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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.

Marine businesses operate in an unpredictable environment. Faced with ever tightening emissions regulations, fluctuating fuel prices, and uncertainty around which technologies will take hold, shipowners and operators need greater confidence in their investment decisions.

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.

Armstrong Fluid Technology has introduced five new models of S&H circulators (H-32, H-41, S-25, S-35 and S-45/S46). These new circulators include a 1/3 hp ECM motor that saves 20% on energy. All S&H circulators are available in a permanently lubricated, maintenance-free design.

New research by a Swedish university and tests at one of Canada’s most advanced engineering laboratories have provided the latest independent results verifying how self-lubricating ‘ThorPlas-Blue’ bearings out-perform all other options when used for hydro-turbine wicket gate applications.

Casa dei Compressori S.r.l., a compressed air distributor near Milan in Italy has become part of Atlas Copco Group.

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.

Marley Engineered Products, LLC. proudly announces the release of the next-generation Washdown Heater, available under the QMark and Berko brands. Constructed with stainless steel and corrosion-resistant materials, Marley’s washdown heaters are designed for environments exposed to moisture, chemicals, and frequent cleaning processes, delivering long-lasting, reliable performance.