Electrical Industry News for January 2025
UK Power Networks (UKPN), the Distribution System Operator (DSO), has chosen Electric Miles to help deliver its smart grid that will increase the resilience of the network. UKPN has awarded energy capacity contracts worth £30 million to 17 innovators in the energy, tech, and car sectors, including Electric Miles, making it the UK’s largest-ever ‘Flexibility’ tender. flexibility contracts with UKPN As part of a seven-year contract, Electric Miles will deliver up to 20 M...
It’s imperative to observe standards and regulations while planning power supply requirements. Continuous supply of energy is an essential prerequisite for modern building projects. Cutting to the ease, busbars are cost-effective and easily configurable, making them almost perfect for construction. A busbar is a rigid piece of copper or aluminum, bolted or housed inside switchgear, panel boards, and busway enclosures for local high-current power distribution. Electrical cables are an asse...
It’s an exciting time to work in EVs. Consumer sales are up and commercial fleets are incorporating Electric vans and cars. To enable this, governments and companies are investing in charging infrastructure, but this energy revolution is not happening in isolation; it is in conjunction with national grids around the world shifting towards renewables. This increased demand, combined with unpredictable supply, presents a number of challenges and opportunities. First Generation of Vehicle 2...
NewEnergy, LLC and Luminus, Inc. have recently introduced new linear modules built with Salud MP3030 LEDs. Salud LEDs are engineered to achieve specific melanopic/photopic ratios in addition to providing light that is both comfortable and renders true colors. NewEnergy’s Salud linears deliver light that keeps people healthy, alert, and productive and is available in 3000 K, 4000 K, and 5000 K. These linear modules are ideal for indoor applications including offices, schools, nursing home...
Electrification of the UK transportation system is on the way and SMART charging can help ensure that both consumers and the nation benefit from this transition. The recent Road to Zero initiative announcement by the government mandates 100% of car and van sales to be electric by 2030, effectively banning all sales of petrol vehicles after that date. If users have purchased an electric vehicle (EV) or are considering buying one, chances are users are concerned about the onslaught of clima...
Neptune Energy has announced a feasibility study into plans for a large-scale offshore Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project in the Dutch North Sea, with the potential to safely store 120-150 million tons of CO2. Neptune will conduct the study in cooperation with its license partners and CO2 emitters. The study will assess the feasibility of injecting between five and eight million tonnes of CO2 annually into the depleted gas fields around the Neptune-operated L10-A, L10-B, and L10-E areas....
The limiting factor in many sustainable energy projects (from solar parks in Groningen to wind projects in Flevoland) is nowadays often obtaining a suitable grid connection. Or better said: the limited capacity of that grid connection. This is because the distribution network can keep up with the rapid growth of sustainable energy to the extent that it is now. As a result, more than 35% of the distribution network is already without a suitable grid connection. Therefore, the growth of sustainab...
The ban had been planned for 2040 but has been brought forward by a decade through Boris Johnson’s 10-point plan to tackle climate change. This is tremendous for the EV industry, and they welcome the law for the UK car market, and they will be ready to support millions of new drivers coming year on year to a completely new experience of driving zero-emission electricity-powered vehicles. Needed for electric vehicles The government has said to fund £1.3bn to accelerate the roll-out...
Oil and gas firm Neptune Energy is joining forces with charities to help tackle mental health issues and youth unemployment. Neptune, which has an office in Aberdeen, said COVID-19 had exacerbated both issues and issued a rallying cry for other companies and colleagues in the energy sector to provide additional support. Access support services Neptune will also support the charity’s Clic website by giving employees a chance to train as volunteers The private-equity-backed firm will tea...
Neptune Energy announced an agreement with Concedo AS for the acquisition of a further 5% interest in the Dugong license (PL882) in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. On completion of the acquisition, Neptune will have a 45% interest in Dugong. The payment will be partly cash, partly carry of future costs and partly a contingent payment. Dugong discovery Volumes are estimated to be in the range of 40-120 million barrels of oil equivalent The Neptune-operated Dugong discovery is the large...
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed acute pressure on businesses and organizations across nearly every sector. With regulations and recommendations changing like an ever-moving target, they can help them by adding an extra layer of protection to the facility and help to protect the most valuable assets – human assets. Introducing the TAURI+ReAX Temperature-Check Tablet. To ensure that individuals entering a location are not running a high temperature, Aurora introduces the new infrared tempe...
Electricity can provide power for trains to create an effective city-wide mass transportation system. An important part of this system is the traction power substations whose function is to convert the incoming commercial electrical supply to a form usable by trains via overhead catenary or an energized third rail. DC Traction Power Substations Urban metro systems in North America operate between 500 V and 750 V DC using the third-rail configuration Most urban metro systems in North America o...
The automobile is the perfect example of a system that will last longer with routine maintenance. Like the automobile, the electrical distribution system may let them down, just when they need it the most unless they take care of it. With a car, they know the need to take it in for periodic oil changes and tune-ups at designated intervals. Based on NETA testing and NFPA 70B guidelines, knowing when to perform periodic maintenance of the electrical system is now a no-brainer. But how often...