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Hitachi To Donate To Support Earthquake Relief Efforts In Türkiye And Syria

Hitachi Group extends its deepest sympathies to all those affected by the earthquake that struck in the southeast of the Republic of Türkiye near the border with the Syrian Arab Republic on February 6, 2023. Hitachi Group has announced that it will donate 20 million yen each to the Japanese Red Cross Society and the Japan Committee for UNICEF, for a total of 40 million yen (approx. 300 thousand U.S. dollar | 280 thousand Euro) to support relief efforts for people affected by the disaster....

New Services Membership From Schneider Electric Simplifies Single-Phase UPS Fleet Management

Schneider Electric, the globally renowned company in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has developed a new EcoCare for Single-Phase UPS services offer. Members of this innovative EcoCare plan benefit from exclusive access to experts, who ensure customers optimize their overall maintenance activities, while reducing their carbon footprint. Manage Edge infrastructures Companies are drastically expanding their edge computing environments, but lack the expertise, sta...

Ameren Missouri Implementing EPA-Approved Treatment Techniques At Its Huster Substation

Ameren Missouri has started implementing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-approved measures to contain and remove remnants of cleaning solvents used decades ago at a substation in the City of St. Charles. Treatment techniques targeting chemicals directly underneath the substation site are now underway, with completion set for the end of March, followed by a monitoring period. All work is being performed under the supervision of the EPA. Based on prior experience, a reduction in concen...

Schneider Electric Hosts Texas State Senator César Blanco (SD29) To Tour El Paso, TX Manufacturing Campus Expansion And Discuss Workforce Opportunities

Schneider Electric, the global pioneer in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, hosted Texas State Senator César Blanco (D-El Paso) at its El Paso campus. Senator César J. Blanco toured the company’s new 160,000-square-foot smart manufacturing facility, currently under construction, and met with company leaders to discuss workforce development opportunities at the El Paso campus. El Paso campus expansion Schneider Electric’s expansion of its...

Ameren Missouri Expanding Solar Generation In Show-Me State With Largest Project In Company History

Ameren Missouri, a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation, takes another important step toward bringing more renewable energy to customers by announcing a key approval in the planned acquisition of the company's largest-ever solar facility, a 200 megawatt (MW) solar installation in central Missouri. The Huck Finn Solar Project is planned to be constructed on the border of Missouri's Audrain and Ralls counties. Construction is expected to create approximately 250 jobs and, once functional, produce eno...

Siemens And EnergyHub Join Forces For Next Generation DER Management

Siemens has partnered with EnergyHub to expand its ecosystem of partners for its grid software business. EnergyHub provides a top-tier grid-edge management solution, which combines its DERMS platform with turnkey program management to enable utilities to scale grid-edge flexibility. DERs EnergyHub controls all classes of DERs including thermostats, electric vehicles, energy storage, and solar inverters. The company works with over 60 North American utilities to manage more than 1.3 GW of flex...

EDF Renewables To Invest In Ireland By Acquiring Wexford Solar Limited And Opening A New Office In Dublin

EDF Renewables (EDFR) continues to invest in Ireland by acquiring Wexford SolarLimited which includes eight (8) solar projects with around 100 MW of capacity across the country. The company has big ambitions to develop its already growing portfolio in Ireland, having recently bought 50% of the Codling offshore wind farm, partnering with Fred Olsen, to develop and build the project, and is opening a new bigger office in Dublin to accommodate this. Already growing portfolio Four (4) of the Wexf...

Prysmian Group Announces Partnership With The National Grid To Upgrade United Kingdom’s Electricity Grid

Prysmian Group, the globally renowned company in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, confirms its support to the upgrading process of UK’s electricity grid and announces it has been awarded, through its subsidiary in the United Kingdom (UK), a Medium Voltage cable framework agreement with National Grid Electricity Distribution for a minimum of 3 years. To access cleaner, greener energy, more expansive and more intelligent grids and infrastructures are required, able at spanning...

DNV’s Power Failure Investigation In The Netherlands Reveals Special Circumstances And Provides Important Learning Points

DNV was commissioned by TenneT, the Dutch national electricity transmission system operator, to conduct a fully independent and extensive power failure investigation (PFI) of the incident that occurred at the new 150 kV substation Dronten Olsterpad in Flevoland on 2 September 2022. This event, caused by a prolonged short circuit, led to arcing, overheating, and smoking of the feeding overhead lines.    Examining technical, and procedural aspects As an independent expert, DNV deploye...

Smart Energy Water (SEW) Announces The SEW Cleantech Innovation Start Up Fund

SEW is proud to announce the SEW Cleantech Innovation Start Up Fund, up to USD 1 million that will help fund promising startups in India who are using their innovative software solutions to transform the energy and utility space. They’re here to help start-up enterprises revolutionize the way people consume energy and water — and they know these enterprises have big plans. They want to support their vision, and they are committed to helping them achieve their goals. SEW Cleantech I...

Kathy Grieger Promoted To Chief Estimator

Recently, CMO Kyle Vevea announced the promotion of Kathy Grieger to Chief Estimator of Hunt Electric. When Kathy started at Hunt 27 years ago, she didn’t even know that estimating existed or could become a career.  Over the course of her career, she’s held various positions within the company and today enjoys the everyday challenge of being able to move a lot of pieces and parts around to create a vision of the final project ahead of her. Connecting People Kathy’s had...

DNV Expands Solar Forecasting Expertise With The Acquisition Of Solar Data Specialist - Solcast

DNV has acquired global solar irradiance data and forecasting provider - Solcast to further expand DNV’s offering to solar energy customers with digital and data-driven services that help maximize the value of solar power plants globally. DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook (ETO) forecasts that by 2050 electricity production will more than double and 30% of all electricity will come from solar PV (photovoltaic), hence the fast growing need in the energy market for reliable data analytic...

ABB's Sustainable Battery Power Solution Reaches New Safety Heights In Sweden's Skyscrapers

The Sara Kulturhus is a state-of-the-art cultural venue and hotel in Skellefteå, Sweden. It is home to the city library, a museum and art gallery, and a theatre that stages 450 performances a year. Reduces carbon emissions  Standing 75m tall, the 20-story timber building is one of the world’s tallest wooden structures and is an international showcase for sustainable design and construction, with 100 percent of its electricity coming from renewable sources, including hydro and...

ABB E-mobility Delivers Millionth EV Charger

ABB E-mobility has announced the delivery of its one millionth electric vehicle charger, the latest milestone in the company’s ongoing mission to enable an emission-free future through smart and reliable EV charging solutions. ABB E-mobility’s new production facility With a presence in more than 85 markets, the launch of ABB E-mobility’s new $30 million, 16,000m2 production facility in Valdarno, Italy in 2022, completed a doubling of the company’s production capaci...

Well-Deserved Promotion for Matt Bloom in Security Industry

Matt Myers – Vice President and General Manager – recently announced the promotion of Matt Bloom as the Warehouse Manager. From a young age Matt was able to see and experience the industry because his Dad was a Locksmith in a low voltage shop and ever so often Matt was able to go with him on a service call and see all the different types of systems they had. Well-deserved promotion From that point on, everything from locksets to security, cameras, and fire alarm systems have alwa...

C&S Electric Celebrates Republic Day 2023 With Employees

C&S Electric marked Republic Day with an enthusiastic celebration involving employees and their families. The event began with the unfurling of the National Flag by the company’s Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr. Prakash Kumar Chandraker, followed by the singing of the National Anthem. C&S Electric Celebrates Republic Day 2023 The children participated in the event and showcased their talents by singing patriotic songs and poems Mr. Prakash Kumar Cha...

Electric Miles Participates In Innovate UK Global Incubator Program 2023

Beginning in January, the Urban Future Lab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, in partnership with Greentown Labs, will provide a soft landing pad in the U.S. for the third cohort of Innovate UK’s Global Incubator Program: Clean Growth edition, which is designed to cultivate and support the launch of innovative climatetech companies with a strong potential to scale internationally to new markets. The program annually provides eight U.K.-based businesses with the opportunity to explor...

Electric Miles: Expanding Clean Energy In The US Market

Beginning in January, the Urban Future Lab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, in partnership with Greentown Labs, will provide a soft landing pad in the U.S. for the third cohort of Innovate UK’s Global Incubator Programme: Clean Growth edition, which is designed to cultivate and support the launch of innovative climatetech companies with a strong potential to scale internationally to new markets. The program annually provides eight U.K.-based businesses wit...

Ingeteam Signs A Supply Agreement With Matrix Renewables For Almost 500 MW Of Photovoltaics In Spain

Ingeteam has announced that it has signed an agreement with Matrix Renewables, the global renewable energy platform backed by TPG Rise, under which the two companies have agreed to supply 500 MW to equip seven photovoltaic plants during 2023. Under this framework agreement, Ingeteam will supply state-of-the-art specialized components to Matrix Renewables. The equipment will be distributed over seven photovoltaic plants located in Castilla León, Andalusia and the Community of Madrid, in S...

Arrow Electronics Signs Global Lenovo TruScale Infrastructure-As-A-Service Distribution Agreement

Global technology provider - Arrow Electronics announces it has signed a global agreement with Lenovo to deliver its TruScale Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution through value-added resellers, managed service providers, and telcos. TruScale Infrastructure as a Service operates on a consumption-based subscription model that allows companies to use and pay for data center solutions on-premise or at a customer-preferred location without having to purchase the equipment. ArrowSphere Deliv...

Arrow Electronics And Synopsys Sign Pan-European Distribution Agreement

Global technology provider Arrow Electronics has signed a pan-European distribution agreement with Synopsys, Inc. to deliver the Synopsys Software Integrity Group's extensive portfolio of application security (AppSec) testing solutions to resellers in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).  Arrow and Synopsys will enable customers to enhance the security of their software through the integration of Synopsys’ AppSec portfolio of market-leading security solutions. A...

Hitachi Announces World’s Biggest Commercial EV - Optimise Prime Trial Is Accelerating Move To All-Electric Fleets

The trials for Optimise Prime, the world’s biggest trial of commercial electric vehicles (EVs) have come to an end, and demonstrated how barriers, such as cost and energy demand, can be overcome through digitization and new product offerings. The outcomes of this landmark study follow a year-long trial, and could help unlock the mass rollout of EV fleets across the United Kingdom (UK) and beyond. Fast roll out of EVs is vital for the UK The fast roll out of electric vehicle fleets is vi...

ABB Sells Power Conversion Division To AcBel Polytech Inc. For US$ 505 Million

ABB has reached an agreement to sell its Power Conversion division to AcBel Polytech Inc. for US$ 505 million in cash. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to be completed in the second half of 2023. Upon closing, ABB expects to record a small non-operational book gain in income from operations on the sale. The Power Conversion division, formerly Lineage Power, was acquired by ABB as part of the GE Industrial Solutions acquisition in 2018 and is not core to ABB. A...

TI Appoints Haviv Ilan As CEO, Focusing On Innovation And Growth

Texas Instruments Incorporated said that its board of directors has selected Haviv Ilan to become the company's next president and chief executive officer (CEO), effective April 1. Ilan, a 24-year veteran of TI, succeeds current CEO and president, Rich Templeton, who will transition out of these roles over the next two months but will remain the company's chairman. The transition is a well-planned succession that follows Ilan's promotion to senior vice president in 2014, executiv...

Schneider Electric Earns A Spot In The Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations List

Schneider Electric, the globally renowned company in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has earned a spot on Corporate Knights’ 2023 Global 100 list of Most Sustainable Corporations in the world for the 12th time in a row. Strong performance across climate and social commitments, such as sustainable revenues and investments, gender diversity and sustainability pay link have helped secure Schneider Electric’s peer group leadership position in this annual...

Schneider Electric Earns 2023 Great Place To Work Certification Across North America

Schneider Electric, the globally renowned company in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, announced its Certification by Great Place to Work across North America. This marks the first win for Canada and Mexico, and the fifth time that the United States (US) team has been named to the list. The team in Costa Rica also earned this recognition. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Schneider Electric. Sch...

Luminus Devices Launches New High Efficacy 7070 LEDs

Luminus Devices announces the launch and immediate availability of a new high efficacy family of 7070 mid-power LEDs designed for high-performance and long-term reliability. These new MP-7070 LEDs are available in both a 12V (MP-7070-4600 series) and 36V (MP 7070-T200 series) and are made with sulfur-resistance coating technology for long lumen maintenance in outdoor and industrial environments. While nominal drive conditions operate the device around 8W, customers can use these products in a...

Ingeteam Enables The Evacuation Of More Than 35% Of Spain's Renewable Energy To The Grid

Ingeteam technology is present in the form of automation, protection, and control systems at the substations where renewable energy is evacuated, which transforms the energy from the generation plants for its transmission and distribution. The company thereby enables evacuation to the grid of more than 35% of the renewable energy generated in Spain. renewable energy generation November 2022 data from Red Eléctrica indicates that the presence of renewable energies in the energy mix has...

Ultrasonic Lens Cleaning By Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments (TI) introduced the first purpose-built semiconductors with ultrasonic lens cleaning (ULC) technology, enabling camera systems to quickly detect and remove dirt, ice and water using microscopic vibrations. Removing contaminants from camera lenses traditionally requires manual cleaning, causing system downtime, or the use of various mechanical parts that could malfunction. DRV2901 piezo transducer driver TI's new ULC chipset, including the ULC1001 digital signal processor (DS...

Schneider Electric Calls For Greater Efforts To Accelerate The Energy Transition With Decarbonization And Efficiency The Key

Schneider Electric, the globally renowned company in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has issued an urgent call for governments and companies around the world to accelerate their sustainability action and step up investments into technologies that will help them reduce their carbon emissions and bolster their energy security. Accelerate sustainability action The call comes amid spiking energy prices, an energy supply crisis and fast accelerating climate change, w...

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