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Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB), Mozambique’s leading hydropower generation company, has awarded ANDRITZ a contract for the rehabilitation of the Cahora Bassa hydropower plant. It is the largest hydropower plant in Mozambique and one of the largest in Africa.

At the beginning of March 2025, Voith successfully commissioned the first Hydro Pocket solution in Japan at the Ohsawagawa hydropower station. Previously, the system could only be monitored remotely via a closed circuit. This new software application enables monitoring from commonly used devices through the Internet environment, laying the groundwork for further modernization.

KROHNE Group has upgraded its PICK (Product Information Center KROHNE) mobile app by integrating a new barcode scanning functionality. The feature simplifies how customers access product information for their KROHNE field devices.

With valve solutions from Schubert & Salzer, plant engineering and operating companies are well-armed for the specific challenges of the demanding alternative energy carrier hydrogen.

Smart farming is underpinned by minimised input costs and maximised yields, which can be achieved through adopting simple practices, such as regular cleaning of agricultural equipment. In South Africa, crop farmers are effectively using Atlas Copco’s rugged, compact and versatile U190 PACE compressors for the maintenance of their agricultural equipment.

International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order from Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL), India’s largest renewable energy company, to equip the new Tarali pumped storage plant in the Satara district of Maharashtra, India.

Amarinth has secured an order worth over £1.5 million, comprising of four bespoke API 675 chemical injection skid packages, for Nigeria’s Soku and Gbaran LNG fields. The four skid packages will be deployed across Nigeria’s Soku and Gbaran oil and gas fields, located in the Niger Delta. These fields are key suppliers of feed gas to the Nigeria LNG (NLNG) plant at Finima, Bonny Island.

The consortium comprising Voith and HeiTech Padu Berhad (HeiTech), a technology company located in Malaysia, has been awarded the contract to modernize three hydropower stations operated by TNB Power Generation Sdn. Bhd. (TNB Genco) a subsidiary of Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) as part of the Life Extension Program (LEP).

A sewer robot that inspects pipework and raises blockage alerts before flooding occurs is to be deployed in a live network for the first time. Pipebot Patrol is a £1.8 million project, funded by the Ofwat Water Breakthrough Challenge, with Spring Innovation as the knowledge-sharing partner.

BIO-UV Group, a global specialist in water treatment technologies, has reinforced its position at the forefront of complex civil engineering projects with the successful installation of ozone and UV treatment systems for two of UAE’s most prestigious and technically demanding swimming pool installations. In partnership with an international water solutions provider, BIO-UV Group has supplied and commissioned its advanced ozone generator technology at a world-record-setting diving pool.