pty Ltd (MLPL) to supply a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) project in Australia, which will augment the connection between the mainland and Tasmania’s grid. Hitachi Energy will supply its HVDC Light voltage source converter (VSC) stations in the first stage of the project,…


  • Midland Main Line prepares to turn power on to new electric wires

    Listen to this article A milestone has been reached for the electrification of the Midland Main Line after the final bridge was demolished on the Kettering to Wigston stretch to prepare for new overhead wires to be powered up. Over the weekend of 18 and 19 May, engineers successfully demolished the Three Arches bridge near…


  • Automatic troubleshooting on complex printed circuit boards with Polar’s new GRS550 flying probe test system

    The predecessor of the recently developed GRS550 flying probe test system not only set high test standards in the electronics industry, but also proved to be economical and very easy to operate. Features that also characterize the new GRS550. At SMTconnect 2024, Polar Instruments GmbH will be exhibiting the latest development at the booth of…


  • Absolute EMS Honored with Special Mayoral Recognition Awards from Mayor Lisa M. Gillmor

    Absolute EMS, Inc., an award-winning EMS provider of turnkey contract manufacturing services, was honored with two prestigious awards by Mayor Lisa M. Gillmor of Santa Clara County in recognition of its outstanding contributions to the community and two decades of excellence in business. The first award, the Certificate of Special Mayoral Recognition, celebrates Absolute EMS’s…


  • Jim Doyle from NeoTech at IPC Apex EXPO 2024

    Justin Worden speaks to Jim Doyle from NeoTech at IPC Apex EXPO 2024 in Anaheim, USA. [embedded content] WNIE TV is kindly sponsored by Hanwha, Koh Young Technology, Essemtec, Kyzen, Nordson Test and Inspection, PVA, ROCKA Solutions, Adaptsys, Viscom, BTU and Scienscope.


  • PVA to Showcase New PathMaster X Software at SMTA Upper Midwest Expo & Tech Forum 2024


    PVA, a global supplier of automated dispensing and coating equipment, is excited to announce its participation in the SMTA Upper Midwest Expo & Tech Forum 2024, taking place Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at the Union Depot in St. Paul, MN. Attendees are invited to visit PVA’s booth to explore the company’s latest innovations, including the…


  • National Grid commits to £66bn networks investment over five years

    Image courtesy 123rf National Grid, an energy transmission and distribution company, is planning to invest £66 billion ($76.5 billion) over five years into its power networks to help unlock economic growth while enabling digitalisation and decarbonisation of the power system. Half of the investment, announced in the company’s yearly results ending March 31, 2024, will…


  • Minnesota gives a boost to grid enhancing technologies

    Image: Heimdall Power The Minnesota legislature has passed a bill adding grid enhancing technologies (GETs) to the state’s transmission planning process. In terms of the bill, utilities owning more than 1,200km of transmission lines are required to report on highly congested areas and to evaluate the use of GETs on these, along with presenting a…