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Ashwoods, a major European electric motor manufacturer, needed a custom brake solution for use on a new line of aerial boom lifts. The motor/brake assembly, developed for one of its transmission OEMs, was designed to combine with a gearbox and sold as a complete drive package to a major aerial platform lift manufacturer. Multiple compact wheel drive assemblies are installed on the two- or four-wheel drive boom lift vehicles. The brake provides parking and emergency functionality. Application r...

E.ON will build one of the largest onshore wind farms in Europe. The company announced that it has decided to invest in the 475-megawatt Nysäter project in Sweden. The wind farm will be built jointly with the Swiss investment manager Credit Suisse Energy Infrastructure Partners (CSEIP), an experienced financial investor, solely dedicated to the energy sector. A fund advised by CSEIP will hold 80 percent of the joint venture, while E.ON will build and operate the wind farm under a long-term...

Luminus Devices, Inc. has released its fourth generation chip-on-board LED technology (Gen 4) that will open new opportunities in retail lighting as well as a wide range of indoor and outdoor lighting applications. Gen 4 COB technology It is possible for an LED to deliver the output and punch of a 70 Watt ceramic metal halide lamp Luminus Gen 4 COB technology combines significant improvements in efficacy, flux density, high maximum drive current, and high-temperature capability to enable brea...

On Nov., 4th, NR successfully delivered ±300MVar containerized Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) system and series equipment in 500kV Wujiang substation, Suzhou City, China. As one of the world largest capacity STATCOM system, this project was equipped total capacity of ±300MVar STATCOM, which includes 3 sets of ±100MVar STATCOM. Moreover, the max output capacity can reach to ±450MVar in failure state. Advanced multi-terminal VSC-HVDC solution NR offers fiel...

KAMIC Group AB has acquired all the shares in Swetouch AB. The sellers are the company’s founders Magnus Eek, Fredric Jönsson, and Patrik Maxe, all of whom remain active in the company. Swetouch AB Swetouch AB was founded in 2005 in Tranås where the company has its head office. From the outset, Swetouch has focused on offering customized solutions for control panels, keyboards, and enclosures. Many of these solutions also include various types of displays and cabling. Mo...

The Arkona offshore wind farm is fully built. The joint project between E.ON and the Norwegian energy company Equinor completed the installation of the wind turbines in record time and is largely finished. According to E.ON, the 60th and last turbines were installed in the German Baltic Sea. The construction time of just three months for 60 six-megawatt wind turbines, including loading, weather downtimes, and technical maintenance, was faster than ever before in the industry. As the company res...

Is Germany the European energy-saving champion? According to a survey by E.ON and KantarEMNID, at least 14 percent of Germans believe so, but the reality is rather different. Of the ten European countries covered in the survey, Romania takes first place with a primary energy consumption of 18,515-kilowatt hours (kWh) per head each year. Second and third places Only 2% of those surveyed thought that Romania which uses the least energy was Europe’s energy-saving champion Second and third...

Aggreko announces that it has started to supply stable power, using 28 MW of its HFO-generated energy. The occasion was marked by the attendance of President of Madagascar, Hery Rajaonarimampianina, Prime Minister, Olivier Solonandrasana, and Minister of Water, Energy, and Hydrocarbons, Lantoniaina Rasoloelison. Aggreko has provided power to Madagascar for a number of years. This new installation – NOOR 2 - will run alongside Jovena’s NOOR 1 turbines, as part of an extension to a 50...

E.ON is introducing the IT platform system of Finnish electric vehicle charging service provider Virta as a digital backbone of the E.ON Drive charging network in Europe. Virta’s technology will improve the accessibility and user experience of E.ON’s charging network and will facilitate the switch to electric mobility for companies and private customers. digital platform The software platform optimizes the energy flow behind the charging stations, avoiding energy peaks In add...

To strengthen the range of products and services to industrial customers, EG Electronics has decided to merge the electromechanical units within KAMIC Installation AB and EG Electronics AB as of October 1st, 2018. This includes the TIBE brand and the manufacturing unit, KAMIC Installation SP zo in Poland. The new business unit will be part of EG Electronics AB. TIBE TIBE has expertise and experience in electrical insulation materials, high-temperature cables, and high-temperature product...

Energy and lighting controls specialist CP Electronics has been crowned a RAC Cooling Award winner thanks to its innovative air conditioning controller, the GESM-AC. A battery-powered passive infrared (PIR) sensor, the GESM-AC limits the use of air conditioning to times when it’s necessary – and switches it off when it’s not, based on occupancy. CP Electronics are winners in the ‘Air Conditioning Product of the Year - Accessories & Peripherals’ category, and it...

A partnership with a Lithuanian lighting company and CP Electronics has helped a famous brewery save over 50 percent of its energy usage. The UK’s foremost lighting control specialist, CP Electronics has supplied luminaire-mounted PIR sensors, allowing the drinks manufacturer to have complete control of the lighting, even when workers aren’t in the working area. The brewery in question is owned by Volfas Engelman and is located in Kaunas, the second-largest city in Lithuania. Volfas...

The home of the future will be smart. It will lower energy bills and improve homeowners’ carbon footprints, while allowing an increased level of freedom and considerably improving everyday life in general. This vision is now becoming a reality – and E.ON, in collaboration with Microsoft, is making that possible. The two companies have entered into a collaboration, centering around a software solution for a home that is setting new standards. E.ON is set to release the first version...

Aggreko has combined its mobile, modular power solutions into a one-stop option for the wind industry, which now includes storage solutions. Developers and operators of wind farms around the world can now choose from a complete suite of Aggreko temporary power solutions, including energy storage systems from its microgrid and energy storage division, Younicos. A custom-designed bundle of batteries, generators, load banks, and other equipment will help ensure cost-effective and timely project c...

E.ON and Equinor's Arkona offshore wind project in the German Baltic Sea continues to strive for completion in record time. Now the energy company E.ON is reporting further progress: the wind farm has fed the first green electricity into the German Electrical grid. Arkona is thus right on schedule. E.ON, the company responsible for construction and operation, cites the detailed planning and professionally implemented construction process as the reasons for the success. Offshore wind project C...

Thomas More University (TMU), located in Belgium, entered a team of 10 engineering students into the 2018 Shell Eco Marathon. The annual design challenge pits university engineering teams from around the world to design and build highly efficient vehicles. The team competed in the Urban Concept class where the design had to incorporate practical road-legal functionality, including windshield wipers, lights, and a horn, along with energy efficiency. High-quality clutch Warner quickly decided t...

E.ON is using digital technology to increase network efficiency: as part of the EU InterFlex project, E.ON subsidiary Avacon has put the Smart Grid Hub into live operation. This intelligent device is able to control grid-connected systems such as PV installations or battery storage remotely. In this way, the Smart Grid Hub ensures that the grid remains stable even if far too much or too little energy is generated locally. Energy sector transformation Solutions tested in Lueneburg help to...

The National Platform for Electric Mobility (NPE) presented its 2018 progress report to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. According to the report, the expansion of Germany’s charging infrastructure is making significant progress. Preliminary estimates suggest that there were some 12,500 charging points in Germany in December 2017. More recent estimates made by the Federal Association of the German Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) even assume that there are 13,500 publicly accessible char...

E.ON strengthens its cultural commitment in Berlin and once again supports the Festival of Lights, this time as an exclusive presenter. The internationally established artistic light event will take place from October 5th to October 14th and will, once again, amaze an audience of millions from all over the world. Light artists transform Berlin sights with multidimensional video technology into living works of art. Let’s Create a Better Tomorrow With E.ON’s support, the B...

Connecting the center and east Tibet power network in China, the Mangkang substation has successfully operated from 11th August 2018, as an essential milestone of the first 500kV substation in Tibet power grid. The Mangkang substation is 4,295 meters above sea level and is the highest altitude 500kV substation in the world. NR provides all-around solutions for the substation, including SCADA system, protection & control, measurement devices, stability control devices, switching controller,...

Increasing consumer demand for frozen food items continues to generate significant growth in cold storage capacity around the world. Harsh environmental conditions in these facilities are challenging for both workers and equipment, including forklifts. Besides exposure to extremely cold temperatures, forklifts are also subjected to damaging condensation that occurs as the trucks move in and out of refrigerated areas. special feature packages Since cold storage facilities are costly to operate...

A state-of-the-art bone cancer center at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (RJAH) puts energy efficiency first, thanks to CP Electronics’ renowned Vitesse Plus standalone lighting control system. The Montgomery Unit at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital treats patients with bone and soft tissue sarcomas, bone metastases, benign bone and soft tissue tumors and tumor-like conditions. It is one of only five bone cancer centers in the UK and was launched a...

Good news for all travelers on the German motorway A3: At Autohof Strohofer in Geiselwind, between Würzburg and Nuremberg, electric cars can now charge without long waiting times at E.ON Drive's first ultra-fast charging station in Germany. Batteries of the latest generation of electric cars have a range of 400 kilometers after 20 minutes. By the end of the year, the charging stations are to be upgraded from 150 to 350 kilowatts, which will further accelerate the charging process for futur...

Advanced plant maintenance, packaged integrations, BI & Analytics, and open-source GIS, are the strong points of the new release.  As the concept of workforce digitalization continues to grow and influences a greater number of businesses, FSM is shifting its proposition toward an even more connected world of possibilities, both for field and plant maintenance. The new release of Geocall will drive the clients into a comprehensive Field Service transformation, through a broad and deep a...

Aggreko has signed a multiyear agreement with GE’s Distributed Power business, to connect up to 10,000 assets to GE’s myPlant Asset Performance Management (APM) solution over the next five years. The project, the largest to date for GE’s Distributed Power myPlant offering, will be first deployed on-site during Q4 2018, and will provide a cloud-based monitoring and diagnostics infrastructure to remotely manage the performance of Aggreko’s fleet of mobile, modular power pl...

Construction at the Minnesota United Allianz Field in St. Paul has reached the halfway point. For Gephart’s part, rough-in is progressing on all levels of the stadium and a quarter of the 1,660 façade lighting fixtures have been installed. Color-changing lights These color-changing lights will provide the backlight encircling the stadium behind the PTFE fabric exterior. Over 50 Gephart electricians are working diligently on-site continuing to keep the project on time and...

Hardly a cloud in the sky. The sun is laughing. All over the country, from Schleswig-Holstein to Bavaria. According to figures from the Germany's Meteorological Service, the sun was shining for 817 hours in Germany from May to June 156 more than in the same period last year. By 2017, it had been 661 hours. Looking at the individual states of Germany, the sun was shining for example in Schleswig-Holstein for 909 hours, 275 hours more than in the same period last year. In sunny Bavaria, the sun...

Gephart Electric was recently awarded phase one of the renovation and expansion of the University of Memphis’ Murphy Athletic Complex. This project will renovate the existing space, which is utilized by the football team and other University of Memphis athletic teams, as well as prepare for phase two of the project which includes building an indoor practice facility for Tiger Football.  This project has Gephart working alongside of valued client Turner Construction and expands on the...

CP Electronics, the provider of lighting control solutions in the UK, has signed up to exhibit at two seminars later this year. In conjunction with NICEIC and ELECSA, they will be at TechTalks in Edinburgh on the 23rd of August and Birmingham on the 6th of September. During the delegation seminar presentation, CP Electronics will focus on products across the range including green-i and Vitesse Plus. The Edinburgh event comes as CP Electronics has experienced rapid growth in Scotland, winning a...

Construction is currently underway at four recently awarded casino projects for a Gaming & Hospitality group. Gephart will be renovating three sportsbooks throughout NW Mississippi at Goldstrike, Sams Town and Harlows casinos. The fourth project will convert portions of the gaming floor into a poker room at the Four Winds South Bend casino, a new construction project that Gephart completed earlier in the year.