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Current weather could slow restoration work as crew safety is a priority. Customers should remain weather aware as there are storms predicted throughout the week across SWEPCO’s service territory.  The latest data shows additional damage, and that number could continue to rise. SWEPCO crews remain undaunted and estimate 95% of customers who can receive power should be restored by 10 p.m. Friday. crews space to work Customers must have a licensed electrician repair damage before pow...

Emergency assessment and response is underway by SWEPCO crews after a powerful storm brought damaging winds that downed trees and toppled power lines across parts of East Texas Tuesday morning. As of 3 p.m. Tuesday, approximately 14,700 customers are without power. At peak, 19,000 customers were without power. other utilities and contractors SWEPCO has requested help from other utilities and contractors to aid in the restoration effort SWEPCO has requested help from other utilities and contr...

SWEPCO has adjusted restoration times to account for complex repairs and potential weather impacts. The current estimate is for 95 percent of all customers in the Monte Ne area and 95 percent of all customers West of U.S., Hwy 71 B in Rogers who can receive power may be restored by 10 p.m., Sunday, June 2, if weather permits.  All remaining customers, who can receive power, should have power restored by 10 p.m. Friday, May 31. Restoration times may extend further in isolated instances w...

Powerful storms that rolled through SWEPCO’s three-state territory Tuesday caused significant damage in East Texas and Central Louisiana and slowed restoration progress in Northwest Arkansas, which was struck by severe weather that produced tornadoes over the weekend. Energy delivery system In addition to Longview, some areas impacted in East Texas include Henderson, New London, and Mineola. Across state lines, in central Louisiana, Many, Toledo Town, Hornbeck and Hicks also experienced...

At DRUPA 2024, from May 28 to June 7 in Düsseldorf, Germany, B&R is showing how intelligent automation technology can address the evolving needs of the printing sector. At Booth B70 in Hall 13, the industrial automation company is demonstrating solutions that make short-run production more productive and efficient, minimize energy consumption and waste, and adapt to changing requirements through open interoperability and modular design. Personalized marketing strategies "Changes in c...

The sun shone as brightly as the boys and girls: The training team of the Creuznach Rowing Club 1876 e. V. is delighted with a brand new racing quadruple scull. The boat was christened "Calypso" on Sunday on the reservoir in Niederhausen. Many club members, as well as the local mayor Christine Mathern and sports director Markus Schlosser, attended the boat christening. Creuznach Rowing Club In his speech, the president of the Creuznach Rowing Club, Joachim Ziegler, thanked the many supporters...

VEON Ltd., a global digital operator that provides converged connectivity and online services, announces that it has signed an agreement for the sale of its 49% stake in Kazakh wholesale telecommunications infrastructure services provider - TNS Plus LLP (TNS+) to its JV partner, the DAR group of companies.  telecommunication services TNS+ is an international operator providing a wide range of telecommunication services in voice, internet access, data transmission, transparent digital chan...

WEG is supplying all the electrical generators and the vast majority of the electric motors and frequency inverters for three platforms installed in the Búzios Field, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the largest deep-water field in the world. electrical generators and motors The scope includes 24 main, emergency, and auxiliary generators, around 120 medium voltage motors with power ratings up to 14 MW, 39 medium voltage frequency inverters, and more than 300 low voltage motors, which will be...

A destructive storm barreled through the central U.S. and was felt in SWEPCO’s service territory with damage reported across Benton County, Arkansas in the far northwest corner of the state. The extreme weather likely included possible tornadoes that leveled buildings, scattered walls, roofs and other debris and downed trees throughout Rogers, Arkansas. Initial damage assessments are underway. Elsewhere in the state, severe weather also caused weather impacts and disrupted power to custo...

SWEPCO has activated its storm response following extreme weather, which included three suspected tornadoes that caused considerable damage in Northwest Arkansas. More than of 500 utility professionals have been mobilized to aid in restoration efforts, including additional tree and line crews from throughout SWEPCO’s three-state service territory and sister utility, Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO). SWEPCO damage assessors Crews worked tirelessly to assess damage to SWEPCO&...

The hearts are with all the NWA residents, their families and restoration teams as recovery efforts continue. Major restoration efforts are underway in Northwest Arkansas following at least one tornado and other extreme weather impacts that barreled through the region early Sunday morning. SWEPCO assessors SWEPCO assessors have painstakingly itemized extensive repairs at nearly 500 unique locations Already, SWEPCO assessors have painstakingly itemized extensive repairs at nearly 500 unique l...

The municipalities in the Schweich collective municipality will continue to work with Westenergie on the operation and modernization of street lighting. Representatives of the collective municipality and the municipalities met with representatives of Westenergie in Riol to symbolically sign the extension of the relevant contracts. The service agreements entitled "Light & Service" were extended for a further ten years until December 31, 2035. Energy-saving technology "We will be able to si...

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that it will increase its existing investment in Massachusetts-based Realtime Robotics, Inc., an American startup company that is pioneering motion-planning technology for calculating trajectories to enable factory-automation (FA) equipment to avoid obstacles and generate optimized routes. By expanding the use of Realtime Robotics' advanced technology in Mitsubishi Electric's FA solution software products and control-system equipment, the partners expec...

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced the planned amount of stock compensation for Executive Officers and Executive Officers (Associate) under the performance-based stock compensation plan for the fiscal 2025. (The said amount of stock compensation refers to the amount of trust money to be contributed to the Board Incentive Plan (BIP) Trust, which will be adopted for the performance-based stock compensation plan.) The details of the trust are as follows: Details of the Trust Agreeme...

SWEPCO has activated its storm response following extreme weather, which may have included three tornadoes, that caused considerable damage in Northwest Arkansas.  The first step in the restoration process is to assess the damage after a storm. SWEPCO damage assessors are being deployed to look for downed power poles, wires, damaged transformers and other electrical equipment. Needed for restoring power These highly trained employees work to select the specialized tools, teams or identif...

In recent days, Gao Ling, Chairman of Windey, and the delegation went to Japan to visit Satoru Harada, Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Marubeni Corporation's Power Division, and other pioneers.  Yuji Sato, Senior Operating Officer of Marubeni Corporation's Power Division, Ryota Kobayashi, General Manager of Marubeni Corporation's Overseas Power Dept., Cheng Chenguang, Deputy General Manager of Windey, and Yu Yong, General Manager of Windey International, attended the meeti...

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Mobility Corporation (Mitsubishi Electric and Mitsubishi Electric Mobility are collectively referred to as ‘Mitsubishi Electric Group.’) and AISIN CORPORATION announced that the three companies have reached a basic agreement to establish a joint venture (the ‘JV’) company to handle products for next-generation electric vehicles (EVs) (the ‘Transaction’).  The JV will succeed to part of Mitsubishi Elect...

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announces that it will acquire an 80% stake in Fuji Bakelite Vietnam Co., Ltd. in the outskirts of Hanoi, a subsidiary of Fuji Bakelite Co., Ltd. in Okayama Prefecture, Japan.  The new joint venture (JV) company, to be named Mitsubishi Electric FP Automation Vietnam Co., Ltd., will be established on June 1 and will begin production of air circuit breakers from January 2025, in addition to the current company's existing line of small low-voltage circuit break...

New demanding legislation is being introduced into the supply chain for the right reasons of quality and safety, says AEI Cables. AEI Cables has been raising awareness of the Building Safety Act 2022, which makes new demands in terms of building industry process and compliance requirements. Building industry process Stuart Dover, General Manager of AEI Cables, said: “Some of the details of the act may be challenging, but we should all be responsible to ensure we are meeting our obligati...

Emergency assessment and response is well underway by SWEPCO crews across the service area after powerful storms brought damaging winds, hail, and severe flooding to parts of the ArkLaTex. As of 10 a.m. Thursday, approximately 10,000 customers across northwest Louisiana are without power. At the peak, approximately 16,800 customers were without power. Flooding creates a unique and dangerous restoration environment. Flooding can make it more difficult to safely make repairs, which may result in...

Siemens Smart Infrastructure has signed a six-year framework agreement with Norgesnett to deliver SF6 gas-free switchgear in the form of the 8DJH 24–blue GIS switchgear, alongside compact substations.  SF6-free switchgear Known as Norway’s most efficient grid operator, Norgesnett is a distribution utility operating across seven municipalities in south-eastern Norway, serving 102,000 end customers. Demonstrating clear commitment from the board down to its ambitious sustainabil...

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...

VEON Ltd., a global digital operator that provides converged connectivity and online services, (“VEON”), confirms that on May 20, 2024, it received a notification letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) indicating that, as a result of the Company’s delay in filing its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2023 (the “2023 20-F”), the Company is not in compliance with the timely filing re...

NGK INSULATORS, LTD. (NGK) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) will jointly develop two membrane dehydration systems to realize low cost and to optimize the efficiency of manufacturing processes for Bioethanol and e-Methanol to meet expected demand growth for clean fuels and raw materials. membrane dehydration systems In this project, MHI and NGK will begin developing two types of membrane dehydration systems, one for Bioethanol and e-Methanol, respectively. The membrane separation sy...

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has announced that it will begin offering heat-related total solutions as a service from May 31 to enable manufacturers, building owners, and heat-supply operators to reduce their electricity and heat-energy costs and achieve greater decarbonization. As one of the company's newest Energy & Facility (E&F) solutions, the one-stop service will combine customized consulting, heat-system designing, as well as the provision of hot water and industrial cooling a...

Intelligent power management company - Eaton announced it has completed the acquisition of Exertherm, a privately owned, U.K.-based provider of thermal monitoring solutions for electrical equipment. "Exertherm is a company known for innovative technology and trusted solutions for data centers and other applications," said Mike Yelton, President, Americas Region, Electrical Sector, adding "We look forward to the opportunity to integrate thermal monitoring solutions more broadly into our Brightla...

hofer powertrain proudly looks back at the success of its recent event at the newly expanded eDrive Development Center in Vienna. Held on April 24, 2024, the company welcomed many customers, partners, and friends to discuss the needs of the automotive industry and the latest powertrain technologies.  The expansion of the location in Vienna underscores hofer powertrain's commitment to innovation and value engineering in e-mobility with pure electric and hybrid technologies. Advanced powert...

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...

ASOTO OÜ and CATALSYS Limited are thrilled to announce a strategic joint venture aimed at transforming the European data-center industry through innovative green-energy solutions. This partnership combines ASOTO's expertise in off-grid power generation with CATALSYS's pioneering ammonia-cracking technology to introduce a new class of energy generators optimized for data centers. New standards for sustainability Under the terms of the MOU signed this month, ASOTO and CATALSYS wi...

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...