Electrical Industry News for December 2025

Siemens and GlobalFoundries (GF) have entered a new strategic collaboration to leverage each company’s complementary AI-based capabilities to enhance performance of semiconductor manufacturing and advanced industries – making operations more efficient, secure and reliable. In their latest memorandum of understanding, the companies focus on automation technologies for semiconductor fabrication (fab automation), electrification, digital solutions and software ranging from chip develop...

WEG has consolidated an important supply for one of the largest asset management firms in Latin America. A company active in sectors such as infrastructure, credit, real estate, and wealth management, and which is investing heavily in renewable energy as part of its strategy for sustainable growth and portfolio diversification. WEG Transformers The supply includes two WEG transformers rated at 190 MVA, with voltages of 230 kV / 34.5 kV each, which will be installed in the substation responsib...

Ceolin Group, a benchmark in agribusiness and responsible for more than 17,000 hectares of rice production between Uruguaiana (RS), Brazil, and Argentina, adopted WEG Smart Machine (WSM) as part of its strategy to modernize irrigation operations. Digitalization became essential due to new requirements from Brazil’s National Water and Basic Sanitation Agency (ANA), which mandates accurate monitoring of water withdrawal from the Uruguay River, a key resource for farming in the region. Pote...

WEG has taken another decisive step in expanding its international footprint by signing binding agreements to acquire Sanelec Excitation Systems, a well-established Indian manufacturer of voltage regulators and excitation control systems. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Bangalore, Sanelec brings more than two decades of engineering expertise in designing and manufacturing automatic voltage regulators for generators, synchronous motors, and excitation systems for power generation. The com...

        Siemens innovative electrification hardware and software will bring a new level of transparency to the low-voltage grid of Swiss power utility IBC Energie Wasser Chur (IBC). Around 40,000 residents in the greater Chur area will benefit from a secure, advanced supply of electricity.   The energy transition poses new challenges for grid operators, including distributed energy feeds, increasing loads, and high demands on volta...

With a new fully integrated gearbox-pinion-rack combination, Neugart expands its portfolio with a high-performance solution for maximum precision and efficiency in rack applications. The new concept combines optimally matched components that enable powerful, dynamic, and precise power transmission. The three components mesh seamlessly and ensuring smooth running, maximum feed force, and precise positioning accurately - crucial properties for modern automation and drive systems. Heat treatment...

Siemens and nVent are collaborating to develop a liquid cooling and power reference architecture, purpose-built for hyperscale AI workloads. As AI workloads grow more intensive and distributed, data center infrastructure strategies must balance performance, efficiency, and scalability through increasingly intelligent and adaptive systems. To support this next generation of digital infrastructure, Siemens and nVent are combining their expertise to help data centers prepare cooling and power infr...

Siemens Mobility, a provider of sustainable and innovative rail solutions, and Railpool, one of Europe’s rail vehicle rental companies, have signed a preliminary agreement to purchase a 15,000 square meters plot from Consorzio ZAI. The site is located within the Verona Interporto logistics hub, the largest integrated traffic terminal in Italy. With a joint investment of around €20 million, the two companies intend to jointly develop a state-of-the-art expert center for locomotive ma...

Project strengthens service quality, expands demand capacity, and improves reliability for more than 25,000 users in the region, consolidating WEG’s presence in the Utilities segment. Empresa de Energía de Pereira S.A. ESP has inaugurated the new Altagracia 33/13.8 kV Substation, a key project to reinforce the electrical system of the Altagracia district and surrounding areas. WEG was responsible for the complete supply of equipment — except for civil works — as well as...

Comau is contributing to the European Union’s CONVERGING project, which aims to advance smart and reconfigurable production systems to meet the challenges of modern manufacturing. By integrating collaborative robots, autonomous guided vehicles (AGVs), artificial intelligence and human operators, CONVERGING seeks to create human-centric production systems that can perceive, reason, adapt, collaborate and innovate. As part of the multi-faceted project, Comau has spearheaded two cutting...

Continuous investment in W22 Super Premium IR4 motors drives reduced energy consumption, increased reliability, and greater durability under severe operating conditions. In a sector known for extreme operating conditions, Irmãos Cioccari & Cia Ltda., a traditional limestone producer located in Caçapava do Sul (RS), began a modernization project focused on efficiency and sustainability. Since 2021, the company has been gradually replacing its older motors with W22 Super Premiu...

A damaging outbreak of severe weather across the nation’s heartland, toppled trees, snapped lines and disrupted power to SWEPCO customers across the ArkLaTex region.  Powering the response: SWEPCO is responding. Post-storm assessments are well underway and dozens of crews from Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Alabama have begun to arrive and join with SWEPCO’s line and tree crews.  At peak, approximately 61,000 SWEPCO customers were without power.  Powe...

A damaging outbreak of severe weather across the nation’s heartland, toppled trees, snapped lines and disrupted power to SWEPCO customers across the ArkLaTex region. Recently, the National Weather Service’s storm survey team confirmed the severe storms included six tornadoes that barreled through the Four States Region. Four tornadoes were confirmed within SWEPCO’s service territory with peak wind gusts estimated between 85 - 100 mph. With the storm impacts and recent signifi...

SWEPCO crews across the service area are working quickly and safely to restore power following last night’s severe weather. The hardest hit areas include parts of Shreveport south of Interstate 20 and southern Bossier Parish. Restoration and response is underway by SWEPCO crews across the affected service areas after powerful storms brought damaging winds, hail and severe flooding to parts of the ArkLaTex. Flooding creates a unique and dangerous restoration environment. Flooding can make...

Canyon State Electric is welcoming Dan Snopko to the team as the company’s controller.   Snopko brings over 25 years of construction accounting experience, including job costing, financial reporting, and forecasting. He has developed accounting processes and led accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, and human resources.   “I hope to use my experience to improve processes and financial tools,” said Snopko. “I want to take some accounting r...

Electrical contractor Canyon State Electric has promoted two team members to Project Manager. Branden Ruehl and John Ridgley served as Assistant Project Managers before their promotions in the first quarter of this year.  Ruehl has been with CSE for over seven years, starting in the field as an electrician helper. As he became more experienced, he moved to work as a delivery driver and prefabrication electrician. Branden moved to the office to fill a purchasing role, then transferred to p...

Countries around the world have backed the economic, social, and sustainability advantages of energy efficiency. In a joint statement issued at the IEA’s Annual Global Conference on the issue in Brussels, ministers and senior officials representing 47 governments reaffirmed “the role energy efficiency plays to ensure affordable and secure energy services for our citizens, enhance competitiveness of our businesses, and safeguard the energy security of our nations.” Joint state...

NOARK Electric has introduced a new Manual Motor Starter product to extend their line of industrial control products. Their Ex9S series of Manual Motor Starters (MMS) provide manual isolation, manual motor control, and overcurrent protection. The new Ex9S80 MMS ranges from 14 to 80A and offers two protection types: thermal-magnetic and magnetic. They are UL 60947-1 and CSA C22.2 NO. 60947-4-1 compliant and come with a full line-up of accessories for single and group motor installations. Elect...

Drawing on the latest data, an IEA report released provides a comprehensive new estimate of greenhouse gas emissions from across the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply chain and identifies key opportunities to bring them down. Assessing Emissions from LNG Supply and Abatement Options examines upstream production, processing, pipeline transmission, liquefaction, shipping, and regasification worldwide. Greenhouse gas emissions Around 70% of this is in the form of CO2 emissions that are e...

With intensifying geopolitical strains and heightened uncertainty about global economic prospects, oil markets are undergoing structural changes as the key drivers of supply and demand growth of the past 15 years start to fade, according to the latest edition of the IEA’s medium-term outlook. Oil 2025 provides in-depth analysis of the latest data and forecasts for evolving oil supply, demand, refining and trade dynamics through to 2030, going beyond the near-term analysis provided in the...

As artificial intelligence boosts global electricity demand from data centers and increasingly transforms how the energy sector works, the IEA has launched a new Energy and AI Observatory to closely monitor and analyze the interconnections between the energy sector and this fast-evolving technology. The Observatory includes new interactive tools to explore data center electricity consumption and digital infrastructure by region, helping visualize these valuable datasets and ensure they are acce...

To say it's been a pleasure attending InstallerSHOW 2022 is an understatement! They had an amazing time at the UK’s largest heating, plumbing and renewables trade show and didn’t want it to end! Their commercial team: Bruce MacPherson (CCO), Robert Illsley (Sales Director), Elisa Alexieva (Brand Marketing Manager), Kiren Matharu (Marketing Assistant) as well as their co-founder & CTO, Carlton Cummins got to network with people in the industry, learn more about customers’ c...

The International Energy Agency convened the Global Commission on People-Centered Clean Energy Transitions in Brussels for the release of the Blueprint for Action on Just and Inclusive Energy Transitions, a major new guide for governments worldwide on translating the G20 Principles for Just and Inclusive Energy Transitions into real-world policy and practice. Co-chaired by Teresa Ribera, Executive Vice-President for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition of the European Commission, and Alexandr...

The IEA’s 10th Annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency opens in Brussels, bringing together ministers, CEOs, experts, and civil society representatives from close to 100 countries to advance international progress on one of the most important tools for making energy more secure, affordable, and sustainable. Co-hosted by IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol and European Commissioner for Energy and Housing Dan Jørgensen, the two-day event will explore how to implement effective e...

More than 50 senior representatives from government, industry and financial institutions recently gathered at the IEA’s headquarters in Paris to discuss how to leverage lending and investment from the private sector for carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) projects. Organized as a special thematic event on the margins of the regular meeting of the IEA’s Committee on Energy Research and Technology (CERT), the workshop convened major banks, project developers and policy make...

Global energy investment is set to increase in 2025 to a record $3.3 trillion despite headwinds from elevated geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty, a new IEA report says, with clean energy technologies attracting twice as much capital as fossil fuels. Investment in clean technologies – renewables, nuclear, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency and electrification – is on course to hit a record $2.2 trillion this year, reflecting not only efforts to reduce emissio...

NOARK Electric has added busbar adapter solutions for the Molded Case Circuit Breakers to their portfolio of offerings. These Busbar adapters provide a faster and easier installation of NOARK products for clients that are looking to leverage MCCB technologies in their power system designs. These new Busbar adapters for 60mm system are being supplied through Woehner, a global partner for energy distribution, control technology and renewable energies. Product Description Currently, NOARK is off...

As ASEAN intensifies efforts towards regional power integration and harnessing Southeast Asia’s renewable energy potential, Singapore and the International Energy Agency (IEA) jointly organized the Singapore-IEA Regional Training Programme on Connecting ASEAN: Technical, Regulatory and Financial Pathways for Cross-Border Power Trade. This training program equipped regional stakeholders with knowledge and tools to advance multilateral power trade and develop a more interconnected and resil...

While today’s critical mineral markets may appear well supplied, with prices well down from the highs seen in 2021 and 2022, a new IEA report finds that a combination of increasing supply concentration in a handful of countries and the spread of export restrictions is raising the risk of painful disruptions. The 2025 edition of the IEA’s annual Global Critical Minerals Outlook, presents the latest data and analysis on supply, demand, investment and more for key energy-related minera...

Methane emissions from fossil fuels remain at stubbornly high levels, according to the IEA’s latest global tracking update, which notes that efforts to bolster data collection and monitor methane leaks are making progress. The Global Methane Tracker 2025, presents the IEA’s latest sector-wide emissions estimates, based on the most recent data from satellites and measurement campaigns, and examines different abatement options along with their associated costs. Methane abatement is a...