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As energy costs continue to climb, everyone is keeping a close eye on their smart meters. People across the UK are tightening their belts for a tough winter – and bracing for household bills of up to £4,000, when the government’s energy price freeze evaporates in April 2023.  During a cost-of-living crisis, it’s natural to focus on immediate expenses and short-term savings. The bigger picture often becomes blurred, with global challenges like CO2 emissions and clima...

Many people think of a train as simply a bus on rails! After all, passenger trains have been around since 1825 and the basic concept of a locomotive pulling carriages has not changed much since then. However, anyone attending the recent Innotrans 2022 exhibition in Berlin, the pioneering international trade fair for transport technology, will have noticed that trains are becoming increasingly high-tech. One exhibitor even boasted that their high-speed train contained over 7000 sensors. This is...

DENSO Corporation published its new web media, “DRIVEN BASE”, on November 23, 2022. The Company integrated its conventional web media, “Stories” and ”COREs”, into “DRIVEN BASE” to provide information. DENSO created the new web media so that it will be the motive power and the support for challenges of people through providing the information of knowledge, such as cutting-edge technologies and approaches to the various social issues, and of a wide...

Axpo is significantly expanding its solar ambitions in Switzerland. By the year 2030, the company intends to develop solar capacities of over 1.2 gigawatts in the Alps and residential areas. The plants will produce enough electricity to cover the annual consumption of over 300,000 Swiss households. Upon completion of the plant at the Muttsee dam, planning of the next alpine solar facility is already underway. Solar offensive For sustainable, reliable power supply The solar offensive will make...

WEG, in partnership with the Belgian fan manufacturer - CBV, has contributed to developing a self-sustaining waste to energy (WTE) island for Hong Kong’s residual waste. It is estimated that the island will save 440,000 tons of carbon emissions per year, which is the equivalent of the yearly carbon emissions produced by 2.2 million gas-based cars. Hong Kong’s Climate Action Plan In response to the Paris Agreement, the Government of Hong Kong’s Climate Action Plan set a targe...

Siemens Smart Infrastructure has partnered with SEW to support utilities globally to improve the customer and workforce experiences for utility smart meter users and accelerate the path to a 100 percent renewable world. Headquartered in Irvine, California, USA, SEW is an industry-renowned cloud platform provider specializing in digital customer experiences and workforce experiences for utility providers. SEW’s solutions powered by AI SEW’s solutions are powered by artificial intel...

GlobalLogic Inc., a Hitachi Group company and Digital Engineering major firm, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Fortech, a renowned software engineering services company based in Romania. Headquartered in Cluj-Napoca, Fortech has applied its deep technical capabilities to hundreds of clients and more than 1,000 digital projects throughout nearly two decades of operation — a track record that has ultimately positioned the company as one of Romania’s large...

Dongfang Electric Corporation - DEC has won the bid to supply a turbine generator unit for the 300 MW compressed air energy storage power plant in China's Hubei province. When completed, this compressed air energy storage power plant is projected to produce around 500 GWh of green energy per year. It will play an important role in sustainable development and industry upgrading in Hubei province.

The smart grid company gridX, based in Aachen and Munich, and ChargeOne, EV charging specialist and brand of the traditional Munich-based company Claus Heinemann Elektroanlagen GmbH, announce a partnership to optimize the energy management of charging infrastructure projects across Germany. The solution is based on gridX's IoT platform XENON and will from now on be used in ChargeOne's projects. The gridBox IoT gateway manages loads locally and allows ChargeOne’s customers to access load pr...

Delta, a global pioneer in power and energy management announced its new EV charging management system, DeltaGrid® EVM, an innovative platform featuring artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and seamless integration with energy infrastructure (solar energy and energy storage), is enhancing the power stability and operating efficiency of EV charging sites across the world. Electrical safety, billing, and day-to-day management are critical issues to support the rapid growth of EV charging...

The reduction of greenhouse gases is a global and fundamental concern to ensure a quality future for all. Efforts to reduce carbon emissions have become increasingly recurrent and essential for companies that aim to be aligned with sustainable strategies and initiatives. In this regard, WEG is providing a slip ring motor solution for an important carbon capture project at a cement plant in Norway. sustainable industrial operation The captured gas will be compressed and then liquefied for unde...

C&S Electric participated in DIBEX 2022 expo held at India Expo Mart, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, from 21st to 23rd November 2022. DIBEX 2022 is one of the renowned exhibitions for MESBAI, Defense & Public sector units.  C&S Electric at DIBEX 2022 The company displayed the entirety of its product line, which included Air Circuit Breakers, Contactors, Motor Starters, MCB, DB, LV Busways, and recently introduced Elusio Switches. A considerable number of people, includ...

GENERA, a globally renowned company in highly automated resin based additive manufacturing technologies, and Siemens are cooperating in a comprehensive partnership. The aim of the partnership is to accelerate the adoption of the Digital Light Processing Technology for large-scale production of industrial applications. The sweeping collaboration will touch many aspects of GENERA’s business and is going to benefit end-users in a variety of ways. Siemens – GENERA partnership The coop...

To increase the security of supply, Axpo has converted the operating voltage of the power lines from 50 to 110 kilovolts (kV) in the region west of Schaffhausen and the neighboring areas in the canton of Zurich, in Switzerland. The work, which was successfully completed this autumn, will increase the performance and reliability of the electricity supply in the entire region. High-performance grid infrastructure A high-performance grid infrastructure is the basis of a secure electricity supply...

Ameren Corporation has released its latest climate report aligned with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations. The report highlights actions the company is taking to manage climate-related risks and transition to a cleaner energy future, achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2045. Ameren's new climate report “Climate change is a critical issue for our customers, our communities, our nation and our planet, and we are committed to doing our part. T...

Rolls-Royce has already delivered six of a total of eight mtu EnergyPacks to VISPIRON GmbH, the southern German provider of sustainable mobility and energy solutions. The battery storage systems have been commissioned in solar parks in Bavaria and Thuringia in Germany, and are used for so-called intraday trading, i.e. the short-term purchase and sale of electricity delivered on the same day. Intraday trading Intraday trading is particularly important for absorbing unpredictable changes in ele...

Michael Müller, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of RWE AG, stated “We are fast-tracking the expansion of renewables and are rigorously implementing our Growing Green strategy. With the purchase of Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses, we are strengthening our US portfolio and creating an excellent foundation for additional value-accretive growth. We are also investing massively in new green capacities in Europe.” He adds, “Two thirds of the turbines at our Kaskasi wind f...

SemperPower proudly announces that it is entering the realization phase of its second large-scale energy storage project: Project Castor. When it goes into operation in the spring of 2023, this battery system will be the largest battery project in the Netherlands, and one of the largest in Northwest Europe. The 30 MW/ 63 MWh battery system will be used long-term to offset the volatility of sustainable energy portfolios. This promotes the integration of sustainably generated energy into the Dutc...

ABB has extended its all-compatible family of machinery drives with the new ACS180 variable speed drive (VSD) for applications up to 22 kilowatts (kW). This easy-to-use and compact VSD brings reliability and performance for machinery builders. The ACS180 is designed for OEMs and system integrators across several industries and for a wide range of applications. The ACS180 can control for example: conveyors, pumps, fans, mixers, and compressors, in a wide variety of industry sectors, including fo...

DNV has announced that it has acquired Power System Dynamics (PSD Consulting Engineering Pty. Ltd.), a grid consulting firm providing worldwide specialized services for high-voltage power systems from South Africa, recognized as a world-renowned expert in grid dynamic behavior modeling. This acquisition, which follows collaboration on anterior projects, will be essential to DNV’s service offerings in the area of power system planning and flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS), supplemen...

Volta Trucks, the pioneering and disruptive full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer and services provider, and Cake, the Swedish maker of premium lightweight, electric motorcycles, have announced a collaboration aimed at decarbonizing and decongesting last mile deliveries, while also improving service to end customers. The first trial, planned in Q1 2023 in Paris will be with the H&M Group, a fashion and design family of brands and businesses. The fully integrated, zero tailpipe emiss...

Volta Trucks and Siemens Smart Infrastructure, the pioneer in electrification, have signed a letter of intent, outlining cooperation to deliver comprehensive charging infrastructure and software to Volta Trucks customers, to simplify, de-risk, and accelerate their transition to commercial fleet electrification. commercial vehicle fleet electrification The strategic partnership looks to bring together Volta Trucks’ unique solution to commercial vehicle fleet electrification and operationa...

Canyon State Electric (CSE) is collecting Lego sets throughout the month of November, 2022 to benefit local children in the foster care system. Canyon State Electric’s Lego Drive is held during the holiday season each year, and sets collected in 2022 are being given to Arizona Helping Hands for their Holiday Toy Drive. Canyon State Electric’s Lego Drive The Lego Drive began in 2021, after the passing of Canyon State Electric’s Founder, Steve Maderazzo. He famously loved buil...

Infinitum Electric, the creator of the breakthrough printed circuit board (PCB) motor, announces the first product shipment from its revolutionary line of IoT-enabled electric motors to Comefri USA, an HVAC fan original equipment manufacturer (OEM). Twenty-five trillion kilowatt hours of electricity are consumed per year, of which 45 percent is consumed by electric motors. This leaves a significant opportunity for many industries, including HVAC, to develop or replace machines using traditional...

Infinitum Electric, the creator of the breakthrough printed circuit board (PCB) motor, announces an agreement with the US automotive supplier to support the development of a hybrid vehicle. Under the agreement, Infinitum Electric will validate the performance of its IEm Series motor using oil cooling techniques before building a purposefully designed motor for hybrid assist powertrains used for more efficient hybrid vehicles. Twenty-five trillion kilowatt hours of electricity are consumed per y...

On recultivated land at the Garzweiler open-cast mine, well-established partners, the city of Bedburg and RWE, successfully connect another wind farm with a capacity of 28.5 megawatts (MW) to the grid. The five wind turbines of the 30 million Euro - 'Bedburg A 44n' project has the capacity to generate enough green electricity to meet the annual needs of 28,000 households - more than the city's citizens and businesses consume.   The turbines complement the existing Königshovener H&oum...

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Mitsubishi Electric) announced that it has joined the Japan Center for Engagement and Remedy on Business and Human Rights (JaCER) as a Founding Member (Regular Member). JaCER was established in June 2022, in order to support and promote the redress of grievances by companies. JaCER provides a non-judicial ‘Engagement and Remedy Platform’ for grievance redress, based on the United Nations’ Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. JaCER&...

High Power Charging (HPC) stations have a charging power of at least 100 kW. Existing grid infrastructure, however, often provides significantly less capacity and upgrades are extremely costly. Luckily, most cars only charge with maximum power for a brief period. Batteries leverage this and enable the use of HPC on existing infrastructure. Cars briefly charge with full power As any EV driver will tell the user, they can charge to some 60-80% in around half an hour, but getting to 1...

NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT Group, and DENSO CORPORATION (DENSO), the global manufacturer of mobility components offering advanced mobility technologies, systems, and products, announced that it will collaboratively develop the Security Operation Center for Vehicles (VSOC) to respond to the threat of increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks against vehicles. Culminating from past efforts, this collaboration...

RECOM Technologies, a renewable energy company, and the only European Bloomberg Tier 1 PV module manufacturer launches the new LION 390Wp Bifacial HJT Mono Crystalline Double Glass Module. Allowing more energy to be harvested, due to the Heterojunction technology (HJT), the LION 390Wp promises great performance in small and large-scale ground or rooftop solar applications. Lion series modules with a power output of over 700Wp are based on Heterojunction (HJT) technology. A heterojunction (HJT)...