Building work is currently underway on the ward to replace the old dormitory-style accommodation with single bedrooms. A range of other improvements are in progress including a new activity hub (featuring a gym, sensory room, therapy kitchen, and office); a waiting room and suite for patients’ mental health tribunal hearings; staff restroom; TV lounge, and a multi-faith room.  To enhance the team’s ability to provide safe and comfortable patient care, a simple lighting control...

Axpo and IWB are jointly implementing the largest alpine solar plant in Switzerland. The partners will install and commission the pioneering 2.2 MW Muttsee dam project in the summer of 2021. Supermarket chain - Denner will draw on the solar electricity it produces for 20 years. Originally initiated by Axpo, the large-scale alpine solar plant on the Muttsee dam is now the ‘AlpinSolar’ cooperative project, by Denner, Axpo and IWB. The two energy companies - Axpo and IWB are establishi...

Over the next four months, Axpo and IWB will build the largest alpine solar plant in Switzerland at the Muttsee dam. Following construction approval from the local municipality of Glarus Süd, the first components were transported to the dam. AlpinSolar AlpinSolar will generate 3.3 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, half of which in winter. Supermarket chain Denner has concluded a power purchase agreement for the electricity it produces over 20 years. The local municipality o...

After undertaking a PV project in Canada independently, Power T&D Project made another achievement in the electricity market of developed countries. Recently, the Company has undertaken the design of and supply for the Etajimashi PV Project in Japan, marking its first step in Japan’s new energy market. renewable energy power generation Japan embraces great market opportunities for solar power generation based on abundant sunshine there Japan has seen a constant rise in demand for re...

Shanghai Electric Power Transmission & Distribution Engineering Co., Ltd. signed a supply contract for a photovoltaic project with PCL Canada on April 20. The Company will supply the pile foundation for Canada Travers 465MWac Solar PV Power Plant Project. This project marks the first time Shanghai Electric Power Transmission & Distribution Engineering Co., Ltd. has marched into the electricity market of first-class developed countries. Solar PV Power Plant Project Power T&D Projec...

DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, has acted as technical consultant to Saudi Power Procurement Company (SPPC), during the development of the Sudair 1.5 GW solar PV project. DNV supported SPPC for over two years with a scope of work that included preparation of project protocol documents, setting the technical conditions of the project, such as project grid interconnection requirements, technical aspects of the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) and the transmission connecti...

France has experienced a major expansion of renewable energies in recent years. One secret to its success is the opportunity for citizens to participate in new plants. A player in this area is the Axpo subsidiary Urbasolar, which has generated nearly 19 million Euros through participatory funding. participatory funding Urbasolar puts participatory funding at the core of its strategy for the construction of solar power plants Urbasolar puts participatory funding at the core of its strategy f...

DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider generated and analyzed 20,000 years of plausible weather and power production for ISO New England (ISO-NE). With the completion of this project, which began at the end of 2019, ISO-NE can understand the magnitude, frequency, and duration of events like cold snaps or heat waves which drive regional load, as well as their correlation to wind and solar lulls as they pertain to current and future variable energy resources like wind and solar...

Aggreko has signed a seven-year contract with Brazilian energy company EVA Energia for a 10 MW renewable power solution using landfill gas. The provider of mobile and modular power solutions will deliver a complete system, producing power from biogas derived from two locations: Seropédica (Rio de Janeiro State), the largest landfill site in Latin America, and Mauá (São Paulo State). a flexible, fast, and cost-efficient way Aggreko will provide a flexible, fast, and cost-e...

DNV GL, the independent energy expert and assurance provider announces that it has provided Sonnedix with technical due diligence for eight operational photovoltaic plants located in Chile under the category of Small Distributed Generation Mechanisms (PMGD) totaling 40 megawatts (MW). purpose of the review The result of the review was key for an acquisition decision, which will include 19 MW of operational solar PV plants The purpose of the review was to evaluate technical risks and mitigat...

Energy tech firm Becour and quality assurance and risk management company DNV GL have joined forces with Ingka Group, operator of 383 IKEA stores in 31 countries, to pilot a solution that helps companies manage and assure their renewable electricity use from source to socket. The challenge Several big brands have announced ambitions to source only renewable electricity, but they have struggled to implement them due to the complicated structure of power distribution. When companies claim to so...

On August 6, Shanghai Electric (Anhui) Energy Storage Co., Ltd. and the Tinghu District People's Government of Yancheng signed an agreement of strategic cooperation on developing and constructing energy storage and integrated energy projects in Tinghu District. energy storage projects Since November 2018 when a strategic partnership was established, Shanghai Electric and Yancheng have seen fruitful results in offshore wind power, environmental protection, energy Internet, innovative technologi...

Aggreko, the globally renowned provider of mobile modular power, temperature control, and energy services, is set to power the 2020 Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open, which tees off at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick. Aggreko will be providing supplementary power to the three-day event, which sees 156 players compete for a share of the $1.5 million prize fund. The services that Aggreko provides will support the smooth running of the event, powering critical services inclu...

Shanghai Electric Environmental Protection Group and Henan Jincheng Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. have recently entered into an EPC contract for the Henan Yudong Hazardous Waste Treatment Center project. It is the first time that the group has won an EPC contract for a hazardous waste disposal project with an annual capacity of over 50,000 tons (54,000 tons). The breakthrough will expand the group's business scope and make Shanghai Electric more competitive in hazardous waste di...

The No. 5 Unit of Yangxi 1240MW Phase II Project, with Shanghai Electric Power Generation Group as an EPC contractor, completed a 168-hour trial run under full load on July 7. It marks the commercial operation of the single-shaft full-speed thermal power unit that features the world’s largest capacity. All three main engines of the project are independently developed by Shanghai Electric. With serial, modular design, optimized parameters, and capacity arrangement, the unit excels in relia...

The steam generators for molten salt towers, another key piece of equipment for the Dubai 950MW CSP+PV solar power project, were shipped from Lingang Plant on the morning of May 28. The generators were manufactured by Shanghai Power Plant Auxiliary Machine Factory Co., Ltd. (the factory), a subsidiary of Shanghai Electric. The factory was entrusted with 136 heat exchangers and storage tanks, among which the most important is the steam generator system (SGS) for molten salt towers produced for S...

By 2021, Axpo's subsidiary Urbasolar will build three solar plants in France to produce solar power for the Paris airports. The plants will cover around 10 percent of the electricity needed by the airports Charles de Gaulle, Orly, and Le Bourget. solar modules The three plants will be located in the French departments of Gard, Var, and Charente. Urbasolar will install solar modules with a total capacity of 40 megawatts on an area of 40 hectares. The plants will produce around 47-gigawatt ho...

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...

Since the beginning of 2020, the largest private telecommunications provider in Switzerland relies on hydropower: Axpo has concluded a full supply contract with Sunrise. The agreement includes the supply of electricity from the Axpo hydropower plants to all the Sunrise locations in Switzerland. renewable energies Sunrise is relying on renewable energies and has secured the certification for climate-friendly energy production Axpo supplies the company with certified electricity from Swiss hy...

Providing the customers with sustainable energy solutions is incredibly important to ATCO (ATCO Electric), wherever they may be located. They serve many communities located hundreds of kilometers from the main electrical grid, over a vast geographic area in northern Alberta and Canada’s North – communities that have relied on costly and carbon-intensive isolated diesel-powered generation for decades. In 2017, ATCO initiated a program to interconnect these communities to the grid, w...

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...

Due to a successful partnership with Rawfield M & E, Ridings Consulting Engineers India Ltd., Eco Modular Buildings and CP Electronics, the Ark Byron Primary Academy School in North London has utilized modular plug-and-play electrical lighting installations, in order to help half its construction time from 6 months to 3 months. Ark Byron Primary Academy has built a new school to increase capacity. CP Electronics was called upon to provide a speedy delivery that complied with ESFA requiremen...

The European Spallation Source for Neutron Research (ESS) in Lund, Sweden has chosen E.ON as its energy partner. The cooperation includes energy solutions such as cooling, compressed air, and the recovery of surplus energy as well as the supply of renewable energy to the large-scale research facility. The partnership is planned throughout the planned ESS lifespan, until 2065. neutron source ESS and E.ON will also work together to develop resource-efficient ways of recovering surplus energy&nb...

One of the last working Victorian Potteries in the UK, famed for its recent appearance on BBC Two’s Great Pottery Throw Down, has been given a new lease of life following a refurbishment which included the installation of lighting controls from CP Electronics. Middleport Pottery in Stoke-On-Trent has been transformed from a dilapidated Grade II-listed factory on the brink of closure into a modern Centre of Excellence, providing training and education to the local community, with a particu...