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...

The circuit breaker is a switching device that also offers protection by tripping & cutting off the supply to load in case of fault. Primarily the circuit breakers are used for switching different kinds of load in Industries, Buildings, Commercial Complexes, Hotels, etc. Need of a circuit breaker Many kinds of abnormal conditions are there that exist in the electrical system, which have the potential to damage the circuit & its components. These conditions are defined as ‘FAULTS...

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...

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...

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...

Is Germany the European energy-saving champion? According to a survey by E.ON and KantarEMNID, at least 14 percent of Germans believe so, but the reality is rather different. Of the ten European countries covered in the survey, Romania takes first place with a primary energy consumption of 18,515-kilowatt hours (kWh) per head each year. Second and third places Only 2% of those surveyed thought that Romania which uses the least energy was Europe’s energy-saving champion Second and third...

Autonomous driving in the energy industry: the new industrial power plant in Grenzach-Wyhlen will in the future decide for itself how much energy it produces and when E.ON's new ‘IQ CHP – The intelligent Power Plant ‘ program makes this possible. E.ON and food manufacturer DSM Nutritional Products, a global nutrition, and health company, have now commissioned the pilot power plant in the border triangle near Basel and will implement digitization and automation there step by st...

Aggreko announces that it has started to supply stable power, using 28 MW of its HFO-generated energy. The occasion was marked by the attendance of President of Madagascar, Hery Rajaonarimampianina, Prime Minister, Olivier Solonandrasana, and Minister of Water, Energy, and Hydrocarbons, Lantoniaina Rasoloelison. Aggreko has provided power to Madagascar for a number of years. This new installation – NOOR 2 - will run alongside Jovena’s NOOR 1 turbines, as part of an extension to a 50...

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...

Energy and lighting controls specialist CP Electronics has been crowned a RAC Cooling Award winner thanks to its innovative air conditioning controller, the GESM-AC. A battery-powered passive infrared (PIR) sensor, the GESM-AC limits the use of air conditioning to times when it’s necessary – and switches it off when it’s not, based on occupancy. CP Electronics are winners in the ‘Air Conditioning Product of the Year - Accessories & Peripherals’ category, and it...

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...

Luminus Devices, Inc., a global manufacturer of high-performance LEDs and solid-state light sources, has released its Horticulture COBs with spectrums targeted for cannabis production. The new devices are available with 14mm and 22mm light emitting surfaces (LES) and provide best-in-class PPF and PPF/W performance. With operating power from 25W to 125W, the PPF range extends from 45µmol/s to over 150µmol/s with the larger 22mm LES. high PPF output "Horticulture COBs are perfectly...

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...

Good news for all travelers on the German motorway A3: At Autohof Strohofer in Geiselwind, between Würzburg and Nuremberg, electric cars can now charge without long waiting times at E.ON Drive's first ultra-fast charging station in Germany. Batteries of the latest generation of electric cars have a range of 400 kilometers after 20 minutes. By the end of the year, the charging stations are to be upgraded from 150 to 350 kilowatts, which will further accelerate the charging process for futur...

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...

Construction is currently underway at four recently awarded casino projects for a Gaming & Hospitality group. Gephart will be renovating three sportsbooks throughout NW Mississippi at Goldstrike, Sams Town and Harlows casinos. The fourth project will convert portions of the gaming floor into a poker room at the Four Winds South Bend casino, a new construction project that Gephart completed earlier in the year.

The Gephart-Morse joint venture, a design-assist electrical contractor for the Raiders Stadium project in Las Vegas, was recently awarded the Low Voltage Package by the Mortenson-McCarthy joint venture. Work will include Structured Cabling, A/V and Sound, IPTV, Broadcast, CCTV Surveillance, and Access Control Systems. This project further solidifies Gephart Low Voltage System’s footprint in the technology market building on the successful completion of other sports facility projects inclu...

Industrial brakes and clutches could become a $1.7 billion market by 2024, mostly due to investment in industrial automation and the rise of smart factories. That’s according to Global Industry Analysts Inc. (GIA). The quickest-growing industries include those related to material handling, food and beverage, machine tools, and textiles. As with other technologies, the fastest rate of adoption is in the Asia-Pacific region with a CAGR of 8.4% for the clutch and brake market over the next s...