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Silent Yachts wins “Best Efficient Yacht” at the Cannes Yachting Festival 2024
We are proud to announce that our Silent 62 3-Deck has been awarded the prestigious World Yachts Trophies “Best Efficient Yacht” prize for 2024 during the Cannes Yachting Festival. This groundbreaking catamaran perfectly combines leading-edge technology and innovation with bespoke luxury. Its striking and expansive flybridge is the largest in its class, designed to offer…
Read MoreLocal football team unite with us to give litter the boot
Long Eaton United Football Club have joined forces with us to tackle the problem of litter on the Erewash Canal, helping to protect wildlife and improve the canal for visitors. Long Eaton United Football Club Long Eaton United’s under 11s boys’ team, nicknamed ‘Team Black’, swapped their football boots for canoe paddles and litter pickers…
Read MoreSan Diego Yacht Club Electrifies Fleet with Purchase of Vita Electric Boats
September 23, 2024 – Vita Power announces the sale and delivery of two all-electric RIB boats, the Vita Seal and SeaDog, to San Diego Yacht Club (SDYC). SDYC is part of a growing group of yacht clubs in California that are purchasing all-electric boats for their club-owned fleets. The SDYC Vita boats will support their…
Read MoreFortescue picks battery-electric trucks over hydrogen-powered vehicles to decarbonise mining operations by 2030
Fortescue picks battery-electric trucks over hydrogen-powered vehicles to decarbonise mining operations by 2030 Source link
Read MoreGrid-scale batteries: They’re not just lithium
As power utilities and industrial companies seek to use more renewable energy, the market for grid-scale batteries is expanding rapidly. Alternatives to lithium-ion technology may provide environmental, labor, and safety benefits. And these new chemistries can work in markets like the electric grid and industrial applications that lithium doesn’t address well. “I think the market…
Read MoreINVENTIVE AND SOPHISTICATED 33-METRE WORLD CRUISING CATAMARAN WITH UNMATCHED QUALITY
Baltic Yachts reveals its first multihull project as a 33-metre (107ft) blue water cruising catamaran. With contract signature in June 2024, the design and engineering phases of the project are well advanced and the build is scheduled to start this month with the construction of hull moulds. The yacht is due for delivery in summer…
Read MoreHistoric working canal yard on the Llangollen Canal receives funding to help secure its future
Plans to open up to the public one of the canal network’s most historic working yards have received a boost with a development grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Ellesmere Yard, photo by Ian Roberts An important base Ellesmere Yard on the Llangollen Canal was built in 1806. It is an important operational base…
Read MoreSouthall Grand Union Canal Wellbeing Way celebrates new wetland and community garden
Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy Mete Coban and Deirdre Costigan MP join Southall community members to plant out a lockside community garden and launch a new wetland in Glade Lane Canalside Park. The Southall Grand Union Canal Wellbeing Way has reached another milestone towards completion with the opening of a new wetland in Glade…
Read MoreShortage of fuel for California’s hydrogen-powered vehicles prompts plan for new polluting grey H2 plant
Shortage of fuel for California’s hydrogen-powered vehicles prompts plan for new polluting grey H2 plant Source link
Read MoreReigniting 250 Years of History for Heritage Open Days
We’ve created a warm welcome this week at Dobson Locks in Apperley Bridge, hosting a series of free special blacksmith’s forge demonstrations to celebrate this year’s Heritage Open Days. Thanks to our volunteer and former blacksmith David Wadsworth, and fellow volunteer Phil ‘bellow boy’ Bristow, we were able to reignite history and bring to life…
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