Electrical Industry News for December 2022
New research from fleet telematics company Geotab has shown that 20% of UK local authorities haven’t even started their transition to an electric fleet. This is despite government incentives and grant funding to support the changeover. When a council makes a move towards something like this, from better pay for their staff to the EV revolution, local companies follow, this is a case of councils not leading their areas by example. Research fi...
A report by fleet management and accident repair company AX has shown that fleet managers are reticent to start replacing their fleets with plug-in vehicles because of some real problems but other reasons best described as misconceptions. Survey details For the survey, 151 fleet managers were asked about the issues around EV adoption. It found that some 34.4% hadn’t even started electrifying their fleet, while just 11.3% had...
Digital components communicate with different data protocols, each governed by its own standards body. Users might test a circuit board with multiple types of data buses at the same time. The standards bodies regularly update the protocols to accommodate faster data speeds, which often come with more complex compliance test specifications (CTS). Using automated compliance test software Validating a product to new CTS requires time, money, and knowledge to get it to market. One engineer can&rs...
E.ON has transferred its remaining 20 percent stake in the UK offshore wind farm Rampion to RWE. Offshore wind farm As part of the comprehensive transaction with RWE, a 30.1 percent stake had already been transferred to RWE in 2019. The offshore wind farm is already operated by RWE. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2021. Confidentiality was agreed on the purchase price. Rampion is located 13 kilometers off the coast of Sussex in the English Channel. The wind farm with...
With the appointment of the Advisory Board, E.ON underscores the strengthening and focus of the Corporate Foundation on supporting projects that accompany and promote the transformation of business and society towards greater sustainability and climate protection. In the future, a committee of renowned experts from the fields of science, journalism, and business will accompany the work of the foundation and decide on new projects and partnerships. Supporting scientific projects E.ON has been...
E.ON CEO Leonhard Birnbaum, “The decarbonization of Europe’s economies places the energy industry at the threshold of a key decade of growth.” “Having roughly 50 million customers in Europe and the continent’s biggest distribution network - which is the backbone of this transition - positions E.ON superbly to seize this opportunity. We can therefore today issue a long-term forecast for E.ON that is characterized by continual, profitable growth.” Increas...
The three project partners Salzgitter AG, E. ON subsidiary Avacon, and Linde have taken an important and unprecedented step towards decarbonizing the steel industry. With the commissioning of the "Wind Hydrogen Salzgitter - WindH2" sector coupling project, the only one of its kind in Germany, green hydrogen will in future be produced on the site of the Salzgitter steelworks using electricity from wind energy. Reduce CO2 emissions A transformation of steel production could reduce CO2 emissions...
The energy system of the future is being developed in the town of Arnsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia. Westenergie has teamed up with partners from business, science, and politics to launch the Sauerland model region for climate protection. The common goal is to use modern hydrogen technology to make Arnsberg climate-neutral. Over the coming years, industry, small and medium-sized enterprises, and the mobility sector will start using hydrogen. 11 km hydrogen pipeline The centerpiece of the mod...
Schumacher Electric Corporation, established in 1947, a pioneer of automotive aftermarket power conversion products including battery chargers, jump starters, and portable power offerings, is moving its headquarters from the Chicago area to Fort Worth, Texas, and is hiring in the DFW metroplex. Conveniently located near DFW Airport with foreign-trade zone status, the new headquarters and state-of-the-art distribution facility enable company growth and position Schumacher to meet the automotive...
As the EU Commission prepares to present its ‘Fit for 55’ legislative package, the European CEO Alliance has issued policy recommendations supporting a progressive and ambitious push to achieve climate neutrality. Tackling climate change requires strong collaboration between the public sector and industry, the Alliance announced after its meeting in Paris. The Alliance would welcome a review of the EU’s major regulatory instruments, in particular subsidies for technologies wit...
The highly connected world of energy offers private customers, companies, and municipalities completely new opportunities for climate neutrality. During the E-world trade fair from 11 to 13 February in Essen, E.ON will present the potential of this connection, especially for climate protection. Throughout the event, there will be lectures by renowned speakers and panel discussions at the E.ON stand. E.ON’s focus is on making climate protection possible without giving up the standard of li...
Supplying urban districts with low-CO2 heating and cooling and at the same time offering a perspective for regions whose district heating supply is affected by the coal phase-out: by doing this, the heat supply can make a significant contribution to ensuring that cities and municipalities in Germany achieve their climate protection targets. intelligent low-CO2 energy solutions The technology used will be the latest generation of low-temperature heat networks E.ON is driving forw...
The majority of Germans have great confidence in hydrogen technology: According to a representative survey commissioned by E.ON, almost 67 percent of Germans can already imagine using hydrogen for heating if this does not produce any CO2. Three-quarters of those questioned are aware that hydrogen can help with the storage of renewable energy in particular. Network supplying gas The exemption from the EEG levy decided confirms the path taken so far to convert the gas network for operation with...
The establishment of a dense public network of ultra-fast e-vehicle charging stations can be realized much faster than previously assumed. E.ON and Volkswagen Group Components are giving a new impetus with the prototype of a new, flexible ultra-fast charging station that will be presented in Essen. By integrating a battery system, it will be possible to install ultra-fast charging stations almost anywhere and at a significantly lower cost without civil engineering or mains connection. new...
“We need a new basic social consensus for the transformation of the energy system. The leap into the energy world of the future is a generational task. Business, politics, regulation everyone is called upon to make a joint contribution to making Germany climate-neutral by 2050." "For this to succeed, we need planning security and strong partnerships at all levels of society and across all corporate boundaries.” incentives König discussed challenges from digitization, clim...
E.ON's distribution grids in Germany will be able to support a complete switch to electric cars, according to a joint study by E.ON and Consentec. However, this will require forward-looking investments in the conversion of the infrastructure to continue. electric vehicles E.ON's grids in Germany are well-equipped to allow a greater number of electric vehicles to be recharged The study has looked at various scenarios up to and including a 100 percent market share for electric cars. The calcula...
Around 800,000 distributed systems producing green energy are already connected to E.ON’s grids in Germany – and that figure is rising. In order to considerably speed up the connection process for these systems, experts from E.ON grid operator E.DIS teamed up with the start-up envelio, a spin-off of RWTH Aachen University, to develop a digital grid connection monitor. It’s a self-assessment portal for planners of distributed generation systems and offers an initial indication...
E.ON is going on the offensive in the broadband market, investing some €130 million through its telecommunications subsidiary e.discom in the expansion of its own broadband network in Brandenburg with real fiber to the building/house (FttB/H) connections. With this and future investments, E.ON is making a significant contribution to enabling digital gigabit coverage in rural areas. High-speed Internet Especially in the countryside, the availability of high-speed Internet is of critical i...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
E.ON wants to produce more wind energy in Germany. To implement this strategy, E.ON Climate & Renewables is taking over the German activities of Kassel-based Vortex Energy. Vortex has been developing, realizing, and operating onshore wind farms in Germany since 2004. The project pipeline includes wind farms with a total volume of 300 megawatts and a large number of projects at an early stage of development. This ideally complements E.ON's activities in the construction and operation of Germ...
The construction of the Rampion offshore wind farm in the British Channel has made significant progress. All 116 turbines are online and feed renewable energy into the grid. The Rampion thus reaches its maximum generation capacity of 400 megawatts, which can supply almost 350,000 households. Feed renewable energy Further work will have to be completed in the coming months before the substations on land and at sea, for example, can be fully commissioned. Offshore construction of the Rampion pr...
At E.ON's regional utilities Avacon, Bayernwerk, E.DIS, and Hansewerk, paper battles have long become a thing of the past. In 2017, nearly 60 percent of all new power generation plants feeding into the grid were registered online. Paperless commissioning and registration In 2017, customers and installation companies have been able to complete the entire process from registration to commissioning of a photovoltaic system quickly, easily, and without any paperwork. Since the launch of the o...
The European Spallation Source for Neutron Research (ESS) in Lund, Sweden has chosen E.ON as its energy partner. The cooperation includes energy solutions such as cooling, compressed air, and the recovery of surplus energy as well as the supply of renewable energy to the large-scale research facility. The partnership is planned throughout the planned ESS lifespan, until 2065. neutron source ESS and E.ON will also work together to develop resource-efficient ways of recovering surplus energy&nb...
E.ON and Nissan pool their international expertise in the field of electric mobility and distributed energy generation and storage. At the Geneva Motor Show, Nissan and E.ON have agreed on a strategic partnership to explore opportunities on pilot activities and commercial offers related to electric vehicle charging, vehicle-to-grid services, and grid integration, as well as decentralized energy generation and storage solutions. Comprehensive electric ecosystem This partnership is delivering o...
E.ON takes Artificial Intelligence to the world of manufacturing companies. Customers from the industrial and commercial sectors will thus be able to intelligently increase the efficiency of entire machine parks and save energy costs at the same time. In order to make this future possible, E.ON has now entered into a partnership with the U. S. company Sight Machine. Sight Machine is a software startup based in San Francisco that has created an Internet of Things enabled digital manufacturing pl...
Aggreko has launched a mobile, modular power package for utility support and off-grid locations, using HFO as its primary fuel source. Aggreko’s Medium Speed HFO (MSHFO) power package brings its trademark containerized, scalable power online quickly while lowering the overall cost of energy. With more than 50 years of experience providing diesel and gas-fuelled mobile, modular power, HFO was the natural extension that the company’s experts at its Dumbarton research and development f...