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GlobalLogic Inc. expert team will address design-led digital engineering’s advantages at Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2022. WHAT: GlobalLogic Inc., a Hitachi Group company and leader in Digital Engineering, announced it will deliver two presentations at the upcoming Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2022 in Tokyo, Japan, taking place from October 31 to November 2, 2022. GlobalLogic to Take Part in Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2022 The sessions will help event attendees understand the business advantages...

Jenkins Electric, an electromechanical service and parts provider, specializing in electric motor repair and test products, as well as a variety of distribution parts, has acquired Wheeler, a sleeve and fluid film-bearing manufacturer based in North Charleston, South Carolina, USA. “This acquisition expands our capabilities and offerings in the industrial motor parts and service industry,” said Iain Jenkins, Jenkins President, adding “From the North Charleston location, Jenkin...

With a mission to power a more prosperous world, Cummins Inc. continues to make significant investments in solar energy with the installation of Cummins’ second largest solar array at Rocky Mount Engine Plant in North Carolina (U.S.). The RMEP solar installation will directly support the company’s environmental sustainability strategy, PLANET 2050, by using low-carbon renewable power to reduce greenhouse gases. As part of the 2030 goals included in PLANET 2050, the strategy calls fo...

Cummins Inc.’s new Chief Executive Officer urged employees to be advocates for the company’s environmental sustainability strategy, maintaining it is integral to the global power leader’s business strategy and future success. Speaking at a recent virtual town hall meeting to some 2,000 Cummins employees, President and Chief Executive Officer, Jennifer Rumsey said PLANET 2050, the company’s environmental sustainability strategy, is crucial to achieving Cummins’ miss...

LOVATO Electric presents two major new solutions for energy management and monitoring: a new generation of power analyzer with a widescreen LCD color display and EASY BRANCH. The innovative multi-circuit measurement system is designed for quick, easy, and cabling of electrical panels with multiple measurement points. These two new solutions herald a new approach to energy management: a totally connected, centralized and greatly simplified system. DMG series of power analyzers The measure...

LOVATO Electric offers a wide and highly diversified range of software and hardware solutions for energy management. Users can find more information about the range here. However, deciding which product is right for the application is not always a straightforward matter. MyEnergyConfigurator is a free web app available in English and Italian on the website. Few steps to find solution The first step is to create a project composed of electrical quads configured with a variety of services...

LOVATO Electric presents a new generation of power analyzers with a widescreen LCD color display. The large widescreen LCD color display (4.3″) ensures clear, legible reading of mains analysis parameters, all while maintaining the classic drilling template (92x92mm) to ensure perfect compatibility with standard front panel solutions. The measurements are displayed as waveform graphics, polar diagrams and harmonic spectra up to the 63rd order, thus offering everything n...

Volta Trucks, the globally renowned and disruptive full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer and services provider, and Siemens Smart Infrastructure, the pioneer in electrification, have signed a Letter of Intent, outlining cooperation to deliver comprehensive eMobility charging infrastructure and software to Volta Trucks customers, to simplify, de-risk, and accelerate their transition to commercial fleet electrification. commercial vehicle fleet electrification The partnership looks to br...

UK thermal storage technology company SUNAMP has signed a partnership agreement with Faradise Energy (trading name of Pozbud Inwestycje Sp. z o.o.), a subsidiary of construction and engineering company COMPREMUM S.A, listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, in move that could curb gas use across Poland. The agreement will see Sunamp ramp up distribution of its energy-efficient thermal batteries in Central and Eastern Europe in line with the company’s international expansion strategy. The firs...

Zenobē, the EV fleet and battery storage specialist, has selected EDF to continue to be the company’s partner of choice for trading and optimization of its battery assets. EDF and Zenobē have recently renewed their battery trading and optimization contracts for 59MW consisting of the Claredown, Aylesford, and Kings Barn battery assets. This means Zenobē will continue to have access to the full range of flexibility markets including the wholesale market and balancing mechanism, utilizing E...

Schneider Electric, the pioneer in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has appointed Joshua Dickinson as the new Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, North America. In his role, Dickinson will be responsible for all financial operations of the ~8.2 billion euro (FY ’21) North America region, including driving profitable growth, navigating the current business landscape while protecting the P&L, and supporting global peers on multiple global in...

Orcan Energy has installed its solution for waste heat for the first time on a river cruise ship. Currently the largest Rhine cruise ship, A-ROSA SENA, owned by A-ROSA Flussschiff GmbH, has installed one of Orcan Energy's ORC modules, designed specifically for the marine market.  E-Motion ship The E-Motion ship, with a hybrid propulsion system consisting of a diesel engine and an electric motor, can convert the waste heat from the ship's engines into electrical energy, reducing its fuel c...

Orcan Energy, the company turning waste heat into clean electricity, has raised EUR 28.5 million in a late-stage growth round. The funding comes from prominent Article 9 Funds TiLT Capital, a new asset management company dedicated to energy transition and part of the Siparex Group, one of France’s leading private equity companies, and a well-known European institutional investor, as well as existing investor Air Liquide Venture Capital (ALIAD). Based in Munich, Germany, Orcan Energy will...

E.ON’s wholly owned subsidiary - PreussenElektra GmbH has reached an agreement with the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Action (BMWK) and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) on the cornerstones of a potential continued operation of the Isar 2 nuclear power plant beyond 31 December 2022. Regarding a potential continued operation of Isar 2, the operators have recently been in close exchange with the Federal M...

WEG invests in innovative technologies that translate into efficient and sustainable solutions to take renewable energy further. The company is positioned in a wide range of projects around the world, which includes a partnership with the Scotta group, a company based in Italy. Scotta has demonstrated confidence in WEG’s hydrogenerators for more than five years. One of the most recent acquisitions being three hydrogenerators for the Seka hydro power plant, located in Albania. S line hydr...

Infinitum, the creator of the breakthrough air-core motor, announces that technology leader Rick Tewell will join the company as President. Rick brings nearly four decades of leadership experience scaling production across the automotive, semiconductor, and electronics industries to Infinitum and will help lead the company’s hypergrowth phase. Prior to joining Infinitum, Rick Tewell was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for AEye, a pioneer in high-performance, lidar solutions for industri...

Electric Miles has been selected for Tech Nation's Net Zero 3.0 program and join 34 of the UK’s most impactful early-stage scale up climate tech companies. Electric Miles believe that the ready-to-scale product, which strongly focuses on the UK ambition towards Net Zero with the mission of making charging better for drivers and the environment to ensure that charging is happening at the right time, at the right cost and with the lowest carbon impact on the environment. Latest IPCC report...

Electric Miles is selected for Tech Nation's Net Zero 3.0 program, joining 34 of the UK’s most impactful early-stage scale up climate tech companies. They believe that the ready-to-scale product strongly focuses on the UK's ambition towards Net Zero with the mission of making charging better for drivers and the environment to ensure that charging is happening at the right time, at the right cost, and with the lowest carbon impact on the environment. Latest IPCC report From heating homes...

Despite encouraging signs of progress across a number of sectors, stronger efforts are needed to bring the world on track to reach net zero emissions by mid-century, according to the IEA’s latest appraisal of global progress on clean energy technologies. The annual Tracking Clean Energy Progress (TCEP) update assesses 55 components of the energy system – sectors, technologies, infrastructures and cross-cutting CO2 mitigation strategies – and evaluates their progress in 2021 to...

At its meeting, the Supervisory Board of E.ON SE extended the contract of CEO Leonhard Birnbaum by a further five years until 30 June 2028. Birnbaum has been a member of the Group's management body since 2013 and has been E.ON's CEO since April 2021. Supervisory Board Chairman, Karl-Ludwig Kley commented on the contract extension: "As Chairman of the Board of Management, Leonhard Birnbaum has further sharpened the E.ON Group's strategy with its clear focus on sustainability, digitalization, and...

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announces that together with Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation (TMEIC) they have developed an electrical motor-design support system incorporating Mitsubishi Electric's Maisart® AI technology to dramatically shorten the time required to produce electrical motor designs that achieve the same performance as conventional design methods deployed manually by skilled engineers. TMEIC plans to adopt the system for internal operations in FY 2...

Hitachi Energy, a globally renowned technology company that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all, has announced that it has been selected by Transmission Developers Inc., a Blackstone portfolio company that is specialized in renewable power development, to supply a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station, which is a key part of the transmission solution for the Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE) HVDC interconnection between Québec, in Canada and the New York Ci...

At RE+ 2022, Panasonic Eco Systems North America, a Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, unveiled two new lines of all-black compact EverVolt® solar modules, developed with performance, accessibility, flexibility and pleasing aesthetics in mind. The new 430W/420W HK Black Series panels, with half-cut cells and heterojunction technology with gapless connections, offer the most powerful modules in the company’s portfolio. Adding to Panasonic’s suite of modules made...

ABB announces it will acquire the PowerTech Converter (PTC) business, a supplier of auxiliary power converter solutions for light rail vehicles and metros. The acquisition is an important part of ABB Motion’s external growth strategy. Owned by RCP, PTC is headquartered in Berlin, Germany, and has other facilities in Holzkirchen, Germany, and Mount Olive, USA. With around 280 employees, the business generated revenues of approximately €60 million in 2021. Increasing industry demand...

Electric Miles are delighted to announce that they have been nominated for an EVIE award! The Electric Vehicle Innovation & Excellence (EVIE) Awards will be held on October 5th, 2022, in London, UK, ahead of the EV World Congress.  The awards are designed to shine a light on innovation and excellence in the emerging EV sector. DiversitEV award Electric Miles are finalists for the DiversitEV award, which recognizes companies who have gone above and beyond to promote diversity in the w...

Large-scale and prolonged power outages, waste piling up as waste disposal ceases to function, disruptions to water or gas supplies, and successful cyber attacks on critical infrastructures, especially the power grid, can have serious consequences.  Holistically conceived cyber security is necessary to prevent such scenarios. As part of the Fraunhofer Center for Digital Energy, Fraunhofer FKIE is working with partners to increase IT security and make the sector resilient to attacks....

Austin is continuing a decade-long growth trend with no sign of slowing, with new commercial towers redrawing the city’s skyline, while multi-family complexes and commercial spaces are springing up across Travis County, in Texas, USA. Electrical contractors are busy. In addition to at least three skyscrapers under construction and numerous new manufacturing sites, a courthouse and a hospital, there are also large-scale construction projects underway for companies, such as Samsung, Tesla,...

Schneider Electric, the pioneer in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, joins Citizens Energy to flip the switch on a one-of-a-kind microgrid to power four critical community facilities at the Daughters of Mary of the Immaculate Conception campus. Schneider Electric VP of Microgrids Don Wingate is joined by former U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III, now Managing Director at Citizens Energy Corporation, and Mayor Erin E. Stewart of New Britain, CT DEEP Acting Deputy Commi...

In late August, after Russia announced it would shut down the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for repairs, gas prices at the Dutch TTF trading point, the European benchmark, reached €339 euros per megawatt hour. This was 140% higher than the week before and an 848% increase in prices in August 2021, where they sat at around €40/MWh. Such staggering price hikes have had a huge impact on consumers. Rising energy prices in the UK have contributed to the biggest drop in living standards...

Siemens Smart Infrastructure and Shell Global Solutions International BV have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on developing low-carbon and highly efficient energy solutions that support the energy transition. The agreement will focus on projects that produce green hydrogen for industrial applications for Shell and its customers, as well as enhancing collaboration in biofuels and circular chemistry. Energy efficiency solutions Under the MoU, Siemens and Shell will cre...