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Fans of plant-based foods in Belgium, Spain and The Netherlands will be able to add a treat to their festive tables this year. Nestlé’s Garden Gourmet is bringing back Voie Gras, its alternative to foie gras, for a limited time only. The animal-friendly alternative was a hit during a successful seasonal launch in Spain and…
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SEGGER has made available hand-optimized extensions to their JPEG decode firmware to optimize Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform (IDCT) calculations based on the Arm Helium extension available in the new Renesas RA8D1 MCU group, built on the Arm Cortex-M85 processor. The new firmware extensions make it possible to accelerate the time-critical IDCT algorithms needed to decode…
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Image: NGN The British government has announced that the proposed hydrogen heating village trial in Redcar cannot go ahead as the main source of hydrogen supply will not be available. As such, the government in a statement says it is not in a position to provide support for the trial, which was being advanced by…
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Image courtesy ENA The UK’s Energy Networks Association (ENA), in partnership with non-profit market insights provider Regen, has outlined how and why electricity and gas network operators should work more closely with local authorities to develop and deliver net zero plans. The partners, in their report, Collaborating for Local Net Zero Planning and Delivery, set…
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Image: Luma Puerto Rico utility Luma’s smart meters will replace the almost 1.5 million meters that were damaged by Hurricane Maria in September 2017. The programme, which was announced in September, has now been approved, with the allocation of over $786 million by the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as part of its accelerated…
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Lateral Naval Architects has received approval in principle (AIP) from ABS for its new design of a methanol-fueled, 70-meter superyacht. Lateral’s design focuses on reducing carbon emissions by using alternative fuels, specifically green methanol. ABS reviewed the design utilizing its Requirements for Methanol and Ethanol Fueled Vessels. Daniele Bottino, manager of business development and yacht sector…
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Döhler has acquired Frikos, a Serbian company renowned for its expertise in premium quality freeze-dried fruits. This acquisition marks a significant step in enhancing Döhler’s strategic product portfolio, particularly in the area of organic red berries. Located two hours southwest of Belgrade, Serbia, in the heart of the raspberry cultivation region, Frikos has been at…
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Image courtesy Alliander A ‘large-scale skills partnership’ has been established by stakeholders from Europe’s energy industry with support of the European Commission. The skills partnership, which was foreseen in the energy system digitalisation action plan, is aimed to boost skills development as companies look more and more to automation and digitalisation in their operations. The…
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Food inspection technology experts at Anritsu Infivis have launched a vision inspection machine specifically designed with the ability to withstand high-intensity pressure washing. The IP69K sanitary x-ray, based on the company’s ever-popular XR75 platform has been built to meet and exceed high-pressure washing and sanitary requirements for meat or wet products in the Americas and…
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Walkers has transformed its Sunbites range with the rollout of new packaging made with recycled plastic and the entire range now classified as non-HFSS. The recycled plastic content has been allocated using the ISCC+ certified mass balance approach. This means buying and using sufficient mass-balanced recycled plastic material to eliminate 200 tonnes of fossil-based plastic across Sunbites…
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