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CORE contractors regularly use aerial drones and other aircraft to inspect overhead lines and equipment and complete wildfire mitigation work and other important reliability efforts throughout our 5,000-square-mile service area. They typically notify members in the immediate area of drone or aerial work ahead of time via automated phone calls and/or emails. Contractor personnel performing drone work carry CORE credentials and are in contractor vehicles with CORE branding. They ap...

New disruptive technologies are emerging and shaping the future of FSM: Augmented Reality, Machine Learning, IoT, GIS, and sensors. OverIT is recognized as the best transformational partner to accompany and guide customers in this evolution path and to manage FSM mission-critical operations. OverIT has a strategic goal: to continue anticipating FSM market needs, unleashing the full potential of its vibrant partner ecosystem. So, it is time to write a new chapter for our software. next-gen FSM...

In the recent vote, the electorate of the municipality of Oberiberg in the canton of Schwyz expressed their opposition to the planned alpine solar project - Alpin Solar Ybrig. Axpo and the local energy provider - EWS AG are disappointed about their decision. Due to the negative result of the vote, the project will not be pursued further. However, both companies remain firmly committed to developing further projects in the field of renewable energy. Alpin Solar Ybrig solar project opposed Axpo...

In cooperation with Westenergie AG, Stadtwerke Erft GmbH has founded a joint holding company called 'PSO-Erft GmbH'. This new company will take on strategic and operational tasks in the area of ​​intelligent energy infrastructure planning for the electricity, gas, and water networks of the neighboring towns of Bedburg, Elsdorf, and Bergheim. PSO-Erft GmbH Stadtwerke Erft holds a 74.9 percent stake in PSO-Erft and Westenergie AG holds a 25.1 percent stake.  The Erft municip...

WEG’s mobile solutions ensure application across various voltage classes according to customer needs, providing operational dynamism and time savings for preventive and corrective maintenance. WEG supplied the first mobile substation in the state of Amapá, Brazil, to CEA Equatorial, an electricity trading and distribution company. The acquisition aims to ensure efficiency and reliability in the supply of electricity to the people of Amapá. WEG’s mobile substation WEG...

Cargounit, the largest independent locomotive leasing company in Poland, has signed an agreement with Siemens Mobility for the purchase of 90 Vectron MS locomotives, of which 30 have been immediately called up. Additionally, a second contract was signed for the delivery of ten Smartron locomotives. The first deliveries are planned for 2025. Siemens Mobility and Cargounit’s collaboration dates back to 2018, when a single Vectron MS locomotive was purchased. Cargounit is the largest custome...

Franklin Electric Co., Inc. has been named to the Indiana Chamber®’s 2024 list of Best Places to Work in Indiana. The Chamber announced winners on its website; rankings will be unveiled at an awards event held on May 8, 2024.  The recognition is one of several the company received in the past 12 months, including awards at the national level presented by Newsweek and USA Today. Best Places award The Chamber’s nomination review process also includes a comprehensive employe...

Delta, a global major in power and thermal management solutions, announced presenting the next-generation power solutions capable of enhancing energy efficiency in AI servers and data centers at the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) 2024. These include Delta’s Open Rack Version 3 (ORV3) 1OU 18kW and 1OU 33kW Power Shelves featuring power supplies with an impressive efficiency up to 97.5%. Vertical Power Delivery Solution The next-generation Vertical Power D...

Clean energy solutions provider Gentari Sdn Bhd (Gentari) through its subsidiary Gentari Hydrogen Sdn Bhd, has signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with SEDC Energy Sdn Bhd (SEDCE), a subsidiary of the Sarawak Economic Development Corporation, for the joint development of a centralized hydrogen production hub in Sarawak’s Bintulu, to be known as the Sarawak H2 Hub. The document exchange was witnessed at the Borneo Energy Transition Conference (BETC2024) in Kuching, by the Premier of Sarawak...

Corn ethanol is a clean energy source that, compared to traditional fossil fuels, minimizes the emission of greenhouse gases. Besides that, it has several applications, the most common is its use as a biofuel and its frequent presence in the food and beverage, chemical, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics industries. To meet the requirements of this market, WEG offers a wide range of solutions in electrical equipment, automation and paintings. In this way, WEG supplied a generator for the plant expan...

Offshore wind is undergoing transformational improvement as a key solution to the energy transition. The continuous iteration and evolution of wind turbine technology have enabled developers to venture into deeper waters and to tap further wind resources. MingYang Smart Energy is always motivated to drive this trend through innovation and has reached a new milestone with the introduction of the new MySE 16.0-242, the world’s largest Hybrid Drive wind turbine. Designed for high-wind IEC IB...

TL Aerotek was looking for an automated solution to keep up with accelerating demand and found success using Mitsubishi Electric Automation’s plug-and-play machine tending solution, LoadMate Plus™. Expand Machinery TL Aerotek, a small-job milling shop customer, experienced a large influx of orders. To keep up with demand, they sought a solution that would alleviate labor uncertainty and help to grow the business. TL Aerotek turned to their long-time supplier of milling machines fo...

Clean energy solutions provider Gentari Sdn Bhd through its subsidiary Gentari Green Mobility Sdn Bhd (Gentari) has launched Gentari Go, a customer experience platform offering an integrated sustainable lifestyle by unifying Gentari’s clean energy ecosystem. Currently featuring green mobility and renewable energy solutions, Gentari Go is now activated in Malaysia with a regional rollout planned for Southeast Asia and India in 2024. Home energy solutions Gentari Go is designed to be the...

VEON Ltd., a global digital operator that provides converged connectivity and online services announced the launch of the Geolocation Gateway with the first implementation already in place in Uzbekistan. Building on the global GSMA Open Gateway framework for universal, open APIs (Application Programmable Interfaces) for enterprise developers, the Geolocation Gateway will enable a wide range of use cases, from proximity-based commercial services to reducing fraud in financial services, as well a...

With WEG's solutions, the customer could save up to 500 liters of water per minute, which in a year would be enough to fill more than 100 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Increasing productivity with minimal environmental impact has been one of the industry's main challenges. Always mindful of the needs of each industry and recognized worldwide for the quality of its products and services, WEG was selected to supply another G3 Full planetary gearbox with an air-oil cooled system to a company in th...

Developer of maritime battery systems - EST-Floattech receives an investment of 4 million euros from the Energy Transition Fund Rotterdam and existing shareholders Rotterdam Port Fund, PDENH, Ponooc, and Yard Energy. This was announced by Chantal Zeegers, the Alderman for Climate, Building, and Housing in Rotterdam. The ‘Energietransitiefonds Rotterdam’ is the investment fund of the municipality of Rotterdam.  Lithium-ion battery systems EST-Floattech develops and produces hi...

The use of eBikes helps to reduce CO2 emissions but is not possible without a comprehensive and user-friendly charging infrastructure. This is because eBike riders need to be able to get from A to B reliably. Municipalities play a central role in this. For this reason, Westenergie AG is committed to expanding the public charging infrastructure in its partner municipalities and, together with the city of Marl, has installed a new Westenergie eBike charging station at the central depot, ZBH, Zech...

Lincoln Electric® introduces the Sprinter™ 180Si stick welder. This versatile machine delivers superior arc performance for stick welding combined with advanced TIG functionality, all wrapped up in a portable, lightweight package, thanks to the newest inverter technology. The 180Si is designed with a maximum output of 180 amps to enable exceptional stick welding quality. Operators can weld up to 5/32-inch electrodes (6010/7018), and can even choose a dedicated 6010 mode for cellulos...

In a scenario where sustainability and energy efficiency are increasingly crucial for the environment and the conscious development of the industry, WEG keeps its commitment to reducing the carbon emission generated by the company and improving the energy performance of its equipment by replacing old motors with more efficient solutions in their factories. Continuing with the Energy Efficiency Project, the W22 IR3 Premium motor was replaced with a 4 kW WECM (Electronically Commutated Motor WEG)...

Prysmian, the world renowned company in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has finalized three contracts worth in aggregate around €5 billion with Amprion, one of the pioneering European TSOs, for two offshore grid connection systems — BalWin1 and BalWin2 — and the underground cable project DC34. The contracts, which are now added to Prysmian’s order backlog, follow the selection of Prysmian as the preferred bidder in August 2023. milestone for Prysmian This...

VEON Ltd., a global digital operator that provides converged connectivity and online services, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Kyivstar announced that together with partners, Kyivstar raised 180 million hryvnas, or 4.8 million USD, for Ukraine’s demining within the scope of their “We Live Here” project.  We Live Here Kyivstar and charity foundation - Come Back Alive initiated the fundraising campaign “We Live Here” in May 2023 to raise UAH175 million for dem...

The commissioning of Axpo’s first large-scale battery storage facility in Sweden announced marks the latest milestone in the expansion of its battery business. The 20 MW/20 MWh plant, connected to the electricity grid by local energy company Landskrona Energi, follows several projects in Switzerland and Europe. The new facility was officially inaugurated on 12 February 2024 at a ceremony attended by representatives from politics and business. large-scale battery solutions Axpo has now c...

In the realm of energy consumption, the concept of peak demand plays a pivotal role in shaping electricity usage patterns and pricing structures. As electric vehicles (EVs) continue to gain popularity, understanding peak demand and leveraging off-peak charging rates have become essential strategies for both EV owners and energy providers. In this comprehensive guide, they delve into the intricacies of peak demand, explore the benefits of off-peak charging for EV owners, and examine how this pra...

Mitsubishi Electric will again attend the Data Centre World Exhibition at the London ExCeL Centre from the 6th to the 7th of March 2024, to showcase its advanced range of data center solutions. At the show, Mitsubishi Electric, a pioneer in IT cooling solutions, will introduce a new approach to the overheating challenge by looking at data centers as useful energy sources and exploring ways to apply otherwise wasted heat to other applications. Data centers in decarbonization “Data center...

Fast internet connectivity and stable networking are vital for a successful digital transformation. Eurofiber, the major B2B technology specialist, runs a fiber network that is currently more than 70,500 kilometers long and growing by 50 kilometers every week. The company with over 600 employees is headquartered in the Netherlands and offers its customers ultra-modern infrastructure to drive forward digitalization in business and society. Mobile amplifiers throughout the fiber optic netwo...

On April 1, 2024, Dr. Catharina Friedrich will take over the management of the Westenergie subsidiary - DigiKoo GmbH, which provides municipal utilities, municipalities, network operators, and utility companies with data as well as analysis and forecasting systems for shaping the energy transition. As a member of the board of Rhenag Rheinische Energie AG, Friedrich has previously been responsible for the utility company's operational energy business and succeeds Martin Möller, who will lea...

Ingeteam's range of hybrid inverters (solar + batteries), so far available only in single-phase version, is now extended with four new three-phase hybrid inverter models of 10, 15, 20 and 30 kW, all of them with two photovoltaic MPPTs (MPPT: Maximum Power Point Tracker). These models are aimed at residential, commercial and industrial self-consumption systems that combine photovoltaic generation with battery energy storage systems. Energy Management System The main advantage of these hybrid...

Siemens Digital Industries Software has announced that Ather Energy, one of India’s foremost electric motorcycle brands, has expanded its adoption of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of industry software to help the company reduce its design and engineering cycle time, improve product quality and achieve faster time to market. Ather Energy was founded in 2013 by Indian institute of Technology (IIT) Madras alumni, Tarun Mehta, and Swapnil Jain. In 2018, it launched India’s first trul...

Whether in routine maintenance or emergency situations, the equipment interchangeability is a feature that allows for low downtime and, consequently, cost reduction. With this in mind, Aço Verde Brasil, the first company to produce steel without the use of fossil fuels, selected the expertise of those who offer electrical and mechanical interchangeability with equipment from different manufacturers to acquire three new motors that will be part of the expansion of its unit located in A&cc...

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has announced that it has developed a behavioral-analysis AI that analyzes the efficiency of manual tasks performed on production sites in just a few minutes without requiring operators to prepare AI-training data in advance, by adopting a probabilistic generative model. This new addition to the company's Maisart AI lineup quickly analyzes videos of people performing repetitive tasks and then visualizes how tasks can be performed more efficiently for greater prod...