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C&S Electric has successfully exhibited at the Oil Gas and Power World Expo 2023, in Mumbai, India, from March 1st to March 3rd, 2023. The expo aimed to bring together stakeholders from the energy industry ecosystem across the Up, Mid & Downstream hydrocarbon sectors and the Power Generation, Transmission & Distribution industry to explore business opportunities and engage in real-time discussions across different time zones.  Improving operational efficiency The C&S boo...

C&S Electric celebrated their Foundation Day with great excitement and enthusiasm at all their marketing offices and manufacturing plants. The central event of the grand celebration was held at their Noida Phase 2 plant, which was attended by more than 2100 employees who participated with joy. The gathering was addressed by the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Mr. Manav Adlakha and Managing Director (MD) & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr. Prakash Chandraker. C&S Ele...

Iskra calls on all attendees of the Middle East Energy Dubai 2023 event in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), to come and meet with them and discuss how they can collaborate to drive progress and innovation in the energy transition. Middle East Energy Dubai 2023 Middle East Energy Dubai 2023 (MEE2023) brings together energy professionals, businesses, and leaders worldwide to discuss the latest trends, technologies, and opportunities in the energy sector. Attendees will discover Iskra intellig...

Schneider Electric, the globally renowned company in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, announced that it is working with Camston Wrather, a sustainable mineral recovery company, to increase efficiency and control within their industry-renowned e-scrap recycling operation. Smart technology is rapidly evolving, leading to increasing rates of obsolescence for computers, cellular phones and other devices, resulting in more than 8.3 million metric tons of e-scrap in the...

Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. has expanded the product lineup through the development of new applications for the S-band and L-band by extending the normal C-band range of the FRL1441U Series pump laser of high output power, low power consumption for Raman amplifiers. Furukawa Electric will start shipping product samples from April 2023 and begin mass production from September 2023. Development of a pump laser for Raman amplifiers The development of a pump laser for Raman amplifiers that suppor...

Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. has developed an 8-channel TOSA (Transmitter Optical Sub-Assembly) for CPO ELS employing a blind mate optical connector. Data traffic has been increasing to support many kinds of IT services such as cloud services and 5G mobile networks. Hyperscale data centers that process big data and edge data centers that realize the low latency for Beyond 5G are faced with the challenge of expanding bandwidth and reducing the power consumption of a network switch server. CPO -...

When thinking of gas detector calibration and how often it must be performed, it is dependent on many variables. First and foremost is determining if a gas sensor is out of calibration. The best way to establish this is through a 'bump' or functional test using a certified standard gas mixture of known concentration. If the device is functioning properly and still measuring gas within tolerance, calibration is unnecessary. Bump testing should be performed as regular maintenance on any gas det...

Volta Trucks, the disruptive all-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer and services provider, has confirmed that the European Investment Bank (EIB) is engaging with the company for €40 million venture debt financing. The funding from the EIB would support the rollout of Volta Trucks’ Truck as a Service (TaaS) infrastructure over the period 2023-2026. electrification of the road transport sector The aim of the European Investment Bank’s funding support for Volta Trucks is t...

Many industrial plants use our standard "blue" product line, the One Series Smart Electronic Switch. This product has been tested for stringent environmental conditions and harsh workplaces and it has achieved the most rigorous certifications in the market. However, some production plants may have a higher standard. Field Safety Transmitter ONE Series field safety transmitter became popular due to its cost-effective and more rigorous instruments for installation The "yellow" ONE Series is the...

At MWC Barcelona 2023, Schneider Electric, Capgemini and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. announced their collaboration on a first-of-its-kind 5G-enabled automated hoisting solution. The three companies have joined efforts on design and installation of the solution at Schneider Electric’s hoisting lab in Grenoble, France. 5G Private Network solution Replacing wired connections with wireless and unifying existing wireless connections from Schneider Electric’s industrial automation syste...

Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (Furukawa Electric) has developed the high optical output power 50 Gbaud electro-absorption modulated laser (EML) ‘FOL13EBxCS’ with integrated semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and began shipping samples in January 2023. Background The installation of 5G networks for mobile phones has resulted in more cloud services that operate at faster speeds and larger data volumes, and following increased data traffic at the network edge, the demand for signal l...

A typical Safety Instrumented System (SIS) consists of a Safety Integrity Level (SIL)-certified sensor, logic solver, and final element. These SIS systems can be complex, including multiple components such as a pressure or temperature transmitter, safety relay, and programmable logic controller (PLC). Also, it can include a trip amplifier; and requires intensive wiring and programming.  SIL-certified safety transmitter A newer approach using a SIL-certified safety transmitter (sensor)...

Rosendin is proud to recognize and congratulate the winning teams in the 2023 Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Regions 6 & 7 Student Competition’s Electrical Challenge. The annual competition attracts the nation’s top construction and engineering college students who have 14 hours to develop building solutions using real-world applications. The six-member Milwaukee School of Engineering team secured first place with the most comprehensive proposal to build an addition to...

Each year the folks on Hunt Electric’s Employee Engagement Committee round up a list of local organizations that they would like to consider donating their annual employee match funds to. The list is long, votes are cast, and they pair it down to three. Then, for most of the month of December, employees are able to drop off a monetary donation or have it directly taken from their payroll check. Hunt Electric makes a 100% company match donation. Hunt Electric’s Employee Match Progra...

Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. has expanded the product line-up with the development of a new ultra-small, narrow line width tunable light source that supports the super C-band and L-band in addition to the current C-band. A tunable light source is a laser light source product that is used in digital coherent communications (Nano-ITLA). Background Due in part to increased smartphone use, cloud computing and video streaming in recent years, data traffic on the mainline communications networks and...

Plug Power Inc. and ACCIONA Energía have presented to the Government of Navarra (Spain) their Valle H2V Navarra joint project to build an industrial-scale, green hydrogen production plant in Rocaforte, Sangüesa. The project, currently in the development stage, involves the construction of a 25MW electrolyzer on the land plots adjacent to the Sangüesa biomass plant. The electrolyzer will be powered by hybrid renewable energy produced at a photovoltaic plant (25MW) and a wind far...

Popular RACM series has been extended with the addition of the RACM30-K/277 range of parts rated at 30W (36W peak), setting a new benchmark of 9.2W/inch³ thermally effective power density at 60°C still air in a case size of 1.6” x 2” x 1” (40 x 52.5 x 25.5 mm). Limited power source These silicone-free encapsulated AC/DCs have an ultra-wide input range of 85-305VAC (120V to 430VDC) and are available with outputs of 5V, 12V, 15V, 24V, ±12V or ±15V, fully...

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has announced that it entered into a share transfer agreement on February 16 to wholly acquire Scibreak, a Swedish-based company that develops direct current circuit breakers (DCCBs). The two firms aim to strengthen the competitiveness of their unified business by working closely on developing DCCB technologies for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems to support the increasing global deployment of renewable energy. Purpose of Acquisition The introduction...

SVTS B series slip ring assemblies from Servotecnica offer machine builders a continuously rotating electrical joint with a working life extending to 100 million revolutions at high speeds. The range is aimed at demanding industrial applications in high throughput production machinery where gold alloy multifibre brushes and precious metal rings in IP65 fully sealed ABS/aluminum/stainless steel housings ensure the highly reliable transfer of electrical power and instrumentation signals through r...

Horisont Energi and Neptune Energy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the international energy major - E.ON with the aim to develop a European carbon capture and storage (CCS) value chain.  The MoU covers several areas such as project financing, funding, and the development of a complete value chain for CO2 handling. If Horisont Energi´s and Neptune Energy´s application for CO2 storage for the Errai project is awarded, the intention is that this will be the fi...

A Cummins Inc.-led project to develop battery charging and hydrogen (H2) fueling stations along the Interstate 80 Midwest Corridor will accelerate with the Biden Administration’s announcement this week of the standards and funding for the National Network of Electric Vehicle Chargers. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, passed in 2021, invests $7.5 billion in electric vehicle (EV) charging, $10 billion in other forms of clean transportation and over $7 billion in EV battery components, cri...

MOBOTIX has installed and commissioned twelve charging points with 11 kW each for e-vehicles at the company headquarters in Langmeil. With the use of solar energy from the large photovoltaic system with 600 kWp, which was commissioned on the roof of the production hall in the fall of 2022, the company is thus taking the following steps on its sustainable path, also with regard to important ESG key figures. "The 600kWp photovoltaic system on the production building helps to reduce CO2 consumptio...

Texas Instruments Incorporated announced that Curtis C. Farmer, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Comerica Incorporated and Comerica Bank, has been elected to TI's board of directors, effective April 1. "We're pleased to welcome Curt to our board," said Rich Templeton, TI's Chairman, President and CEO, adding "His financial acumen and breadth of knowledge on the economy and financial services for commercial enterprises will make his perspective a valuable addit...

Siemens and Swinburne University of Technology have agreed to set up the most advanced future Energy Transition Hub of its kind in Australia in at the University’s Hawthorn campus in Melbourne. Featuring some of the most advanced digital energy technology from Siemens and the technical, R&D and teaching expertise of Swinburne, the US$ 5.2 million Hub aims to build a future energy grid laboratory accessible to students and industry. Energy Transition Hub When fully operational, the E...

Hitachi Group extends its deepest sympathies to all those affected by the earthquake that struck in the southeast of the Republic of Türkiye near the border with the Syrian Arab Republic on February 6, 2023. Hitachi Group has announced that it will donate 20 million yen each to the Japanese Red Cross Society and the Japan Committee for UNICEF, for a total of 40 million yen (approx. 300 thousand U.S. dollar | 280 thousand Euro) to support relief efforts for people affected by the disaster....

Schneider Electric, the globally renowned company in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has developed a new EcoCare for Single-Phase UPS services offer. Members of this innovative EcoCare plan benefit from exclusive access to experts, who ensure customers optimize their overall maintenance activities, while reducing their carbon footprint. Manage Edge infrastructures Companies are drastically expanding their edge computing environments, but lack the expertise, sta...

Ameren Missouri has started implementing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-approved measures to contain and remove remnants of cleaning solvents used decades ago at a substation in the City of St. Charles. Treatment techniques targeting chemicals directly underneath the substation site are now underway, with completion set for the end of March, followed by a monitoring period. All work is being performed under the supervision of the EPA. Based on prior experience, a reduction in concen...

Schneider Electric, the global pioneer in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, hosted Texas State Senator César Blanco (D-El Paso) at its El Paso campus. Senator César J. Blanco toured the company’s new 160,000-square-foot smart manufacturing facility, currently under construction, and met with company leaders to discuss workforce development opportunities at the El Paso campus. El Paso campus expansion Schneider Electric’s expansion of its...

Ameren Missouri, a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation, takes another important step toward bringing more renewable energy to customers by announcing a key approval in the planned acquisition of the company's largest-ever solar facility, a 200 megawatt (MW) solar installation in central Missouri. The Huck Finn Solar Project is planned to be constructed on the border of Missouri's Audrain and Ralls counties. Construction is expected to create approximately 250 jobs and, once functional, produce eno...

Siemens has partnered with EnergyHub to expand its ecosystem of partners for its grid software business. EnergyHub provides a top-tier grid-edge management solution, which combines its DERMS platform with turnkey program management to enable utilities to scale grid-edge flexibility. DERs EnergyHub controls all classes of DERs including thermostats, electric vehicles, energy storage, and solar inverters. The company works with over 60 North American utilities to manage more than 1.3 GW of flex...