Electrical Industry News for April 2025
When dreaming up new software, people’s minds are abuzz with thoughts about capabilities and the potential impact on business growth and revenue. They dissect these capabilities into requirements, which then morph into features, user stories, and integrations. But when transitioning from ideation to actual development, the mindset shifts. This change in perspective is crucial — it forces people to focus on aspects of the app that are not immediately visible but are, nonetheless, par...
GlobalLogic Inc., a Hitachi Group Company and leader in digital engineering, announces it has achieved a silver rating from EcoVadis, the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings. Awarded to the top 15% of companies assessed by EcoVadis, GlobalLogic ranked in the 94th percentile globally - a reflection of the quality of GlobalLogic’s sustainability management system and commitment to promoting transparency throughout the value chain. Business sustainability...
Hitachi, Ltd. and Microsoft Corporation announced a projected multi-billion dollar collaboration over the next three years, that will accelerate social innovation with generative AI. Through this strategic alliance, Hitachi will propel growth of the Lumada business, with a planned revenue of 2.65 trillion yen (18.9 billion USD) in FY2024, and will promote operational efficiency and productivity improvements for Hitachi Group’s 270 thousand employees. Providing innovative solutions Speci...
Hitachi, Ltd, and Google Cloud announce a multi-year partnership to accelerate enterprise innovation and productivity with generative AI. Hitachi will form a new business unit focused on helping businesses solve industry challenges with Gemini models, Vertex AI, and other cloud technologies, and it will also adopt Google Cloud’s AI to enhance its own products and services. Through the partnership, Hitachi will further accelerate growth of Lumada, its core digital business, and it wi...
GlobalLogic Inc., a Hitachi Group Company, has been recognized as a market pioneer in the ISG Provider Lens™ Digital Engineering Services Report 2024 by Information Services Group (ISG), a global technology research and advisory firm. The report evaluates the capabilities of 41 providers across services for design and development, integrated customer and user engagement, platform and application services, and intelligent operations. Digital engineering services This year’s report...
Matt Bergmann met Russ Hanes, through a neighbor who worked with him as a Minneapolis Police Officer several years ago. This is how they got connected to help Russ with the LEC project Invisible Wounds Support Center in Forest Lake, MN. LEC contacted Viking Electric, Mlazgar and Davis and Associates to pitch in. With labor and other donations for LEC, their gift is equal to around $15,000 in savings on the construction of their facility. Qualified therapy services In 2016, Russ walked away f...
CORE Electric Cooperative (CORE) and the Town of Parker are pleased to announce Flexential’s plan to develop its fifth data center and colocation facility, expanding its FlexAnywhere® Platform in the Denver area. Flexential is a major provider of secure and flexible data center solutions with 42 data centers across the United States of America (USA). CORE, the Town of Parker and developer - Westside Partners worked collaboratively with Flexential to identify a location to fit the need...
As part of their pole maintenance program, CORE is in the process of testing their electric utility poles. Their contractor, Osmose Utilities Services Inc., will be performing this work in the Woodland Park district between August 19, 2024 – September 16, 2024. Maintenance work in the Conifer district should be completed by August 19, 2024. More updates will be added to this page as contractors move throughout the districts. Osmose crews may require access to and/or through properties to...
As part of National Lineworker Appreciation Day, CORE Electric Cooperative (CORE) celebrated the teams that work every day to keep the company’s best-in-class system, delivering safe, reliable power to their members. CORE’s aggressive system improvement CORE’s aggressive system improvement and wildfire mitigation programs mean crews spend their days repairing or replacing electrical lines and components. Crews are always prepared for outage response, everyday unexpected powe...
Colorado electric utilities celebrated Colorado Lineworker Appreciation Day at the Capitol. The Colorado General Assembly recognized lineworkers from multiple Colorado electric utilities on the House floor from Representative Eliza Hamrick and Representative Matt Soper. The Colorado Senate also recognized the state’s lineworkers by a joint letter from Senator Chris Hansen and Senator Cleave Simpson. Represented electric utilities included: CORE Electric Cooperative Mountain View Ele...
At the end of March, Iustinian Șovrea, GlobalLogic Romania’s Business Operations Head, was invited as a guest speaker to the ‘Top 1000 Largest Companies in Romania’ Conference, organized by ZiarulFinanciar, one of the most important local business publications. The conference not only brought in the same room Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) from large local companies, multinationals, bank representatives, and authorities, but also included insightful talks on Romania’s f...
The reliability of CORE’s electric service - already better than the industry average - improved in 2023. Their System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI), or average outage duration in minutes for each member served, decreased from 92 minutes in 2022 to 63 minutes in 2023 — an improvement of nearly 32%. System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI) CORE’s SAIDI is about half the five-year national average of approximately 120 minutes CORE’s SAIDI is abou...
C&S Electric celebrated the Foundation Day with great excitement and enthusiasm at all the marketing offices and manufacturing plants. The central event of the grand celebration was held at our Noida Phase 2 plant, which was attended by more than 2100 employees who participated with joy. new heights of success Mr. Chandraker spoke about the progress they have made in the last two years since the acquisition The gathering was addressed by the CFO, Mr. Manav Adlakha, and MD & CEO, Mr....
GlobalLogic Inc., a Hitachi Group company and a globally renowned Digital Engineering firm, announced that it has been named an overall major company in the Zinnov Zones for ER&D Services 2022 Ratings. The report provides a 360-degree assessment of engineering research and development (ER&D) service providers, identifying their prowess and scalability across key markets and technologies. It is leveraged by company decision makers seeking to identify vetted service providers to support a...
GlobalLogic Inc., a Hitachi Group company and Digital Engineering major firm, has announced the acquisition of Hexacta, a Pan-Latin-America digital and data engineering company. The acquisition is part of GlobalLogic’s continued strategy to expand its offerings, and its roster of exceptional engineering talent to meet the strong market demand for digital engineering services. Hexacta Organizations continue to invest in building new digital products, platforms, and experiences For more...
Mr. Matthias Rebellius, Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG and CEO Smart Infrastructure and Mr. Sunil Mathur, Managing Director & CEO Siemens Ltd India and Chairman of the Board of C&S Electric Ltd and Mr. Robert Demann – CEO Smart Infrastructure, Siemens India Ltd visited C&S Electric Noida Manufacturing facilities. C&S in the Infrastructure market Addressing the key management team, Mr. Sunil Mathur applauded team C&S's efforts for achieving excellent financ...
GlobalLogic Inc., a Hitachi Group company and Digital Engineering major firm, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Fortech, a renowned software engineering services company based in Romania. Headquartered in Cluj-Napoca, Fortech has applied its deep technical capabilities to hundreds of clients and more than 1,000 digital projects throughout nearly two decades of operation — a track record that has ultimately positioned the company as one of Romania’s large...
GlobalLogic Inc., a Hitachi Group company and Digital Engineering major firm, has announced it has been recognized for its business resilience by Forbes Magazine. The media outlet published a list of 30 cross-industry Ukrainian companies that were rated as most resilient to the challenges of a full-scale war. IT industry companies, including GlobalLogic, proved to be the most resilient according to the ranking. The company credits its Business Continuity Plan and deep commitment to its team for...
GlobalLogic Inc. expert team will address design-led digital engineering’s advantages at Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2022. WHAT: GlobalLogic Inc., a Hitachi Group company and leader in Digital Engineering, announced it will deliver two presentations at the upcoming Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2022 in Tokyo, Japan, taking place from October 31 to November 2, 2022. GlobalLogic to Take Part in Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2022 The sessions will help event attendees understand the business advantages...
Earlier this week, Jerry Hein – the President of ECSI – announced the promotion of Matt Myers to Vice President and General Manager of ECSI. Matt started his career with ECSI over 20 years ago and has steadily advanced through the organization during that time. Back in 2001 when the company was just a handful of employees, Matt held the titles of Systems Engineer, Estimator, and IT Director – all at the same time! Extensive industry experience After 10 years, he moved into a...
C&S Electric Limited celebrated International Women’s Day at all company locations. The main event to felicitate women colleagues was held in the Noida premises. Innovative ideas for C&S Electric Mr Prakash Chandraker, MD & CEO, spoke about the role of women in the workplace as well as outside work. He praised their contributions and exhorted them to achieve greater heights. During the event, group discussions were held in mixed gender groups, led by women. Innovative ideas...
On 2nd March 2022, C&S Electric celebrated its foundation day across all the locations with energy and enthusiasm. The main event was organized at the Noida location and virtually joined by teams from all the manufacturing plants & sales offices. Prior roles of Chandraker Chandraker spoke on various strategic initiatives the company has taken for the welfare of its employees Speaking at the event, Mr. Prakash Chandraker, MD & CEO, highlighted the success stories company has creat...
On February 9, 2022, the NR light rail energy feedback system with DC De-icer function was successfully implemented for the first time, effectively coping with the recent low-temperature rain and snow weather in Nanjing and ensuring the safe operation of trains on the Nanjing- Jurong line. In the early morning of February 7, 2022, there was a sudden heavy snow in Nanjing. With the continuous low temperature, the DC overhead lines of the Nanjing-Jurong elevated station were covered with ice, and...
The response time of the control device is 2.3ms, the breaking time of the fast mechanical switch is 1ms, and the overall effective time is 9.2ms. The artificial grounding short-circuit test of the fast switch based fault current limiter (FCL) was successfully accomplished. On December 20, 2021, the test results were announced at 750kV Helanshan substation of Ningxia Power Grid. PCS-8351 fast switch based FCL tested The performance indexes of PCS-8351 fast switch based FCL developed by NR wer...
Since January 22, Hubei has ushered in cold wave weather and many snowfalls. The power grid company has issued an early weather warning. On January 24, the ice covering thickness of 220 kV Ainan line has exceeded 31 mm, exceeding the maximum allowable value of the design. There was a risk of tower collapse, which seriously threatens the safety of the power grid. There was an urgent need for an ice melting operation on site to eliminate potential security hazards. Security hazards of the power...
Yangjiang Pumped Storage Power Station is a key project located in Guangdong Province with the largest single unit capacity in China (400MW). The Yangjiang Pumped Storage Power Station has successfully completed the trial operation. The core protection & control equipment such as static frequency converter (SFC) and system protection provided by NR has laid a solid foundation for the smooth start-up, grid connection and safe operation of the unit. Yangjiang Pumped Storage Power Station NR...
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On November 8, 2021, the first wind turbine of Jiangsu Rudong Offshore Wind Farm was successfully put into operation through flexible DC transmission, opening a new era in China of offshore wind power to transmission through flexible DC transmission, marking the successful application of NR flexible DC protection & control system in offshore wind power project. Rudong wind power project is the first offshore wind power flexible DC transmission project in Asia undertaken by the Three Gorges...
Recently, the generator terminal sub-synchronous damping control (GTSDC) system supplied by NR Electric (NR) quickly identified and accurately suppressed the torsional vibration of the shafting of two 660MW units, controlled the torsional vibration amplitude within the safe range, and significantly improved the safe and stable operation level of large generator units. GTSDC system can identify various modes of torsional vibration of the unit shafting, inject sub / super synchronous current to t...
On October 29, 2021, after more than 50 hours of continuous test, the DC de-icing equipment of 500kV Tianxing intelligent substation successfully completed the current raising operation with the line. NR has added another high-capacity DC de-icier in China Southern Power Grid. 500kV Tianxing Substation Tianxing substation is the second 500kV smart station of Yunnan power grid. It was put into operation in July 2021. The rated capacity of the de-icing equipment is 103MW and the rated output DC...