Electric Meters & Metering Equipment News

New REC30E-Z DC/DCs offer a great combination of power density, performance, and cost with a 30W rating in a package size of just 25.4 x 25.4 x 10mm. Two wide input ranges are offered 9-36V (50V surge) and 18-75V (100V surge), covering a wide variety of nominals and their tolerances. Fully regulated single and dual outputs are available: 3.3V, 5V, 12V, 15V, 25V, ±12V, and +/15VDC. Rating of the REC30E-Z series Featuring RECOM’s hallmark advanced circuit and thermal design, the pa...

Iridium Communications (IRDM) has unveiled the most capable, ultra-portable solution for truly global connections to all smartphones, tablets and laptops – a new class of personal satellite communication device called the Iridium GO! exec. Built for the professional but made for everyone, the Iridium GO! exec provides a natural extension of your world off-the-grid to send and receive email, use chat or office applications, make phone calls, share pictures, post to social media or get help...

DNV has acquired global solar irradiance data and forecasting provider - Solcast to further expand DNV’s offering to solar energy customers with digital and data-driven services that help maximize the value of solar power plants globally. DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook (ETO) forecasts that by 2050 electricity production will more than double and 30% of all electricity will come from solar PV (photovoltaic), hence the fast growing need in the energy market for reliable data analytic...

Scolmore has added two new modules to its hotel accessories range to provide contractors and specifiers targeting the hotel sector with an expanded range of flexible and easy to install solutions. The new ‘Clean Room’ and ‘Do Not Disturb’ New Media modules are available as touch modules and indicator modules – both available in a choice of black or white. New modules added to hotel accessories range The touch module is placed within the hotel room for the occ...

The Sara Kulturhus is a state-of-the-art cultural venue and hotel in Skellefteå, Sweden. It is home to the city library, a museum and art gallery, and a theatre that stages 450 performances a year. Reduces carbon emissions  Standing 75m tall, the 20-story timber building is one of the world’s tallest wooden structures and is an international showcase for sustainable design and construction, with 100 percent of its electricity coming from renewable sources, including hydro and...

Prysmian Group, the world renowned company in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, announces the successful completion of the cable laying and burial operations for the submarine power interconnection between Ibiza and Formentera. The announcement, confirming that those operations had been completed, was released during the visit onboard Prysmian Group’s cable-lying vessel - Cable Enterprise of the representatives of the Spanish TSO Red Eléctrica in the presence of Teresa...

ABB E-mobility has announced the delivery of its one millionth electric vehicle charger, the latest milestone in the company’s ongoing mission to enable an emission-free future through smart and reliable EV charging solutions. ABB E-mobility’s new production facility With a presence in more than 85 markets, the launch of ABB E-mobility’s new $30 million, 16,000m2 production facility in Valdarno, Italy in 2022, completed a doubling of the company’s production capaci...

Ingeteam has announced that it has signed an agreement with Matrix Renewables, the global renewable energy platform backed by TPG Rise, under which the two companies have agreed to supply 500 MW to equip seven photovoltaic plants during 2023. Under this framework agreement, Ingeteam will supply state-of-the-art specialized components to Matrix Renewables. The equipment will be distributed over seven photovoltaic plants located in Castilla León, Andalusia and the Community of Madrid, in S...

Global technology provider - Arrow Electronics announces it has signed a global agreement with Lenovo to deliver its TruScale Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution through value-added resellers, managed service providers, and telcos. TruScale Infrastructure as a Service operates on a consumption-based subscription model that allows companies to use and pay for data center solutions on-premise or at a customer-preferred location without having to purchase the equipment. ArrowSphere Deliv...

Global technology provider Arrow Electronics has signed a pan-European distribution agreement with Synopsys, Inc. to deliver the Synopsys Software Integrity Group's extensive portfolio of application security (AppSec) testing solutions to resellers in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).  Arrow and Synopsys will enable customers to enhance the security of their software through the integration of Synopsys’ AppSec portfolio of market-leading security solutions. A...

The trials for Optimise Prime, the world’s biggest trial of commercial electric vehicles (EVs) have come to an end, and demonstrated how barriers, such as cost and energy demand, can be overcome through digitization and new product offerings. The outcomes of this landmark study follow a year-long trial, and could help unlock the mass rollout of EV fleets across the United Kingdom (UK) and beyond. Fast roll out of EVs is vital for the UK The fast roll out of electric vehicle fleets is vi...

In the face of stiff competitive bidding, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has won an order for the Renovation & Modernization (R&M) of steam turbines at Ukai Thermal Power Station (TPS) in Gujarat, India. Valued at about Rs. 300 Crore, the order for R&M of the 200 MW Unit-3 and the 210 MW Unit-5 has been placed on BHEL by Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited. Significantly, BHEL is also the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of these turbine sets, which have been...

Children's Minnesota will soon unveil a new intraoperative MRI (iMRI) suite — a three-room, 2,970-square-foot facility. This is a first-of-its-kind facility in North America. To install the breaker to feed this new space required shutting down 8 floors of critical power for a 2-hour window of time. No surgeries can happen when critical power is off. New intraoperative MRI (iMRI) suite In just over a month, Children’s Minnesota will perform the first surgery in its new iMRI suite...

ABB has reached an agreement to sell its Power Conversion division to AcBel Polytech Inc. for US$ 505 million in cash. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to be completed in the second half of 2023. Upon closing, ABB expects to record a small non-operational book gain in income from operations on the sale. The Power Conversion division, formerly Lineage Power, was acquired by ABB as part of the GE Industrial Solutions acquisition in 2018 and is not core to ABB. A...

Texas Instruments Incorporated said that its board of directors has selected Haviv Ilan to become the company's next president and chief executive officer (CEO), effective April 1. Ilan, a 24-year veteran of TI, succeeds current CEO and president, Rich Templeton, who will transition out of these roles over the next two months but will remain the company's chairman. The transition is a well-planned succession that follows Ilan's promotion to senior vice president in 2014, executiv...

Schneider Electric, the globally renowned company in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has earned a spot on Corporate Knights’ 2023 Global 100 list of Most Sustainable Corporations in the world for the 12th time in a row. Strong performance across climate and social commitments, such as sustainable revenues and investments, gender diversity and sustainability pay link have helped secure Schneider Electric’s peer group leadership position in this annual...

Schneider Electric, the globally renowned company in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, announced its Certification by Great Place to Work across North America. This marks the first win for Canada and Mexico, and the fifth time that the United States (US) team has been named to the list. The team in Costa Rica also earned this recognition. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Schneider Electric. Sch...

Scolmore continues to expand its Elucian by Click consumer unit range to provide electricians with the broadest possible range of units and protective devices to cater for all installation requirements. With SPDs now mandatory for domestic and commercial premises, Scolmore has added a new single width, double pole SPD to the Elucian range. Type 2 SPD This new slimline version of the existing 2 Pole, Type 2 SPD in a single 18mm module width, comes supplied with the following tails as stand...

Luminus Devices announces the launch and immediate availability of a new high efficacy family of 7070 mid-power LEDs designed for high-performance and long-term reliability. These new MP-7070 LEDs are available in both a 12V (MP-7070-4600 series) and 36V (MP 7070-T200 series) and are made with sulfur-resistance coating technology for long lumen maintenance in outdoor and industrial environments. While nominal drive conditions operate the device around 8W, customers can use these products in a...

Luminus Devices announces the launch and immediate availability of a new high-efficacy family of 7070 mid-power LEDs designed for high performance and long-term reliability. These new MP-7070 LEDs are available in both a 12V (MP-7070-4600 series) and 36V (MP 7070-T200 series) and are made with sulfur-resistance coating technology for long-lumen maintenance in outdoor and industrial environments. optical efficiency and performance  While nominal drive conditions operate the device around...

Users can now take advantage of surface mount technology with the new R5M, R3M, R2M, and R1M regulated DC/DC converters, rated at 5W, 3W, 2W, and 1W, respectively. The family shares a common case size of 13.2mm x 9.1mm footprint, 10.2mm high, with the R2M additionally available in a through-hole DIP8 package. The DC/DCs operate over a 4:1 input range, 9-36VDC or 18-75VDC, while the R3M, R2M, and R1M range additionally include 4.5-18V input. Outputs available are fully regulated: single 3.3V, 5V...

Ingeteam technology is present in the form of automation, protection, and control systems at the substations where renewable energy is evacuated, which transforms the energy from the generation plants for its transmission and distribution. The company thereby enables evacuation to the grid of more than 35% of the renewable energy generated in Spain. renewable energy generation November 2022 data from Red Eléctrica indicates that the presence of renewable energies in the energy mix has...

Sensata Technologies (ST), a global industrial technology company and renowned provider of sensor-rich solutions that create insights for customers, announced its debut at the Auto Expo Components 2023 (16th edition) event in New Delhi, India, from January 12 to January 15, 2023.  At the show, Sensata Technologies highlighted its innovations that support vehicle electrification as well as a broad range of mission-critical sensors and electrical protection solutions for automotive and heavy...

Texas Instruments (TI) introduced the first purpose-built semiconductors with ultrasonic lens cleaning (ULC) technology, enabling camera systems to quickly detect and remove dirt, ice and water using microscopic vibrations. Removing contaminants from camera lenses traditionally requires manual cleaning, causing system downtime, or the use of various mechanical parts that could malfunction. DRV2901 piezo transducer driver TI's new ULC chipset, including the ULC1001 digital signal processor (DS...

DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, has successfully completed Technical Due Diligence for the Mayor of London’s Energy Efficiency Fund (MEEF), managed by Amber Fund Management Limited (Amber Infrastructure), as part of a funding solution to deploy 30 new fully zero-emission electric buses. The Mayor of London’s Energy Efficiency Fund (MEEF) provided debt and equity funding to Rock Road Holdings Ltd., a subsidiary of Rock Rail, who financed the buses. DNV's i...

For Same Sun of Vermont, it was important to deliver on their customer’s three must-haves: install a solar panel array that produces clean and efficient solar power, be aesthetically pleasing, and promote its respected brand name. Not the easiest (or most frequent) ask. But the team at Same Sun, a Panasonic premium installer, was up to the challenge. The customer, WhistlePig, is a crafter of some of the most sought-after and priciest rye whiskey on the market. In addition to a passion for...

Sometimes people lead the way to a better life. Such was the case at Mosaic Commons, a unique cohousing community located in the small rural town of Berlin, MA, 45 miles west of Boston. After seeing several residents successfully use Panasonic Elite Installer, RevoluSun, to install solar panels on their townhomes, management decided to follow suit with its own switch to solar power. Mosaic Commons Mosaic Commons is a collaborative community that “attempts to overcome the alienation of...

Schneider Electric, the pioneer in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has been named as a Global Parity Alliance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Lighthouse for its Global Pay Equity (GPE) initiative, by the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Centre for the New Economy and Society. This award recognizes Schneider Electric’s efforts to promote inclusion and care by advancing pay equity across all its offices. Schneider Electric’s Global Pay Equity in...

Temperature is the number one enemy for the life of power supplies. As a rule of thumb, every 10°C increase in temperature decreases the lifetime of a power supply by half. Similarly, every 10°C decrease in temperature doubles their lifetime. Hence, the title of this piece “Rather be cool than dead”. The reason why temperature plays such an important role in the lifetime of power supplies can be found in the Arrhenius equation. The Swedish chemist, Svante Arrhenius, develope...

From Monday 16 January till Thursday 26 January 2023, restaurant Warmoes of the school ROC Amsterdam will be renovated. The RAI and the ROC have found a joint solution and will transform the Grand Café located in the RAI into the pop-up restaurant Warmoes. The Grand Café will be open for delicious lunch and dinner during this renovation. producers and products Together with first- and second-year students from the hospitality study, Chef Annis Amahoreseya will offer a menu for l...