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At the Handelsblatt Energy Awards ceremony, the jury honored the ectogrid cooling and heating network for supplying cities and districts as one of the leading new energy technologies. This confirms E.ON’s position as an innovation leader in the energy industry. In the Smart Infrastructure category, ectogrid ranked among the top 3. The supply network works like a thermal battery into which residents and businesses feed or extract heat and cold. ectogrid enables climate-friendly heating and...

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...

In the early morning of January 11, 2019, Shanghaimiao-Linyi, Shandong ± 800kV / 6250A UHVDC power transmission project has successfully completed a 168-hour test run and officially put in operation. This project completed all system test projects on January 3, 2019, and began trial operation in the early morning of January 4. During the trial operation, the core equipment, such as the converter valve, DC control & protection system and measuring device provided by NR were in good an...

“Safety” is the Geocall module to manage the operators’ safety and monitor the health conditions of field operators through advanced wearable sensors. The system relies on three components, Server, Mobile, and Smartwatch. Geocall module It provides tools aimed at: Managing the automatic or manual/voluntary activation of the functionality for monitoring a resource; Automatically detecting potential anomalies affecting the status of a resource, based on given events...

In 2019, around 1300 young people will be given the opportunity at E.ON to get off to a good start in their careers. Throughout Europe, young apprentices, trainees, dual students and graduates are starting their careers at E.ON. In Turkey, for example, more than 650 young men and women are employed at Enerjisa, a joint venture of E.ON and the Sabanci Group. Around 150 young people in the United Kingdom (UK) are looking forward to starting their careers at E.ON, with 125 people in Hungary and 80...

GlobalLogic Ukraine and Winner Imports Ukraine recently partnered to demonstrate new automotive technologies and digital innovations for the transportation of tomorrow. GlobalLogic collaborates with many of the world's major automotive brands and equipment suppliers to develop hundreds of software solutions, from information and entertainment systems, to vehicle data exchange systems, to advanced driver assistance systems. Evolution of Smart Cars "Modern cars are essentially new smartphones &...

Typhoon-resistance Technology - Owning the first domestic patent of a typhoon-resistance wind turbine, Ming Yang Smart Energy analyzed the external loads and simulated the wind turbine states subjected to typhoons, improved the design of mechanical elements for centralized loads and reduced the rotor and tower loads during typhoon exciting, to guarantee the safety and significantly improve the power capture under typhoon operation.  Super Typhoon Mangkhut The Super Typhoon Mangkhut launch...

Many of the wind turbine generators (WTGs) installed across Europe as a result of the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC are beginning to run out of maintenance warranty. This deadline doesn’t have to be a burden on WTG operators: it can turn into an opportunity to increase wind turbines’ service lives and improve performances, further reducing their carbon footprint. Steven Olsen, Managing Director for Altra Renewables at Altra Industrial Motion, looks at how aftermar...

GlobalLogic Inc., a pioneer in digital product engineering, now announced the appointment of Stephen Oesterle and Normand Legault to its board of directors. Prior roles of Oesterle Stephen Oesterle is currently a Venture Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA), as well as a senior advisor to EQT Partners and Temasek Holdings. He serves on the boards of Baxter International and Reva Medical along with two biotech startups in Boston. Prior to his board positions, he spent 14 years as a senio...

While electricity has become an indispensable component for everyone, the fact is, it comes with its hazards to human life and property.  Electrocution and fire being the two major risks associated with electricity, one cannot afford to be negligent when it comes to insulating equipment. Residual Current Circuit Breaker (RCCB) A Residual Current Circuit Breaker (RCCB) is an important safety measure when it comes to the protection of electrical circuits. It is a current sensing device, w...

Thanks to SPACE1, OverIT is now a Microsoft International Partner, offering Mixed Reality solutions. OverIT has attained the “Microsoft international partner” status within the Mixed Reality Partner Program (MRPP) thanks to SPACE1, the product reshaping business processes through Mixed Reality. The MRPP is designed to enable partners to create world-class Mixed Reality solutions, allowing their customers to make the most out of the MR world for their business. Members of this e...

The Yangjiang City, adjacent to the Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong, Macao, and Southeast Asia, is regarded as an unhindered navigation channel and fabulous shelter along through the 'One Belt and One Road' regions. At its port industrial park where the High-tech Zone is located, Ming Yang mainly invests in a developing project of wind turbine equipment manufacturing. In Phase I, the product line of MySE5.5MW-7.0MW offshore wind turbine blade has been established and put into operation so far. In...

MCB, MCCB, RCCB, and ELCB are circuit breakers but all of them are designed for serving a specific purpose. Before knowing about the differences among all, let’s get to know about them a little bit. What is MCB? MCB Stands for Miniature Circuit Breaker. It automatically switches OFF the electrical circuit during any abnormal condition in the electrical network such as overload & short circuit conditions. However, the fuse may sense these conditions but it has to be replaced though M...

Ashwoods, a major European electric motor manufacturer, needed a custom brake solution for use on a new line of aerial boom lifts. The motor/brake assembly, developed for one of its transmission OEMs, was designed to combine with a gearbox and sold as a complete drive package to a major aerial platform lift manufacturer. Multiple compact wheel drive assemblies are installed on the two- or four-wheel drive boom lift vehicles. The brake provides parking and emergency functionality. Application r...

Luminus Devices, Inc. has released its fourth generation chip-on-board LED technology (Gen 4) that will open new opportunities in retail lighting as well as a wide range of indoor and outdoor lighting applications. Gen 4 COB technology It is possible for an LED to deliver the output and punch of a 70 Watt ceramic metal halide lamp Luminus Gen 4 COB technology combines significant improvements in efficacy, flux density, high maximum drive current, and high-temperature capability to enable brea...

The Zhuhai GuishanOffshore Project is the first green wind power demonstration project in China that uses jacket foundations, consisting of 27 units of My SE3.0-112 anti-typhoon wind turbines. The Project successfully withstood the test of Super Typhoon Mangkhut with an extreme speed of 70 m/s. The wind farm is located the Lingdingyang Bay in Zhuhai, and its straight-way distance to the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is only about 10 km. noise performance and environmental adaptability This mo...

On Nov., 4th, NR successfully delivered ±300MVar containerized Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) system and series equipment in 500kV Wujiang substation, Suzhou City, China. As one of the world largest capacity STATCOM system, this project was equipped total capacity of ±300MVar STATCOM, which includes 3 sets of ±100MVar STATCOM. Moreover, the max output capacity can reach to ±450MVar in failure state. Advanced multi-terminal VSC-HVDC solution NR offers fiel...

KAMIC Group AB has acquired all the shares in Swetouch AB. The sellers are the company’s founders Magnus Eek, Fredric Jönsson, and Patrik Maxe, all of whom remain active in the company. Swetouch AB Swetouch AB was founded in 2005 in Tranås where the company has its head office. From the outset, Swetouch has focused on offering customized solutions for control panels, keyboards, and enclosures. Many of these solutions also include various types of displays and cabling. Mo...

To strengthen the range of products and services to industrial customers, EG Electronics has decided to merge the electromechanical units within KAMIC Installation AB and EG Electronics AB as of October 1st, 2018. This includes the TIBE brand and the manufacturing unit, KAMIC Installation SP zo in Poland. The new business unit will be part of EG Electronics AB. TIBE TIBE has expertise and experience in electrical insulation materials, high-temperature cables, and high-temperature product...

A partnership with a Lithuanian lighting company and CP Electronics has helped a famous brewery save over 50 percent of its energy usage. The UK’s foremost lighting control specialist, CP Electronics has supplied luminaire-mounted PIR sensors, allowing the drinks manufacturer to have complete control of the lighting, even when workers aren’t in the working area. The brewery in question is owned by Volfas Engelman and is located in Kaunas, the second-largest city in Lithuania. Volfas...

Neptune Energy Group has announced the closing of the acquisition of VNG Norge AS, as signed on June 28. The transaction adds three producing fields, two development projects and 42 licenses to Neptune Energy’s existing portfolio, consolidating the company among the top five independent producers on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, by equity production. VNG Norge asset Fenja is a subsea development, which will be produced as a tie-back to the Njord production hub The VNG Norge asset ba...

GlobalLogic, a pioneering digital product engineering company, has developed end-to-end solutions for both accelerating OTT channel development and automating testing across OTT and mobile applications. GlobalLogic’s OTT channel development accelerator solution is a customizable platform that enables businesses to create fully functional, completely branded OTT channels while minimizing costs, efforts, and time-to-market. Unified API adapter The unified API adapter is pre-integrated wit...

Thomas More University (TMU), located in Belgium, entered a team of 10 engineering students into the 2018 Shell Eco Marathon. The annual design challenge pits university engineering teams from around the world to design and build highly efficient vehicles. The team competed in the Urban Concept class where the design had to incorporate practical road-legal functionality, including windshield wipers, lights, and a horn, along with energy efficiency. High-quality clutch Warner quickly decided t...

Connecting the center and east Tibet power network in China, the Mangkang substation has successfully operated from 11th August 2018, as an essential milestone of the first 500kV substation in Tibet power grid. The Mangkang substation is 4,295 meters above sea level and is the highest altitude 500kV substation in the world. NR provides all-around solutions for the substation, including SCADA system, protection & control, measurement devices, stability control devices, switching controller,...

Increasing consumer demand for frozen food items continues to generate significant growth in cold storage capacity around the world. Harsh environmental conditions in these facilities are challenging for both workers and equipment, including forklifts. Besides exposure to extremely cold temperatures, forklifts are also subjected to damaging condensation that occurs as the trucks move in and out of refrigerated areas. special feature packages Since cold storage facilities are costly to operate...

A state-of-the-art bone cancer center at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (RJAH) puts energy efficiency first, thanks to CP Electronics’ renowned Vitesse Plus standalone lighting control system. The Montgomery Unit at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital treats patients with bone and soft tissue sarcomas, bone metastases, benign bone and soft tissue tumors and tumor-like conditions. It is one of only five bone cancer centers in the UK and was launched a...

Advanced plant maintenance, packaged integrations, BI & Analytics, and open-source GIS, are the strong points of the new release.  As the concept of workforce digitalization continues to grow and influences a greater number of businesses, FSM is shifting its proposition toward an even more connected world of possibilities, both for field and plant maintenance. The new release of Geocall will drive the clients into a comprehensive Field Service transformation, through a broad and deep a...

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...

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...