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Analysing the use of zero-hour contracts in the UK and what it means for employees

It’s one of the spikiest issues in UK working culture, and now the country’s largest trade union network has called for zero-hours contracts to be banned. The TUC,

New selfie verification tech used by Monzo and Airbnb will prevent IDs from being ‘spoofed’

Hijacking people’s identities to get access to their bank accounts, vehicles and even hotel rooms could soon be a thing of the past using new “selfie” verification technology.

Power blocks in natural gas-fired combined-cycle plants are getting bigger

(Tue, 12 Feb 2019) Combined-cycle electric generating systems are combustion and steam turbines that operate in groups commonly referred to as power blocks. Since 2014, the average size of a natural gas-fired combined-cycle power block has increased significantly. The average combined-cycle power block installed between 2002 and 2014 was about 500 megawatts (MW). After 2014, power block capacity increased, reaching an average of 820 MW in 2017.

Gridmates, GridX and Extensible Energy Win Initiate, A Start-up Challenge at DistribuTECH

For the first time in history, DistribuTECH – the largest annual event for the transmission and distribution industry – hosted 12 start-ups in New Orleans and gave them each a chance to pitch their companies to a panel of judges.

Champions League 2018/19 sponsors: Profiling the eight big backers, from Sony to Gazprom

Every season, billions of people tune in to watch the best football teams in Europe battle it out in the UEFA Champions League – making it an ideal

140,000-Strong EV Smart Charging Trial Complete

Last week, an organization called Electric Nation said that it had concluded data collection from more than 140,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging events in what it called the largest smart charging trial in the world. The trail lasted 18 months.

Puerto Rico’s Draft IRP Seeks Unprecedented Amounts of Solar and Battery Storage

Last week when utilities and other energy stakeholders were attending DistribuTECH in New Orleans, LA, a bit farther south, Puerto Rico’s utility PREPA was releasing a draft version of its 2019 integrated resource plan (IRP).

Australian Renewable Hydrogen Power Plant One Step Closer To Completion

Australian hydrogen infrastructure developer H2U confirmed today that it will use Baker Hughes NovaLT gas turbine generators at its South Australian Renewable Hydrogen and Ammonia Supply Chain Demonstrator in Port Lincoln.

Failure is success if we learn from it: Five examples from the founders behind firms like Mumsnet and Babylon

As the old adage goes, failure is success if we learn from it – and sometimes it can be equally useful to learn from the mistakes of others.

What is Tencent? Profiling China’s largest social media conglomerate

Since it went public in 2004, Tencent has become one of China’s leading lights as its stock has sky-rocketed more than 11,000%. In just a couple of decades,
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