RWE and Novatek have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate on the supply of low-carbon and carbon-free fuels. The MoU envisages the supply of low-carbon ammonia and hydrogen by Novatek to RWE. Novatek, the largest independent producer of natural gas in Russia, is conducting a pre-Front End Engineering Design (FEED) study for blue ammonia and hydrogen production in the Yamal region, which will include carbon capture and storage (CCS) facilities. The fuel is to be produced at Novat...

The IEA will host a platform through which 16 governments will share best practices on policy, regulations and implementation. The Energy Efficiency Hub, a global platform for collaboration aimed at delivering the social, economic, and environmental benefits of more efficient use of energy, was launched on 1 December 2021, at an event hosted by the International Energy Agency in Paris, France.   The Hub’s initial 16 members are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, D...

E.ON has transferred its remaining 20 percent stake in the UK offshore wind farm Rampion to RWE. Offshore wind farm As part of the comprehensive transaction with RWE, a 30.1 percent stake had already been transferred to RWE in 2019. The offshore wind farm is already operated by RWE. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2021. Confidentiality was agreed on the purchase price. Rampion is located 13 kilometers off the coast of Sussex in the English Channel. The wind farm with...

Volta Trucks, the pioneering and disruptive full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer and services provider, has confirmed that its forthcoming 7.5- and 12-ton variants have entered the engineering phase of development, with a single design concept already selected. The 7.5- and 12-ton Volta Zeros have been designed by Volta Trucks’ partner, Astheimer Design in Warwick, UK. The new full-electric vehicles will bear a close but evolutionary visual relationship to the larger 16-ton ...

The Excela product can be ordered with an optional protective display cover. This accessory can be purchased as an option (M323) together with the Excela product, or as a standalone component (P/N 6361-835). The protective cover is intended to shield the Excela display from substance splashes and scratches. It is made out of thermoplastic and can be easily installed over/removed from the front of the Excela product display.

RWE has signed a fifteen-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with EDF, which will purchase the renewable electricity from Sofia Offshore Wind Farm, which is set for full generation in 2026. wind energy In what represents RWE and EDF’s largest renewable energy agreement to date, EDF will offtake all the wind energy that Sofia will produce, expected to be approximately 6.5 terawatt hours (TWh) each year. This equates to almost half of the electricity used in the North East of England...

With the appointment of the Advisory Board, E.ON underscores the strengthening and focus of the Corporate Foundation on supporting projects that accompany and promote the transformation of business and society towards greater sustainability and climate protection. In the future, a committee of renowned experts from the fields of science, journalism, and business will accompany the work of the foundation and decide on new projects and partnerships. Supporting scientific projects E.ON has been...

Shanghai Electric Science and Technology Month & Summit for Innovation and Zero Carbon Driven Development with the theme of “Intelligent Manufacturing Upgrade, Innovation Empowerment” was held in the Shanghai Science Hall. The opening ceremony Shanghai Electric signed a framework agreement on school-enterprise cooperation Li Ruxin and Wu Jianyong delivered speeches at the opening ceremony. Sun Yuhan, Distinguished Professor of ShanghaiTech University and Chief Scientist of Ins...

Global building materials supplier - CEMEX has made a further advancement in its efforts to achieve carbon neutrality at its Rüdersdorf cement plant by 2030. the waste heat recovery project The latest partnership in the Carbon Neutral Alliance will see the implementation of a waste heat recovery system at the site in Germany. This waste heat recovery project, conducted in partnership with Orcan Energy, is a milestone on the road to climate neutrality, as it will contribute significantly...

“Overall, this is an encouraging outcome. The coalition agreement can give the energy transition a considerable boost. Especially due to the fact that specific measures will be paired with ambitious targets. The transformation of our industrial nation requires decisiveness and pragmatism." He adds, "Therefore, in addition to the energy policy stipulations, I particularly welcome the coalition’s plan to speak in the first half of 2022 to industry and other social stakeholders about...

RWE has officially launched the Community Benefit Fund for its Limondale Solar Farm. Located about 14 km from Balranald, this large-scale solar farm is capable of generating enough electricity to power the equivalent of up to 105,000 homes each year. The fund will provide $40,000 per year to good causes within the Balranald Shire. Recently, Limondale Solar Farm reached full capacity-an important milestone as the project continues to transition to the operations and maintenance phase. “Thi...

E.ON CEO Leonhard Birnbaum, “The decarbonization of Europe’s economies places the energy industry at the threshold of a key decade of growth.” “Having roughly 50 million customers in Europe and the continent’s biggest distribution network - which is the backbone of this transition - positions E.ON superbly to seize this opportunity. We can therefore today issue a long-term forecast for E.ON that is characterized by continual, profitable growth.” Increas...

Shanghai Electric launched the company’s “One File for One Generator” online accurate service platform at a press conference entitled “create a shared future with e-service”. The accurate service platform is intended for the tailored maintenance service for power units, which is an online project of Shanghai Electric’s “e-service” website in the field of accurate marketing service.  Online accurate service The online accurate service can re...

The organizations behind Project Haldane, will develop an industrial-scale offshore green hydrogen production concept, through the deployment of an electrolyzer system on a converted jack-up rig. Reliable winds far out in the North Sea are an exceptional renewable resource, yet remote locations create challenges around grid connectivity and intermittency of supply. This unique, flexible solution will solve this issue by providing an off-take for the electricity produced in the immediate vicinit...

RECOM is releasing two new 5W, board-mount AC/DC product ranges with a choice of industry-standard sizes and pin-outs, at competitive prices. The RAC05E-K series is compatible with existing 3W part footprints and the RAC05E-KT series is in the ‘EI30’ transformer-pack style. Both series achieve 5W in the same footprint as other 3W parts on the market. The input range for both is 90-264VAC (130-370VDC) and the outputs available are 4, 5, 12, 15, and 24V. Outputs are semi-regulated but...

RWE has successfully issued a further green bond with a total volume of €1.35 billion. The bond was issued in two tranches of €0.75 billion with a seven-year tenor and €0.6 billion with a twelve-year tenor respectively. For the first tranche, the yield-to-maturity amounts to 0.528%, based on a coupon of 0.5% p.a. and an issuance price of 99.808%.  For the second tranche, the yield-to-maturity amounts to 1.077 %, based on a coupon of 1.0% p.a. and an issuance price of 99.138%...

Electric vehicle (EV) adoption is on the rise nationwide and Ameren Missouri’s Charge Ahead program has provided US$ 1 million in incentives, since the program began to help local businesses and public facilities make EV charging more widely available for drivers. Another US$ 5 million is still available, but businesses and communities only have until the end of 2022 to partner with Ameren Missouri and take advantage of these financial incentives. Ameren Missouri’s Charge Ahead pro...

Manufacturers of power supplies have recently started to offer interfaces for controlling and monitoring their power supplies. This article highlights the reasons for this and the prospects for circuit designers. RECOM thinks of applications that demand high power from the supply, but only for a comparably short duty cycle. Thus the average power required is significantly lower.  applications Such applications could be 3D printers, laser cutting, or a robotic arm that needs to be moved q...

The smart grid company, gridX, today announces cooperation with Westnetz, a Dortmund-based distribution system operator for electricity and gas. The wholly owned subsidiary of the energy company Westenergie has chosen gridX's energy management solutions to further advance the future project ‘Grid Operation 4.0’. Grid Operation 4.0 project As part of the ‘Grid Operation 4.0’ project, Westnetz is equipping 100 local grids with smart metering technology and linking them t...

RECOM now offers through-hole, 1/32nd brick-footprint, non-isolated DC/DCs-the RPMA-4.5 and RPMA-8.0, with 4.5 A and 8 A output ratings respectively. Each part has a wide 9-53 V input and trimmable, fully regulated output from 5-30 V (RPMA-4.5) or 3.3-16.5 V (RPMA-8.0).  The cost-effective parts feature very high efficiency, peaking at 98%, allowing fully-rated load operation to +60°C with convection cooling only and to +85°C with derating/airflow, depending on input/output conditi...

For the past four years, Aggreko has supported Warwick-based children’s charity Molly Olly’s by raising funds at its annual charity golf day.  At the event, more than £22,000 was raised. The Charity helps support children with terminal or life-limiting illnesses and their families and was set up by Rachel and Tim Ollerenshaw in 2011 after their daughter Molly died from rare kidney cancer. signed golf bags Together the bags raised £500 for Molly Olly’s, the averag...

As the adoption of electric cars proliferates throughout Europe, electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions are entering the next phase of development. Beyond building a widespread network of charging stations, and ensuring they are supplied with green energy, ongoing innovation in the area of smart charging solutions is vital to alleviate persistent concerns and truly advance the mobility transition.  EV Readiness Client Survey In Germany, new EV registrations have increased by a factor o...

Shanghai Electric Power Transmission & Distribution Group, Wind Power Group, and Siemens Energy signed a letter of intent for cooperation in the introduction, localization, application, and promotion of technologies for environmentally friendly high-voltage electrical equipment. These three parties will further deepen their partnership and carry out extensive cooperation in the fields of renewable energy and the new generation of environmentally friendly power equipment. A positive respons...

GlobalLogic Inc., a Hitachi Group company and pioneer in Digital Engineering, announced the availability of its enhanced Microservices Accelerator, a comprehensive and pluggable digital microservices development platform. Developed by GlobalLogic, this technology is used in conjunction with the company’s Digital Engineering services to greatly simplify and accelerate the design, configuration, and deployment of Microservices platforms – which are the most commonly deployed architect...

The National Energy Administration and China Electricity Council jointly held a conference in Beijing to release the 2020 electricity reliability indices for three kinds of power units. Shanghai Electric’s units kept their position in terms of equivalent unplanned outage hours. Shanghai Electric outperformed Shanghai Electric’s units obviously outperformed its competitors across the three categories According to the data, with an annual average of 18.23 equivalent unplanned outag...

On October 29, 2021, after more than 50 hours of continuous test, the DC de-icing equipment of 500kV Tianxing intelligent substation successfully completed the current raising operation with the line. NR has added another high-capacity DC de-icier in China Southern Power Grid. 500kV Tianxing Substation Tianxing substation is the second 500kV smart station of Yunnan power grid. It was put into operation in July 2021. The rated capacity of the de-icing equipment is 103MW and the rated output DC...

Effective maintenance of complex industrial processes is vital to keep productivity up and costs down. Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) is an alternative to regular maintenance scheduling that uses data from sensors in the Industrial Internet of Things to detect performance deterioration trends before a failure occurs.  This article discusses the subject and suggests suitable power supply modules for the sensor nodes. little manual intervention The developed world is moving towards high...

Katja Wünschel, COO Wind Onshore & Solar PV Europe & APAC of RWE Renewables, stated “Spain is one of our core markets, which offers good wind and especially solar locations. The country is seeing continued expansion of renewables and we are happy to contribute to the energy transition in Spain with our two new ground-mounted solar farms.” Katja Wünschel adds, “Once completed in 2022, these projects will further strengthen our already strong renewables footpr...

Cuvée Systems announces its DRW-NLT series of compact LED drivers that offers superior performance for small to medium sized lighting fixtures, such as down lights, track lights, spot lights and wall sconces. This new series is suitable for dry or damp locations, is incredibly compact in size, offers a world class flicker-free design ensuring the percent flicker is less than 3% over the entire dimming range, and includes Cuvée Systems’ GloStart feature, which turns the ligh...

Aggreko, the global provider of mobile, modular energy solutions, has conducted an industry-wide survey with 859 participants to understand what the energy market will look like in the next decade. Survey details  The survey, conducted in October 2021, highlights that the shift to renewables will be a transition rather than an overnight change, with 83% of respondents believing fossil fuels will still have a role to play in the energy mix for the next 10 years. These fuels will work alon...