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China's Annual Conference on Electric Reliability Indicators was recently held by the National Energy Administration and China Electricity Council. At the conference, the annual reliability indicators for generator units at three levels were announced. Shanghai Electric maintained its leadership with equivalent unplanned outage hours (EUOH) decreasing every year. Shanghai Electric has also secured its first place in the number and percentage of awarded units for all three categories. Annual re...

On June 11, 2020, NR Electric successfully put into operation the 275/33kV substation EPC project of Malaysia Samalaju Industrial Park. The project is an important part of the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE) in Sarawak, Malaysia. The substation will supply power for MPAS plant, the largest phosphorus chemical enterprise in Malaysia, and make an important contribution to the local industrial and economic development. The project includes one 275/33kV high-voltage substation, one 33/...

Local Indigenous communities in Fort Chipewyan long had a vision of transitioning into a cleaner, self-sustaining community concerning their energy generation. In October 2020, this vision will become a reality, when the second and final phase of the Fort Chip Off-grid Solar Project is completed. This exciting and inspiring project is the culmination of three years of hard work and will see the remote Northern Albertan community become the home of the largest off-grid solar and storage microgri...

A partnership agreement on a new energy private equity fund was entered into between Shanghai Electric Finance Group, Shanghai Electric Wind Power Group, and China Huaneng Group (CHNG) on June 4, 2020. It is another solid step of Shanghai Electric Finance Group towards fueling Shanghai Electric with industry funds. New Energy Investment Fund partnership With CHNG’s fund management company as the initiator, the fund has three participants: CHNG subsidiary (51% shares) and Shanghai Electr...

On November 8, Tegel Airport closes and goes into standby for at least six months. After that, the Berlin TXL – Urban Tech Republic (UTR) – a research and industrial park in which urban technologies are researched, developed, produced, tested, and exported – is to be built on the airport site. At the same time, the Schumacher Quartier (SQ) with over 5,000 residential units is being constructed on the almost 500-hectare site. Centrally generated energy Centrally generated ene...

Axpo announces Albula-Landwasser Kraftwerke AG (ALK) has commissioned the Tischbach power plant in Bergün. The 220 kilowatt small hydroelectric power plant uses water from an existing ALK water feed line and produces clean electricity for around 120 average four-person households. The Tischbach small hydroelectric power plant was installed at the connection between the existing Tischbach water catchment and the Bergün balancing reservoir. This means that in future the water from the e...

Coming off the heels of the successful TCO Performance Center project – the new headquarters and training facility for the Minnesota Vikings – Gephart has been awarded the Viking Lakes (Buildings B & C) project. This multi-family housing project is the first phase in the development of the surrounding headquarters area and has them working with MN Ventures.

The Smart Energy Demonstration Project (Phase I) in Minhang Industrial Zone announced its test run on May 18, the last sprint for its commercialized operation. This is the first industrial engineering of its kind after Shanghai Electric Power Generation Group wrapped up with the ‘Internet+’ smart energy project in Sanxing Town, Chongming. The project involves distributed power generation and storage devices, wind & solar energy storage and charging piles, and an integrated smart...

A stepping motor manufacturer located in Germany needed braking solutions for use on six-axis industrial robots. The brakes are mounted directly to the back of the various electric stepper motors, in order to provide static holding of the robot arm in the precise positions required for small component assembly. The motor OEM contacted Warner Electric based on its reputation for superior braking application knowledge and advanced braking technologies. Warner engineers, working closely with the O...

In the first quarter of 2020, BASF Catalysts Germany GmbH installed two waste heat modules from energy service provider Orcan Energy at its Nienburg site. This plant modernization will enable the automotive supplier to produce additional electricity and improve its eco-balance through sustainable energy production. The efficiency PACKs by Orcan Energy convert the previously unused waste heat on-site into up to 300,000 kWh of electricity per year, increasing the energy efficiency of the producti...

NR Electric successfully won a new energy storage project in Japan last month. It is a containerized energy storage solution for an industrial user in Chiba, Japan. The integrated solutions included containerized Power Conversion System (PCS) system design, equipment supply, and remote training services. NR solution will realize multiple automatic control operation modes such as frequency & voltage regulation, peak shaving and black start, which meets the requirements of Japanese grid stand...

NR off-grid microgrid solution for Ethiopian Power distribution company, which is the part of World Bank-financed "Lighting up Africa" project, passed the factory acceptance test successfully in March. The project integrates a distributed power supply, battery energy storage system, energy conversion device, load monitoring and protection device. The system will realize self-control, protection and management, and has the advantages of improving energy utilization efficiency, improving security...

Recently, the arc protection system of Malaysia Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) 11 kV Damansara Damai station was successfully put into operation. The system applied PCS-9656M distributed arc protection solution, which is NR's first arc protection project in Malaysia, marking that NR's arc protection products have been recognized by TNB and officially entered the Malaysian market. TNB is the largest national power company in Malaysia. The technical requirements are extremely strict, and it has gre...

The finalists of the 32nd annual Plant Engineering Product of the Year awards stretched across 13 categories. This program honors the best innovations of 2019, as voted by the audience of Plant Engineering. The Grand Award—given to the new product that received the highest number of votes among all 13 categories—is presented to TrendMiner for the TrendMiner 2019 R.3, originally in the Plant Analytics & Design category of the competition. The Grand Award, and...

A European motor manufacturer needed a very small, lightweight brake for integration into an electric window shade system for luxury business jets. The system allows passengers or crew to raise and lower shades on one or all windows simultaneously on the aircraft with a push of a button. braking solution Warner engineers decided to develop a completely new brake range to meet the challenging reduced weight The brakes are mounted directly to the back of the electric motors to hold the window...

Pt.NR Electric Jakarta (NR Jakarta), the Indonesian subsidiary of NR Electric, has successfully passed the ISO9001, ISO14001 and ISO45001 management system certifications. This milestone is a solid step in implementing NR's high-quality localization strategy in the Indonesian market. Since being established in 2012, NR Jakarta committed to serving the local society and creating value for customers. With the support of NR Nanjing Headquarters, NR Jakarta has actively implemented the localization...

On the morning of 21 February 2020, President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique went to the Marrupa district to attend the completion ceremony of the Cuamba-Marrupa power line and Marrupa substation. Ernesto Tonela, Minister of Mining and Energy, and Aly Sicola Impija, CEO of an electric power company also attended the ceremony. After visiting the substation, President Nyusi highly praised the achievements and thanked for the contribution from NR Electric, who worked as an EPC company for this project...

The automobile is the perfect example of a system that will last longer with routine maintenance. Like the automobile, the electrical distribution system may let them down, just when they need it the most unless they take care of it. With a car, they know the need to take it in for periodic oil changes and tune-ups at designated intervals. Based on NETA testing and NFPA 70B guidelines, knowing when to perform periodic maintenance of the electrical system is now a no-brainer.  But how often...

On January 31, 2020, the first digital substation integrated with NR PCS-S products was officially put into commercial operation in Concordia, Ecuador. The project integrates NR Electric’s latest generation of protection & control products, including PCS-931S Line Differential Relay, PCS-915S Busbar Relay, PCS-221S Merging Unit and PCS-9700 SCADA system etc. Interconnection of large power grid in Western Ecuador The project adopts IEC62439 (PRP) and IEC61850 Ed2 communication protoc...

A large European conveyor OEM needed a reliable clutch solution for its custom-designed automated order picking/dispensing systems installed in warehouses and distribution centers. The multi-level, high-speed systems can pick 7,500 cases per hour. Each system features multiple buffer lanes of roller conveyors that utilize a stopper bar to hold items in the queue. Clutches are installed on the electric motors that raise and lower the stopper bars on each lane to release individual items in the c...

Oceanic Systems (UK) Ltd has released a brand new product, the 5720 NMEA2000® Flow Adapter Module. The Oceanic Systems NMEA2000® Flow Adapter Module is designed to report fuel flow and usage over the NMEA2000® network using positive displacement flow meters. NMEA2000® Network These high-accuracy sensors connect directly to the 5720 using IP68-rated standard Deutsch connectors. The 5720 is compatible with sensors having a single pulsed output as well as those with a two-phase q...

Aggreko, the global provider of mobile, modular power, temperature control, and energy services, has achieved a milestone of 3000 LTI-free days at its depot in Chennai, India, in February 2020.  ISO accredited depot The 100,000 sq. ft, ISO 9001:2015 accredited depot serves industrialized Chennai and southern states of India. Equipment available from the depot includes mobile and modular power solutions such as generators and load banks, as well as cooling equipment inc...

SimCorp, a major provider of integrated investment management solutions and services to the global financial services industry, and GlobalLogic Inc., a globally renowned company in digital product engineering services, jointly announced their partnership. Through this collaboration, GlobalLogic will work with SimCorp to transform the cloud delivery model for SimCorp’s flagship front-to-back platform — SimCorp Dimension®. GlobalLogic and SimCorp partnership Partnering with Glob...

Warner Electric, a major global manufacturer of mammography systems, contacted Altra Motion for braking solutions it needed for various applications within its machines. Altra worked closely with the OEM engineering team to identify and confirm the torque requirements and space limitations of each different brake application. All the brakes required reliable holding performance throughout the machine to ensure accurate mammography imaging. 4PMB-055 permanent magnet brakes Based on the detaile...

Hypervisor technology is rapidly gaining in importance and has brought OpenSynergy an increase in orders for series development, prompting the company specializing in automotive virtualization technology to partner with two large service companies for software-based product development: GlobalLogic and Mobica. OpenSynergy and GlobalLogic partnership The strategic cooperation gives OpenSynergy access to a unique pool of talented engineers OpenSynergy and GlobalLogic have been working together...

Jenkins received a failed electric motor from a manufacturing customer that was the result of a melted polypropylene fan. This specific motor operated in an enclosed space, leaving little variability in temperature and resulting in the motor overheating. The fan melted around the shaft, causing the motor to lock up, the bearings to fail and forcibly damaging the winding. Because Jenkins has extensive motor cooling experience, our team quickly concluded a more durable material was needed for thi...

C&S Electric participated in Elecrama 2020, held at India Expo Mart, Greater Noida from 18th to 22nd January 2020. The company exhibited its entire range of products including LV Switchgear, Power Busbars, and Protection & Measurement Devices.  During the show, the company launched various new products including; Winmaster3 ACBs, and Track Busway to name a few. The stall attracted a large number of visitors from the electrical fraternity and various new contacts were made during th...

gridX presents a broad and diverse range of developments at this year's E-world. Within the already successfully established solutions - 'Smart Charging', 'Independent Homes', 'Smart Commercial' and 'Microgrids', gridX will show extensive new features. Products on display 'SmartCharging' is gridX's intelligent charging management for electric vehicles. 'IndependentHomes' is the solution for the end customer that controls and efficiently organizes a household's entire energy flow. 'Smart Co...

GlobalLogic continues the growth of its talent base in Europe. The company recently announced reaching the milestone of employing more than 10,000 digital engineers in Europe alone, marking a 70% growth of its regional talent base since 2019. Over the same two years, GlobalLogic increased its European development centers from 13 to 20. Collectively, these team members support the company's specialized digital technology programs and projects, which exceed 460 now. GlobalLogic’s recent mi...

Thanks to OverIT’s Field Service Management solution, running on RealWear’s HMT-1Z1s intrinsically safe devices, Italgas is now capable of bringing the digital transformation of its operations to a whole new level. At Italgas, gas distribution means guaranteeing network safety, service continuity, and system efficiency. To improve service quality and safety, increase distribution system effectiveness, and have a positive impact on the environment, the third-largest European utility...