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In the demanding world of superyacht refits, reliability is everything. For Pendennis Vilanova, Atlas Copco’s portable air compressors are bringing precision, efficiency, and durability – even in the toughest coastal conditions.

Residents in Mexico City and Monterrey will soon enjoy more reliable water supply as the two cities launch groundbreaking infrastructure upgrades to save over 1.3 billion liters of water a year – easing pressure from the rapid urbanization and persistent drought conditions that have strained local water systems.

Sulzer has signed an agreement with Highview Power to deliver eight molten salt pumps, five cryopumps and a selection of auxiliary services. The deal represents an engineering-led collaboration that will help unlock long-duration energy storage at Highview Power’s new facility at Carrington, Manchester, and at other future facilities across the UK. The Carrington project will be the first to deliver commercial-scale liquid air energy storage in the UK.

Voith has successfully commissioned the second upgraded turbine unit at New Zealand’s Roxburgh Hydropower Station, advancing its modernization initiative for the 1950s-era facility. Owned by Contact Energy, four out of the eight original 40 MW units are undergoing phased replacement, with the project now halfway through the upgrade process.

An acoustic pipe monitoring leak detection technology that uses fire hydrants to host multi-sensor devices, has already found more than a dozen leaks for Missoula Water, says Lou Rossetti senior vice president of sales North America at Orbis Intelligent Systems.

Trials of a simple but innovative approach to reducing toilet flushing, involving two UK water companies, show that customers would move to less frequent flushes given the right motivations, says Arthur O’Brien, director, Wizso. A simple odour neutraliser in the form of a pellet dropped into the toilet bowl after urination could save hundreds of thousands of litres of water every year if the results of trials with Affinity Water and Scottish Water are scaled-up.

International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order from Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL), India’s largest renewable energy company and a leading global player, to equip the new Gandikota pumped storage plant in the YSR Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh, India.

As climate change drives both heavier rainfall and prolonged dry spells, SuDS are increasingly viewed as a tool to address both challenges, writes Lorna Davis, director, SuDSPlanter.

An Italian pump manufacturer has ordered Vesconite Hilube line shaft bushings following a successful efficiency test conducted at its pump’s Best Efficiency Point (BEP). The manufacturer incorporated Vesconite Hilube bushings into one of its submersible pump designs and tested a pump continuously for 40 hours at its most efficient operating point.

With the installation of Alfa Laval’s state-of-the-art Foodec Sigma decanter, Caminhos do Futuro has quadrupled its extra virgin olive oil processing capacity, increasing from 1,500 kg/hour to 6,000 kg/hour.