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BTY Scales Up Renewable Energy Services

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VANCOUVER, BC, March 24, 2025 /CNW/ – BTY has launched an expanded Renewable Energy Services business stream to position the firm as a top partner for developers, lenders, owners, and asset managers. With a dedicated sector team, enhanced technical expertise, and deep operational knowledge, BTY is well-positioned to provide a full range of renewable energy services.

“Renewable energy is essential to energy security and addressing climate change. Despite political challenges, global demand continues to grow. As part of BTY’s Strategic Growth Plan, we are accelerating our leadership in renewables with Ian McDonald at the helm. His deep expertise across the renewables lifecycle, combined with our expanded capabilities, will empower clients to invest with confidence — ensuring resilient, high-performing assets,” said Toby Mallinder, BTY Group’s Managing Director.

Renewable Energy Team: Covering North America and EMEA

BTY’s leadership in infrastructure has propelled its expansion into renewable energy, responding to the growing demand for specialized technical expertise from clients in global capital markets. To meet this need, BTY has assembled a premier team of renewable energy sector leaders across North America and EMEA and invested in bolstering in-house technical services. This allows the firm to deliver fast, responsive advisory and delivery services across all phases, from planning and design to construction, operations, maintenance, and secondary market transactions.

“In our fast-evolving market where technological advancements and revenue uncertainties add complexity, real operational experience is crucial for informed decision-making. I am excited to combine this expertise with BTY’s trusted, nimble, and pragmatic approach to advisory and delivery — so that our renewable energy clients receive a superior experience and can be confident in their investment decisions,” said Ian McDonald, Director of BTY’s Renewable Energy Services.

Ian McDonald, Director, Renewable Energy Services, Vancouver
Ian brings over 15 years of experience across more than 100 wind and solar projects, representing 50 GW of capacity. His expertise spans technical due diligence, owner’s engineering, project finance, construction, asset optimization, and risk mitigation. He specializes in translating technical risks and opportunities into clear financial implications, enabling clients to enhance project viability and accelerate investment decisions.

Matthew MacLean, Associate Director, Toronto
Matthew has extensive experience facilitating direct communication with project developers and lenders. As a professional engineer, he specializes in advising clients on project risks related to technical design, constructability, budget, schedule and regulatory approvals. His expertise lies in delivering comprehensive Lenders Technical Advisory Due Diligence on power plants, renewable energy assets, district energy systems, utility systems and infrastructure projects across Canada, the United States, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia.

Jack McInerney, Europe Managing Director, Dublin
Jack leads BTY’s award-winning Infrastructure Advisory practice and the firm’s strategic expansion in the European markets. With 15 years of industry experience, he has been pivotal in positioning BTY as a top-ranked advisory firm, overseeing a portfolio exceeding $100 billion across more than 200 transactions. Leveraging deep expertise in construction finance, technical due diligence, and his engineering background, Jack has driven BTY’s growth in key sectors, including renewable energy infrastructure, district energy, transportation, aviation, and data centres.

Emmalee Ast, Associate Director, New York
Emmalee has a background in civil engineering, and is responsible for technical advisory, operational phase services, and transaction due diligence for project finance, private finance, and P3 deals. She has led several engagements for institutional clients and asset managers in district energy, energy management, and renewable energy projects.

Tom Coyle, Director, London
Tom has over 15 years of experience in the UK, US, and Canada, spanning capital project delivery in district energy, renewables, transportation, and mixed-use developments. His dual expertise in engineering and construction provides a holistic perspective on project feasibility, risk management, constructability, and long-term asset management.

Tunca Ataoglu, EMEA Regional Director, Ankara
Tunca leads Sponsors’ and Lenders’ Technical and Commercial Advisory services for some of the largest greenfield and brownfield infrastructure project finance deals across the European Union, Central Asia, and the Middle East. He has spearheaded BTY’s advisory and delivery engagements for renewables, power generation and transmission sector projects in Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kazakhstan, and beyond.

Ethan McLaren, Project Consultant, Vancouver
Ethan has a background in sustainable energy engineering, specializing in energy yields, conversion, and storage systems and technologies. He has experience in project coordination and technical advisory roles, focusing on operations and lifecycle analysis, site condition assessments, and schedule and budget tracking.

Izabella Braga, Project Consultant, Dublin
Izabella is a Civil Engineer with expertise in construction and infrastructure Technical Advisory, and Compliance and Construction Monitoring. She contributes to technical due diligence, including design reviews, constructability assessments, and regulatory evaluations. With a growing focus on renewables, she is actively engaged in solar PV and wind energy projects.

Addressing Industry Challenges with Expertise and Agility

The renewable energy sector faces increasing complexity, from financial pressures to rapid technological changes. BTY is strategically positioned to help clients overcome these challenges with solutions tailored for success:

Project Complexity and Execution Risks: Success requires seamless integration between stakeholders. BTY acts as an extension of our clients’ teams, adapting to unique project needs and facilitating smooth execution.

Impact on Project Margins: Market conditions, supply chain dynamics, and tariffs are driving up costs while power purchase prices are declining. With project margins under pressure, clients demand a sharper focus on CapEx and OpEx certainty and optimization. BTY’s experts drive cost efficiency through early-stage planning and strategic financial insights.

Technology Uncertainty: Rapid advancements in wind, solar, and battery storage technology create supply chain complexities and performance risks. BTY leverages extensive operational knowledge to translate technical risks into clear financial implications, ensuring clients make informed investment decisions.

Climate Change Impacts: Increased variability in renewable energy generation and extreme weather pose asset durability and revenue risks. BTY’s operational insight ensures projects are resilient, bankable, and high performing.

Regulatory and Grid Bottlenecks: Interconnection delays and evolving regulations impact project timelines and financing certainty. BTY’s agile and solution-oriented approach accelerates project progress, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements.

Full-Stack Renewable Energy Services

BTY’s expanded service offerings provide end-to-end coverage for renewables, including:

Lenders Technical Advisory: Clear, actionable risk analysis to support investment, financing, and project delivery decisions.

M&A Technical Advisory: Independent technical and financial assessments with due diligence streamlined for rapid reporting and advice on risks to enable deal progress with no surprises.

Project Management & Owner’s Advisory: Feasibility and development support, design and technical review, procurement and contract advisory, and management throughout the construction phase.

Energy Yield Analysis: Advanced modelling to improve production forecast certainty and financial model confidence.

Enabling Smarter Renewable Energy Investments

BTY’s strategic growth in the renewables sector builds on the firm’s 47-year track record of success in helping clients accelerate project investments, de-risk financing decisions through clear technical and commercial assessments and optimize projects with rigorous cost management and performance forecasting. As capital markets increasingly prioritize renewable energy assets, BTY’s expertise ensures clients can confidently advance energy security, decarbonization, and long-term asset value.

About BTY

BTY is an award-winning professional consultancy offering complete project solutions in real estate, infrastructure, and renewable energy planning, development, operations, and transactions. Founded in Western Canada in 1978, the firm now has offices across North America and the EMEA region, with a diverse global portfolio. BTY’s core services encompass Cost Management, Project Monitoring & Lender Services, Infrastructure Advisory, and Project Management. To learn more, visit BTY.COM

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BinBase Expands 2026 BIN Dataset with Instant Payout Intelligence for iGaming, Gambling, and Cross-Border Transfers

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BinBase updates its 2026 dataset with specialized Fast Funds, Visa Direct, and Mastercard MoneySend indicators to help iGaming operators and payout platforms execute seamless, instant card disbursements.

MIAMI, July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — BinBase, a global provider of payment routing intelligence and card issuing data, has introduced specialized instant payout indicators as part of its upgraded 2026 BIN Database. Tailored for iGaming operators, online gambling platforms, crypto-to-fiat ramps, and payout aggregators, the updated dataset helps platform engineers streamline real-time card disbursements and Push-to-Card (P2C) transactions.

In high-velocity sectors such as online betting and gaming, instantaneous player payouts are a primary driver of customer retention. However, executing Push-to-Card transactions through protocols like Visa Direct and Mastercard MoneySend requires knowing whether the receiving card issuer supports Fast Funds for specific merchant category codes (MCCs). Attempting instant payouts on non-eligible cards leads to declined transactions, elevated processing fees, and poor user experiences.

The 2026 BinBase release solves this operational bottleneck by delivering dedicated attributes for real-time fund disbursements:

Fast Funds Eligibility: Granular indicators identifying domestic and cross-border Fast Funds support across global Visa and Mastercard ranges.Online Gambling Fast Funds (OG FF): Dedicated flags specifically identifying card ranges authorized to receive real-time gambling and betting payouts.Mastercard MoneySend & Visa Direct Indicators: Precise protocol compatibility markers (MS Ind & MT Ind) ensuring push transactions are routed only to eligible recipient cards.Direct Debit & Pull-Funds Support: Indicators for recurring collections and account-funding transactions.

“Player payouts in iGaming cannot wait for standard 2-to-3-day ACH settlements,” said a spokesperson for Damiko Inc. “By embedding our Fast Funds and Gambling FF flags into their payment engines, operators can instantly validate recipient cards before initiating a transfer, guaranteeing high success rates and instant liquidity for their users.”

Fintech engineers and payout architects can examine the full 29-field database schema and access a free 2026 sample dataset on GitHub.

To explore commercial licensing, bulk database downloads, or custom data feeds, visit BinBase at https://binbase.com.

About Damiko Inc

Damiko Inc is a US-based fintech data provider specializing in card issuer analytics, payment routing data, and global BIN database solutions. Operating through its flagship product, BinBase.com, the company supplies high-precision transaction intelligence to help merchants and payment facilitators worldwide optimize approval rates and mitigate processing fees.

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Fedor Lavrikoff, BinBase, 1 7866133334, sales@binbase.com, www.binbase.com 

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Walnut Coding’s Young Coders Serve as ‘Instructors’ at Huawei Cloud Developer Training Camp

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Ages 8 and 15, students showcase AI-era project-building skills from concept to working application

BEIJING, July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Walnut Coding (the “Company”), a leading online platform for youth coding education, said two of its students – ages 8 and 15 – have joined the “instructor” lineup at Huawei Cloud Developer Training Camp, making them among the youngest “instructors” in the program’s history. The Company cites the pair as a prime example of how young learners can combine coding fundamentals with AI tools to turn ideas into working applications.

The two students, Bolin Du, 8, and Peiqi Gao, 15, built working applications using Huawei Cloud CodeArts, an AI coding assistant, then presented the projects to the training camp themselves – walking the audience through their design choices, technical builds, and debugging process.

The move lands at a moment when AI coding tools are forcing a rethink across the education sector. Tools that can generate functioning code from a plain-language prompt have undercut the traditional argument for teaching children to program – that they need the skill to build things themselves. Walnut Coding’s answer is that the more valuable skill now is judgment – knowing what problem to solve, breaking it into parts, and determining whether an AI’s output actually works.

Gao built a travel-planning application that generates routes, itineraries, and recommendations based on user input, handling the project end to end, from requirements and design through coding and debugging. Du, the younger of the two, built an interactive calendar application, using HTML for page structure, CSS for visual design, and JavaScript for interactive features. Both students then took on an instructor’s role at the camp, presenting their project goals and technical implementation to the audience – a step Walnut Coding says separated the work from a typical classroom assignment.

These were not classroom exercises but working projects, built and presented inside a professional developer-training environment. The experience demanded more from both students than simply producing something functional – they needed to articulate their reasoning, defend technical choices, and refine the final result under scrutiny. Their participation signals a broader shift underway in what youth coding education can deliver.

AI is making code generation easier, but it is also redrawing which skills actually matter. A student who relies only on one-click generation may get a rough prototype quickly, but still struggle to spot logical flaws, judge whether the output is reliable, or turn an abstract idea into a product that actually works. Students with programming foundations, by contrast, are better positioned to define requirements, evaluate what the AI produces, correct its errors, and treat the technology as a tool rather than a shortcut to lean on.

“AI can help children generate code faster, but it cannot decide for them what problem they should solve, nor can it make the final judgment about whether the result is truly effective,” said Pengxuan Zeng, founder and CEO of Walnut Coding. “What these two students demonstrated is not just coding technique, but the ability to define needs, break down tasks, verify outcomes, and turn an idea into a working product. That is why we believe young people still need to learn programming in the AI era.”

Walnut Coding structures its courses around that thesis, pairing student-led project work with teaching-assistant guidance and AI-assisted support. According to the Company, this data is continuously fed back into its systems to refine the personalization of AI-assisted feedback — a closed-loop process linking teaching, practice, feedback, and curriculum development.

The Company frames the payoffs less around producing professional software engineers than around a broader form of literacy. As AI continues to reshape how tasks get done, the ability to understand the technology, structure problems clearly and collaborate effectively with intelligent tools may prove one of the most durable skills a young learner can develop.

Walnut Coding says it plans to keep expanding opportunities for students to build practical projects, partner with industry technology platforms such as Huawei Cloud, and develop the core capabilities needed to build with technology in the AI era.

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MOREH Showcases High-Performance LLM Inference on AMD GPUs at AMD Advancing AI 2026

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SAN FRANCISCO, July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Moreh, an AI infrastructure software company, led by CEO Gangwon Jo, participated in AMD Advancing AI 2026, AMD’s flagship annual AI event held in San Francisco on July 22–23 (local time), where it demonstrated its distributed inference solution, the MoAI Inference Framework, running on AMD GPUs.

At the event, Moreh presented a live demonstration of the GLM-5.1 large language model (LLM) powered by the MoAI Inference Framework on a system equipped with 32 AMD Instinct™ MI300X GPUs across four nodes. Visitors experienced the chatbot firsthand, evaluating its response speed and service quality while observing performance across a range of real-world use cases.

Unlike conventional demonstrations that simply run an AI model, Moreh’s showcase displayed key inference service metrics in real time, including GPU utilization, Tokens Per Second (TPS), Time To First Token (TTFT), and Time Per Output Token (TPOT). This enabled attendees to directly verify both inference performance and GPU resource efficiency in a production-like service environment.

Global AI industry leaders and enterprise customers attending the event expressed strong interest in the system’s fast response times and stable performance. In particular, the live deployment of the computationally demanding GLM-5.1 model on AMD GPUs at production-grade service levels received positive feedback from visitors.

Moreh’s MoAI Inference Framework is widely recognized as the world’s first commercially deployed distributed inference solution built for the AMD ecosystem. Its distributed inference and heterogeneous computing technologies are designed to dramatically reduce AI service costs, enabling broader adoption of AI worldwide. The technology addresses one of the industry’s biggest challenges-the rapidly rising infrastructure and service costs caused by increasingly larger AI models-by delivering a more efficient inference infrastructure.

Moreh CEO Gangwon Jo stated, “This event provided an opportunity for global customers to verify firsthand that top-tier inference performance can be achieved on AMD GPU environments,” and added “We will continue advancing our AI infrastructure software so enterprises can operate AI services as efficiently as possible, regardless of the underlying GPU platform.”

Moreh develops its own AI infrastructure engine and has expanded its end-to-end AI capabilities through its foundation LLM subsidiary, Motif Technologies, covering both AI infrastructure and foundation models. The company is also strengthening its presence in the global AI market through strategic partnerships with leading technology companies, including AMD and Tenstorrent.

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