China (Shanghai) International Technology Fair (CSITF) was grandly opened at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center. Shanghai Electric presented an exhibition under the theme of "Creating Smart Cities of the Future with Innovative Energy Solutions" and showcased its latest achievements in "intelligent energy" and "smart city". On the first day, Chen Qun, Shanghai's Deputy Mayor, and Xu Yibo, Vice Chairman of the CPPCC Shanghai Committee, visited our exhibition area. They...

The Arkona offshore wind farm of E.ON and Equinor went into operation with a festive event in the port of Sassnitz-Mukran on the island of Rügen. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’s Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig, and Norway's Minister of Energy and Petroleum Kjell-Børge Freiberg launched power generation together with E.ON CEO Johannes Teyssen and other guests of honor. Arkona is the largest wind farm in the entire Baltic Sea. Chancellor Angela Merkel:...

C&S Electric has successfully participated in the Hannover Messe 2019, held in Germany from 1st April – to 5th April 2019. The company exhibited its latest range of products including LV Switchgear, Power Busbars, Protection, and Measurement Devices. Hannover Messe Hannover Messe is one of the world’s major Trade Fair (held on the Hanover Fairground in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany) for industrial Technology where technologies and core areas of the industry from research and...

Together with the German regional energy suppliers Avacon, Bayernwerk, E.DIS, and HanseWerk, E.ON has launched its new “Green gas from green power” initiative to reduce CO2 emissions in the heating, transport, and industrial sectors. Power-to-Gas (P2G) plants Power-to-Gas (P2G) plants convert locally produced energy from wind and solar into “green” gas, i.e. hydrogen, or in a subsequent step into synthetic methane. Both can be fed directly into gas distribution grid...

On September 18, E.ON SE completed the acquisition of RWE’s 76.8% stake in innogy. This transaction is a major step in their goal to become a company that shapes the future of energy with a visionary focus. Customers are at the center of the new, decentralized energy world, those companies that best understand the customer and have the innovative edge will prevail. Attractive value and growth The new E.ON has a clear focus on intelligent networks and customer solutions, achieving a favo...

In March 2019, NR successfully commissioned 120MVar Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) system for Gujirat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited (GETCO in India, which is the first large-capacity STATCOM in GETCO grid. GETCO grid with the comprehensive regulation methods for flexible voltage and reactive power. In addition, it supplements a powerful "reactive power", contributes to the high-speed development of the power grid of this zone. This 120MVar STATCOM system is installed in the...

Hannover Messe 2019, themed "Integrated Industry—Industrial Intelligence", kicked off on 1st April, 2019. As a pioneer member of the "Made in Shanghai" family, Shanghai Electric was once again present at the event to showcase its last innovations in the efficient and clean utilization of energy, smart energy management practices, and industrial digitalization. Zhu Zhaokai, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai Electric, appeared at the exhibition hall to see the exhibits....

In a Europe-wide comparison, Germany boasts the highest number of skeptics regarding the new age of mobility: One-third of Germans believe there will never be more electric vehicles than petrol or diesel cars on the roads. E.ON mobility survey 7% of those surveyed in Germany could envision the shift within the next five years What’s more, when asked when there will be more electric vehicles than petrol or diesel cars on the roads, only seven percent of those surveyed in Germany coul...

Immediately after the successful takeover of innogy, E.ON's Supervisory Board is to be expanded by six to 20 members for a limited period until its new election in 2023. “For successful integration, we will also need experience and know-how from innogy in the Supervisory Board of the new E.ON on both the shareholders' and employees' side,” said Karl-Ludwig Kley, Chairman of the E.ON Supervisory Board. Additional representatives  Three additional shareholder representative...

E.ON plans to enter the French renewable energy market and has joined the ‘Dunkerque Eoliennes en Mer’ consortium. Together with the energy companies ENGIE from France and EDPR from Portugal, E.ON is taking part in the auction of the Dunkirk offshore wind farm announced by the French government for March. 600-megawatt project The 600-megawatt project is to be completed in the English Channel by 2025 and will supply more than 600,000 households with renewable energy. E.ON has been...

On Jan., 2019, a noiseless containerized energy storage system, which was self-developed by NR Electric, was successfully operated in Kitakyushu, Japan. This project cooperated with the Sodium-Sulfur (NaS) Battery Energy Storage System company - NGK. It realized such features as user side Load Following (LF) and Load Leveling (LL). The test result was highly praised by Japanese customers. NR offers integrated solutions for this project The energy storage container scheme is connected to Japan...

Neptune Energy and partners plan to develop in parallel the Duva oil and gas field and an extension designated P1 of the Gjoa oil and gas field in the Norwegian North Sea with subsea completions tied back to the Gjoa platform on PL153 (OGJ Online, Oct. 2, 2018). Neptune Energy Norge operates both fields, where the water depth is about 360 m. It seeks to develop Gjoa P1 under the plan for development and operation (PDO) covering the Gjoa license, for which it is the operator, as a northern exten...

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...

The integration of new Augmented Reality features into Geocall Mobile further expands the range of tools for optimizing field execution. When technologies, such as Augmented, Mixed, and Virtual Reality, are applied to business processes, they increase efficiency, customer satisfaction, and work safety, which are the three key drivers to succeed in Field Service. Integration between Geocall and SPACE1 OverIT now further strengthens the integration between Geocall and SPACE1 As a global player...

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...

E.ON's international electromobility network is growing. The company acquires a stake in Virta, a Finnish developer and supplier of IT systems for charging electric cars. A group of Finnish Energy companies led by Helen has grown Virta. Together with Helen E.ON holds the majority. Energy flow optimization Finns want to provide to increased fluctuations in the energy system caused by the growth of renewable energies Virta is one of the international technology pioneers in both individual...

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...

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...

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...

Neptune Energy has announced the appointment of Eko Lumadyo as Managing Director of its Indonesian business, based in Jakarta. Mr. Lumadyo will join Neptune from Mandala Energy Indonesia, where he is currently Country President and General Manager. Prior roles of Lumadyo Lumadyo has more than 30 years of experience in upstream oil and gas exploration  Mr. Lumadyo has more than 30 years’ experience in upstream oil and gas exploration, development, planning, operations and comme...

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...

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. Luminus Gen 4 COB technology combines significant improvements in efficacy, flux density, high maximum drive current, and high temperature capability to enable breakthrough changes in form factor for luminaire makers, for example, it is possible for an LED to deliver the output and...

The Zhuhai GuishanOffshore Project is the first green wind power demonstration project in China that uses jacket foundations, consisting of 27 units of My SE3.0-112 anti-typhoon wind turbines. The Project successfully withstood the test of Super Typhoon Mangkhut with an extreme speed of 70 m/s. The wind farm is located the Lingdingyang Bay in Zhuhai, and its straight-way distance to the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is only about 10 km. noise performance and environmental adaptability This mo...

MCCB is a device that is manufactured as an integral inner supporting and enclosed housing of insulating material. It is required for making, carrying, and breaking currents between separate contacts under normal circuit conditions and abnormal circuit conditions such as overload conditions and short circuit conditions. MCCBs protect low-voltage distribution systems. Overload & Short Circuits Quenching the arc in the air inside the molded case, the MCCBs interrupt current with a range fro...

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...