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Hunt Electric are thrilled to announce the acquisition of Paul’s Electric in New Ulm, Minnesota, USA. This strategic move will strengthen its presence in southern Minnesota, capitalizing on PEI’s established reputation in the area. By combining the resources and expertise, they aim to enhance the operations and unlock new growth opportunities for both companies. About Paul's Electric The company was founded in 1987 and has made it their focus to grow as part of the New Ulm area co...

CORE Electric Cooperative is committed to providing its members with choice and excellent customer service. As such, they regularly survey members to understand their experiences and opinions. CORE is partnering with Corona Insights, a Denver-based research firm, to conduct this year’s member survey. Topics include renewables, electric vehicles, wildfire mitigation, and other electric utility programs. The input is needed to ensure the results represent the broad spectrum of opinions that...

On Saturday, inaccurate reports circulated indicating that workers were trapped at a SWEPCO power plant. They want to clarify that this information is not factual — no employee or crew member was ‘trapped.’ The situation involved crews assembling scaffolding-type equipment within a furnace that was offline for routine maintenance repairs. use of additional equipment During this process, a portion of the scaffolding became jammed, necessitating the use of additional equipment...

Residents living near Arkansas High School should expect temporary lane closures and intermittent power outages from October 28 to 29 as Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) crews place new wires on recently-installed transmission poles.  The work is part of SWEPCO’s Ashdown - 12th Street Transmission Line Rebuild Project, which began in the spring. The project involves rebuilding approximately 19 miles of transmission line in Miller and Little River counties to improve regio...

In its first investment in Poland, Axpo has acquired a plant in Western Pomerania, which produces green energy mainly from agricultural waste, it has been announced. The company plans to develop further biogas projects in the country over the coming years, making Poland one of five European countries in which Axpo has entered the biogas market. Axpo acquires Polish biogas plant In October 2024, Axpo purchased a biogas plant from private shareholders. In the upcoming months, Axpo will renovate...

As more builders and homeowners look to electric appliances, electric vehicles, and more to decarbonize homes, increased amperage is required to maintain the status quo of activity in a home. The modular design of Leviton’s Load Center products allows homeowners to make their standard load center a smart energy solution by swapping traditional breakers with Leviton’s 2nd Gen Smart Circuit Breakers, installing the Leviton Whole Home Energy Monitor (LWHEM), and downloading the My Levi...

Sensata Technologies announces it will showcase its latest aerospace innovation, the Digital Inceptor, at the NBAA-BACE conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, from October 22-24, 2024. As advanced air mobility evolves, the demand for lightweight, reliable pilot controls increases. Sensata, a pioneer in high-volume, multi-axis inceptors, leveraged its micro-RVDT technology and a modular design to create the lightest passive inceptor on the market.  Sensata’s Digital Inceptor features a com...

Meta Power Solutions is revolutionizing the electrical sector with their innovative products designed in an expedient and productive manner. Meta Power Solutions are pioneers in manufacturing oil-filled power and distribution transformers in North America. MPS designs and builds a variety of standard and custom transformers that serve utilities, oil and gas, mining, commercial construction, solar systems, and bitcoin mining industries. Through their technical design expertise, diverse product o...

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) launches a first-of-class Multi-Purpose Vessel (MPV) for the Indian Navy from its Kattupalli Shipyard near Chennai. The vessel, christened INS Samarthak, was launched by Ms Shashi Tripathi, President- Navy Wives Welfare Association, in the August presence of the Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi. Controller of Warship Production & Acquisition Vice Admiral B Sivakumar, Assistant Controller of Warship Production & Acquisition Rear Admiral Sandee...

Energy Solutions UK Ltd, a renowned supplier of marine electrical systems, is delighted to announce the acquisition of Hampshire-based marine monitoring and control systems manufacturer, Oceanic Systems (UK) Ltd (“Oceanics”). Founded in 2003, Oceanic Systems is an industry-renowned designer and manufacturer of advanced NMEA2000®-based integrated Alarm, Display, and Control Systems for various vessels, including leisure, commercial, and military globally. Oceanics’ technic...

In an exciting update from the IT Department, it was announced that Beau Brenno has been promoted to Director of BI/AI. In his new role, Beau will be supporting and expanding of their current business intelligence tool, Qlik, and taking advantage of the new AI tools/efficiencies that Qlik and other products offer. Beau has been with Hunt since January 2022 and has been part of many important projects in his time here. He was integral in building many applications in Qlik for billings, the sale...

Prosynergic, a manufacturer agent backed by over 30 years’ specialization in automation, motion control, mechatronics and machine safety, represents NOARK Electric in the Quebec Region. Gilles Laberge who founded Prosynergic in 2017, said, “We believe that representing NOARK in Quebec, enables us to offer highest quality low voltage electrical products and components quickly and efficiently to the end users. We are confident that with NOARK’s reputation for quick deliveries, t...

Southwestern Electric Power Co., (SWEPCO, a subsidiary of American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP), is making way for future development at the site of the retired H.W. Pirkey Power Plant. Work continued to dismantle the stacks and boiler of the old plant to pave the way for future development at the decommissioned facility in Hallsville, Texas. H.W. Pirkey began operations on a snowy Jan. 3, 1985, serving SWEPCO customers and the Hallsville community for 38 years. The 675-megawatt plant was name...

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced that the Siemens factory in Erlangen, Germany, will become a Digital Lighthouse Factory, part of its Global Lighthouse Network. The award recognizes technology companies that are at the forefront of applying fourth industrial revolution technologies.  By following the Green Lean Digital approach, which combines innovative technologies and sustainable practices, the plant has made significant progress, increasing productivity by 69 percent and re...

Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC US LLC, a globally renowned supplier of Ductless and Ducted Mini-split and Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) heat pump and air-conditioning systems, introduces the s-MEXT indoor unit, a Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) unit for I.T. cooling applications. Uses include small-to-medium-sized data rooms, cell phone and cable TV/telephone/internet provider relay stations, medical imaging equipment cooling and critical cooling infrastructure applications, labora...

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announces that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) yesterday with VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., headquartered in Espoo, Finland and headed by CEO Antti Vasara, to collaborate on the development of key nature-positive technologies, which are initially expected to include direct ocean capture (DOC) technology for the direct removal of CO2 from seawater. Together with VTT, the largest comprehensive research institute in Northern Europe, Mi...

To avoid damage and prevent death, most modern electrical distribution systems are grounded. Grounded systems (also known as “earthed” systems), consist of an earth-referenced grounding conductor (e.g. the third prong on a small-scale electrical outlet), which is used as a return path to enable a breaker trip during an inadvertent short-circuit condition. Ungrounded systems, on the other hand, operate without an earth-referenced grounded conductor, so a breaker will not trip during...

High voltage transmission and distribution substations are where incoming and outgoing power circuits meet to form an electrical grid. When properly designed, any fault on an electrical system can be localized to the fault location without the need for a total system shutdown. Selecting the proper bus scheme within a high-voltage substation will allow circuit reliability to be maintained cost-efficiently. Single Bus Configuration In a single-bus configuration, each electrical circuit is conne...

Large industrial and commercial facilities consume sizable amounts of electricity for heating, cooling, and operations. By using a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system, users can significantly reduce the facility’s electrical consumption. In addition, a CHP system can be made to operate as a backup source of power in the event of an electrical utility outage. What is a CHP system? Traditional electrical generation systems produce electricity inefficiently, with most of the energy wasted...

Designing electrical systems in hazardous locations, such as wastewater treatment facilities, aircraft hangars, fuel dispensing areas, and bulk storage areas, requires careful attention to ensure the safety of personnel and equipment against fire and explosion. Within hazardous locations, a high concentration of flammable gases, vapors, liquids, and dust typically exist. An improperly designed electrical system can become the ignition source for this flammable atmosphere. Expensive and Unrelia...

Neptune Energy and its joint venture partners BP and JAPEX announced the beginning of the subsea construction phase of the Seagull tie-back project. Seagull is a high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) development located in the Central North Sea on UK license P1622 Block 22/29C, 17km south of the BP-operated ETAP Central Processing Facility (CPF). Proved plus probable gross reserves are estimated at 50 million boe. Apache II pipelay vessel TechnipFMC has deployed the Apache II pipelay vessel...

Lumens was most recently Group Chief Financial Officer at Louis Dreyfus Company. Prior to that, he spent 20 years with Shell in various senior financial roles, among which he was a Chief Financial Officer of Shell Trading and Supply. According to the oil company, Neptune’s current CFO Peter Thomas will assist with the transition and remain involved with the future development and growth of the company. Neptune management team Sam Laidlaw, Executive Chairman of Neptune, said: “I&rs...

Rosenberg WorleyParsons won a contract for the construction and installation of a new Nova topside module on the Gjøa platform in the North Sea in May 2018 and the first steel was cut at its yard in Stavanger, Norway on Wednesday, November 14. Neptune said on Wednesday that the approximately 800-ton heavy module will in two years be lifted on board Neptune Energy’s Gjøa platform, enabling production from the nearby Nova field. This follows the approval by the Norwe...

Following an investment of up to €230 million, Siemens Mobility is opening its Train Manufacturing Facility as a key part of its new Goole Rail Village in the United Kingdom, on a site which spans 67 acres, the size of 35 football pitches. London Underground’s new Piccadilly line trains will be assembled at the factory in Goole, before they start entering passenger service from 2025, helping Transport for London (TfL) transform rail travel across the UK’s capital. Siemens Mobi...

SEINO HOLDINGS CO., LTD. and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announces their completion of a share transaction under which Seino acquired 66.6 percent of the common shares of Mitsubishi Electric Logistics Corporation from Mitsubishi Electric, as previewed in a joint announcement on June 18. Following the share transfer, the company was renamed MD LOGIS CORPORATION. Seino and Mitsubishi Electric now respectively hold 66.6% and 33.4% of the voting rights in MD LOGIS, which has become a subsidiary...

Siemens AG has successfully closed the sale of Innomotics to KPS Capital Partners, LP for €3.5 billion (enterprise value). On May 16, 2024, Siemens had announced plans to sell this supplier of electric motors and large-drive systems to KPS. “I am delighted that the sale of Innomotics to KPS has been successfully completed. This is another important step toward optimizing our portfolio, and it underlines our consistent focus on combining the real and digital worlds,” said Ralf P...

Siemens has appointed Susanne Seitz as CEO of the Buildings Business Unit, which is part of Smart Infrastructure. The unit is a newly formed business unit that brings together all Siemens’ buildings-related businesses into one entity, effective October 1, 2024. With a combined portfolio of products, software, and services, the Buildings Business Unit is a technology partner for digital transformation, focused on reliable and cost-efficient building operations, decarbonization and energy e...

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announces that it will organize an exhibit during the Japan International Aerospace Exhibition 2024 (JA2024) at the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition complex (Block W1-007, West Hall 1) from October 16 to 19. The company will exhibit a range of initiatives focused on contributing to creation of a safe and secure society and sustainable development through satellite development, satellite data solutions, transfer vehicles and lunar landing.

At the end of March, Iustinian Șovrea, GlobalLogic Romania’s Business Operations Head, was invited as a guest speaker to the “Top 1000 Largest Companies in Romania” Conference organized by ZiarulFinanciar, one of the most important local business publications. The conference not only brought in the same room CEOs from large local companies, multinationals, bank representatives, and authorities but also included insightful talks on Romania’s future growth and development...

In any electrical system, an electrical fault must be localized and tripped by the breaker closest to the fault. But what happens in the event of a stuck breaker? A stuck breaker condition occurs when a circuit breaker fails to operate upon receiving a trip signal.  breaker failure In a medium or high-voltage system, the failure of a breaker to trip during a fault condition will seriously undermine the overall protection system, harm personnel, and damage equipment. A breaker failure ca...