Can Europe's cities still make a mobility promise to their inhabitants when the transport sector becomes electric? Berlin, Gothenburg, and Malaga are now testing concepts for a large-scale switch to electric mobility. E.ON is a partner in the projects and is contributing the electromobility component to the various consortia. As part of the EU's MEISTER funding project from the Horizon 2020 program, E.ON is gathering insights into the technical challenges and business models that promise succes...

Gephart Electric was recently awarded the Southland Casino Racing project in West Memphis, Arkansas, USA. This project is an expansion to the existing casino and dog track and includes a large state-of-the-art gaming floor addition, an expanded parking lot and site improvements, a new parking garage, multiple restaurant venues, and a 22-story hotel tower with 300 guestrooms featuring a 200 ft. high façade light show visible from downtown Memphis across the Mississippi River. Gephart Elec...

ALD Automotive, the globally renowned vehicle leasing company in Europe, and E.ON, a widely recognized European energy company, have signed a strategic partnership to jointly develop and market digital enhanced mobility, financing, and energy services. The partnership will focus on mobility offerings for electric vehicles for corporate customers, municipalities and private customers in Europe. ALD Automotive - E.ON partnership Through this partnership, ALD Automotive’s clients will bene...

GE Aviation Czech and ATB Antriebstehnik AG have agreed to jointly explore turboprop propulsion solutions for the general aviation and urban mobility market in the power range between 500 and 1000 SHP, leveraging GE’s H Series turboprop aircraft engine technology and ATB electrical machines. Different configurations will be investigated and a first proof of concept test is aimed to take place later this year. "We’re excited to contribute into the development of more sustainable...

The new energy world offers more and more possibilities. But what do customers get out of it? E.ON will provide the answer during the E-world energy & water trade fair in Essen. On February 5-7, the company will be presenting news from the world of energy for private and commercial customers as well as for urban planners. The focus will be on intelligent homes, electric mobility, and climate-friendly heating and cooling in cities. energy management system Installation and operation ar...

E.ON, the Essen-based energy company, has reached another milestone on the road to integrating innogy by submitting its application to the EU Commission. “With the filing of the transaction in Brussels, we have taken an important step towards our goal of implementing the transaction agreed with RWE to acquire innogy from mid-2019. We are also well on track to prepare the planned integration of innogy and are making good progress,” said Johannes Teyssen, CEO of E.ON SE. modern c...

KAMIC Group AB has acquired all the shares in Distec Ltd, a company based in Manchester, England. The sellers are the company’s Founders - Noel Sheppard and Adrian Swindells with their families. Distec Ltd was founded in 1992 and over the years has built a strong reputation and extensive expertise in industrial, medical, and digital technology solutions. The company represents a number of world pioneering manufacturers such as ELO, Nexcom, CKS, Wincomm, Siemens, and others, and offers t...

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...

Danish E-mobility Service Provider Clever and German E.ON form a joint venture for building and operating ultra-fast chargers along the freeways throughout Scandinavia. “Ultra-Fast Charging Venture Scandinavia” will aim to connect cities in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden with a total of 48 ultra-fast charging sites. The joint venture is fulfilling a promise to the European Commission’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) program to build 28 co-financed sites in Denmark and Sweden. I...

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...

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...

E.ON is using the growing product range and rising sales figures to gear its customer service and interaction with the trades to the future. The energy company is standardizing, digitizing, and automating installation and maintenance processes for photovoltaic, heating, energy storage, smart home, and electric car charging products. To this end, E.ON and technical service provider Guidion Nederland founded Home.ON. Local craft businesses The field service specialist successfully operates a de...

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...

E.ON will build one of the largest onshore wind farms in Europe. The company announced that it has decided to invest in the 475-megawatt Nysäter project in Sweden. The wind farm will be built jointly with the Swiss investment manager Credit Suisse Energy Infrastructure Partners (CSEIP), an experienced financial investor, solely dedicated to the energy sector. A fund advised by CSEIP will hold 80 percent of the joint venture, while E.ON will build and operate the wind farm under a long-term...

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...

The Arkona offshore wind farm is fully built. The joint project between E.ON and the Norwegian energy company Equinor completed the installation of the wind turbines in record time and is largely finished. According to E.ON, the 60th and last turbines were installed in the German Baltic Sea. The construction time of just three months for 60 six-megawatt wind turbines, including loading, weather downtimes, and technical maintenance, was faster than ever before in the industry. As the company res...

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...

E.ON is introducing the IT platform system of Finnish electric vehicle charging service provider Virta as a digital backbone of the E.ON Drive charging network in Europe. Virta’s technology will improve the accessibility and user experience of E.ON’s charging network and will facilitate the switch to electric mobility for companies and private customers. digital platform The software platform optimizes the energy flow behind the charging stations, avoiding energy peaks In add...

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...

The home of the future will be smart. It will lower energy bills and improve homeowners’ carbon footprints, while allowing an increased level of freedom and considerably improving everyday life in general. This vision is now becoming a reality – and E.ON, in collaboration with Microsoft, is making that possible. The two companies have entered into a collaboration, centering around a software solution for a home that is setting new standards. E.ON is set to release the first version...

Aggreko has combined its mobile, modular power solutions into a one-stop option for the wind industry, which now includes storage solutions. Developers and operators of wind farms around the world can now choose from a complete suite of Aggreko temporary power solutions, including energy storage systems from its microgrid and energy storage division, Younicos. A custom-designed bundle of batteries, generators, load banks, and other equipment will help ensure cost-effective and timely project c...

E.ON and Equinor's Arkona offshore wind project in the German Baltic Sea continues to strive for completion in record time. Now the energy company E.ON is reporting further progress: the wind farm has fed the first green electricity into the German Electrical grid. Arkona is thus right on schedule. E.ON, the company responsible for construction and operation, cites the detailed planning and professionally implemented construction process as the reasons for the success. Offshore wind project C...

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...

E.ON is using digital technology to increase network efficiency: as part of the EU InterFlex project, E.ON subsidiary Avacon has put the Smart Grid Hub into live operation. This intelligent device is able to control grid-connected systems such as PV installations or battery storage remotely. In this way, the Smart Grid Hub ensures that the grid remains stable even if far too much or too little energy is generated locally. Energy sector transformation Solutions tested in Lueneburg help to...

The National Platform for Electric Mobility (NPE) presented its 2018 progress report to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. According to the report, the expansion of Germany’s charging infrastructure is making significant progress. Preliminary estimates suggest that there were some 12,500 charging points in Germany in December 2017. More recent estimates made by the Federal Association of the German Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) even assume that there are 13,500 publicly accessible char...