United States of America (USA) Electrical Industry News

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.

The Gephart-Morse joint venture, a design-assist electrical contractor for the Raiders Stadium project in Las Vegas, was recently awarded the Low Voltage Package by the Mortenson-McCarthy joint venture. Work will include Structured Cabling, A/V and Sound, IPTV, Broadcast, CCTV Surveillance, and Access Control Systems. This project further solidifies Gephart Low Voltage System’s footprint in the technology market building on the successful completion of other sports facility projects inclu...

innogy concluded two legally binding agreements – one with E.ON, another with RWE – on the planned integration of innogy into E.ON and the planned integration of innogy’s renewables business into RWE. The agreements call for the planned transaction to be implemented in a transparent process in which all employees will be treated fairly and as equally as possible, regardless of which company they currently work for. In addition, the integrations shall take into account the str...

Due to a successful partnership with Rawfield M & E, Ridings Consulting Engineers India Ltd., Eco Modular Buildings and CP Electronics, the Ark Byron Primary Academy School in North London has utilized modular plug-and-play electrical lighting installations, in order to help half its construction time from 6 months to 3 months. Ark Byron Primary Academy has built a new school to increase capacity. CP Electronics was called upon to provide a speedy delivery that complied with ESFA requiremen...

Industrial brakes and clutches could become a $1.7 billion market by 2024, mostly due to investment in industrial automation and the rise of smart factories. That’s according to Global Industry Analysts Inc. (GIA). The quickest-growing industries include those related to material handling, food and beverage, machine tools, and textiles. As with other technologies, the fastest rate of adoption is in the Asia-Pacific region with a CAGR of 8.4% for the clutch and brake market over the next s...

With the start of the last construction phase, the offshore wind project Arkona enters the home stretch. After only ten months of construction, the first of 60 wind turbines was successfully installed off the coast of Rügen in the German Baltic Sea. E.ON and Equinor's joint project is still ahead of schedule. Sea Challenger  The turbines consist of a 100-meter-long tower, three rotor blades, and the turbine house. With a total weight of almost 1,000 tons, a turbine weighs as much as...

One of the main challenges in tape manufacturing is the round-the-clock regulation of web tension according to tape width and roll diameter. By applying an automated solution that continuously adapts to changing conditions, an aluminum tape manufacturer was able to upgrade its tension control system, increasing productivity and product quality. tension control Unwinding operations are indispensable in tape manufacturing. However, these can be extremely sensitive processes that can affect the...

E.ON SE successfully completed the sale of its 46.65 percent stake in Uniper SE to Fortum Corporation. All conditions for the completion of the voluntary public takeover offer have been met with the European Commission and the Russian Antimonopoly Authority having given merger control approvals, the transaction has been completed and closed. In total, E.ON received approximately €3.8 billion from the transaction for its remaining shares in Uniper. intelligent energy networks  We...

The integration of the new SPACE1 release, the Augmented, Mixed, and Virtual Reality solution developed by OverIT, with the innovative HMT-1 device by RealWear, led the two companies to this collaboration. Optimized FSM solutions RealWear®, the US company pioneer in hardware technology for industry, has built the first hands-free ruggedized head-mounted wearable computer for Connected Worker programs. RealWear collaborates only with pioneering software companies to prov...

Energy company E.ON and technology provider Vertiv are combining their know-how in the field of energy solutions for critical infrastructures. This gives customers from trade and industry the opportunity to modernize their energy infrastructure in such a way that they can generate additional revenues on the energy market in addition to secure self-sufficiency. The solution, which is based on battery systems, will be offered on the German market as a first step. Uninterruptible power supply In...

An innovative partnership between a Russian lighting company and CP Electronics, the UK‘s provider of lighting control solutions, brought a 50% saving in energy usage to a brand new warehouse in Tyumen, Russia. DEUS LLC and CP Electronics worked with the X5 Retail Group at its 30,000sqm distribution center, providing a lighting system that was fully compatible with DEUS’ own DALI control system. Flexible and adaptable lighting Previously, X5 Retail Group was struggling to control...

E.ON is moving into new orders of magnitude in the construction of solar parks on an industrial scale. In Texas, USA, the energy company is planning a solar park with a capacity of 100 megawatts (MW). Under a long-term power purchase agreement, E.ON has already sold the subscription rights from 50 MW of the plant for a period of 20 years. The customer is SK E&S, one of South Korea's largest energy companies. West of the Pecos West of the Pecos is scheduled to go online in 2020, E...

Recently, the first unit of Zungeru hydropower station in Nigeria was successfully commissioned and realized power generation, which laid a good foundation for the power generation of subsequent units. NR has designed hydropower unit protection solutions for the project and provided key equipment such as generator transformer unit protection and switchyard protection. Zungeru hydropower station is located in the middle and upper reaches of the Kaduna River near Zungeru Town, Niger, Nigeria. Wit...

On June 9th, 2018, a 500kV digital substation for the Bailing transmission and transformation project was successfully put into operation in Liangshan district, Sichuan, China. The Liangshan substation was the first 500kV digital substation commissioned by NR in the Liangshan district. all-around integrated solutions NR provided all-around integrated solutions for this substation, including network switches NR provided all-around integrated solutions for this substation, including intelligen...

NR is proud to announce the commissioning of India’s first 1 MW microgrid at the Central Electronics Limited (CEL) facility in Sahibadad, Uttar Pradesh, India. In over 10 years NR has deployed protection & control solutions around and pioneered the development of microgrid solutions. With the booming renewable energy integrated into India's power grid, it is a challenge to keep the stability of the power grid, due to renewable energy is not as stable as the traditional power supply. T...

On June 2nd, 2018, NR successfully commissioned two sets of 20 Mvar/13.8 kV Mobile Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) in Layla and Summan Area, which is the world’s first energized fully mobile STATCOM. Due to the large amount of induction-motor-based air conditioner load the power grid of Saudi Arabia suffers from severe voltage stability and FIDVR issues (fault-induced delayed voltage recovery). STATCOM is the most advanced technology to mitigate voltage stability problems. STATC...

Gephart Electric is proud to support the University of Memphis Herff College of Engineering by joining other industry partners to establish a new faculty position within the Civil Engineering Department, building the Construction Management Concentration. As a founder of this program, Gephart will offer guidance in determining the curriculum, as well as insight into hiring the faculty member to lead the program.

On May 25, 2018, Canada's 735 kV Chibougamau series compensation upgrade project undertaken by NR completed all field & commissioning tests without delay and successfully put into operation. Fundamentally, series compensators were installed in the 1990s in the Chibougamau Substation close to the James Bay Area by another supplier, its control and protection system has reached the end of its life span and the replacement of outdated spare parts is highly required. NR series compensators pro...

It’s no secret that technology moves fast. That’s why OverIT has partnered with DTS, a pioneer in asset management, Geographic Information Systems, and transportation planning. customized technology DTS specializes in creating solutions to help clients automate their worlds, reduce their workload Headquartered in Orlando, DTS specializes in creating solutions to help clients automate their worlds, reduce their workload, and organize their data through customized technology. DTS s...

Luminus Devices, Inc. has expanded its ultraviolet (UV) LED portfolio with two new 280 nm devices intended for the medical health and well-being product segments. The standard footprint 3535 surface mount emitter is a 350 mA device with a peak output up to 60 mW. The second ultra-compact emitter is 1.3 mm by 1.3 mm and only 0.85 mm tall; it delivers 3 mW at 20 mA and a peak output of 11 mW at 100 mA.  1313 UV-C LED "Air, surface, and water disinfection markets will see a significant numb...

Production increased by 4000 tons and CO2 emissions were reduced by 5000 tons. This is no contradiction for Diana Bracco, CEO of the northern Italian life science specialist Bracco Imaging: “Environmentally compatible production is a strategic priority for us at Bracco. I am convinced that there is no alternative to sustainable development for a company. E.ON's energy solution helps us to achieve both: We are increasing our competitiveness and at the same time improving our energy efficie...

Independence from huge power stations – a dream that many people have today. But is that possible? Also in Northern Europe, also in Winter, when the sun is weak and the wind not strong enough to blow the turbines? Moreover, in a rural area? “Let’s find out” was the approach of E.ON in Simris, a village in the south of Sweden. Now the project has been appointed winner by an international jury as a good example of the use of smart power grids in the energy conversion. The...

Eliminating faults in the electricity grid long before they can occur: this is made possible by the use of artificial intelligence based on a technology developed in its present form by E.ON. It is being used by Schleswig-Holstein Netz AG, a German grid operator belonging to the E.ON group. Combining comprehensive data analysis with a self-learning algorithm now makes it possible to predict faults and failures in the electricity grid much more reliably than before, and to take appropriate actio...

CP Electronics, the provider of lighting control solutions, has continued to invest in its best-selling Green-i electrical wholesaler range. New additions to the range reinforce Green-i’s status as the ideal solution for contractors who need cost-effective and hassle-free lighting control devices that saves energy in a variety of applications. The latest Green-i brochure is now available, detailing how all new and existing products support contractors with easy-fit solutions that save tim...

The solar partnership between E.ON and Google is developing into a European success story. Since May 2017, the joint Sunroof platform, which determines the solar potential of millions of buildings, has been bringing new solar energy systems onto German roofs. Homeowners can be happy: the one-year program will be extended until the end of 2018. In addition, the success in the European pioneer market of Germany is now being exported. Over the coming weeks, Sunroof is being made available to homeo...