Since the launch of Electric Ireland’s Home Electric+ smart meter price plans, they've helped thousands of customers see their electricity in a whole new light. Their Home Electric+ price plans will help customers to get the most out of everything that their smart meter has to offer. These smart meters are packed with new features designed to help customers manage their energy and save on bills like never before.  Using real-time monitors for energy use and wireless communication with Ele...

In 2021, gridX realized, probably more than in any year before it, that the energy industry is facing huge disruption, but also enormous opportunities. To survive in the dramatically changing landscape, stakeholders in the industry (and across many intertwined industries) have to shift focus, adapt business models, and adopt new technologies. No challenge, however, is greater than the need to decarbonize. Three-quarters of global emissions The energy industry has undergone more change in the...

E.ON will develop the energy concepts for the new Hansa Center Bottrop and a new data center on Ruhrallee in Essen. For both projects initiated by the real estate development company FAKT AG, E.ON will ensure a climate-friendly and low-CO2 energy generation and supply. The two companies are thus further expanding their energy partnership for sustainable urban development projects, which was already concluded in 2018. Both in Essen and Bottrop, the rebuilding works are scheduled to start in 2022...

In a bid to boost ‘green innovation’ across the UK and help businesses to reduce their carbon emissions, the UK Government has identified projects that are developing new technologies to increase energy efficiency, including providing cleaner ways to generate power and heat. Aceleron, which launched their unique circular economy lithium-ion battery earlier this year, has secured an investment of £927,426 to go towards ‘Project BATLAB’ as part of the Department for...

RWE Supply & Trading is going to market electricity produced in a new solar power plant, developed, built, and owned by the company Enerparc in Lauterbach, Germany. The plant with a total installed capacity of approximately 57 megawatts (MW) is currently being constructed on a 54-hectare site in the Vogelsbergkreis district (between Fulda and Giessen) and will consist of around 125,000 modules. Solar farms Solar farms make an important contribution towards the success of the energy transi...

RWE was awarded the accolade of Award of Excellence: Upstream Transformation at the 23rd annual S&P Global Platts Global Energy Awards last night. The event often described as the “Oscars” of energy, was held virtually and in-person at the Cipriani Wall Street in downtown Manhattan. energy transition RWE expanding its powerful green generation capacity to 50 gigawatts and investing €50 billion gross by 2030 The award recognizes and acknowledges the targets the company ha...

Just days after the conclusion of the COP 26 conference in Glasgow, DB Schenker, one of the logistics service providers and the pioneer in European land transport, and Volta Trucks, a disruptive full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer and services provider, have confirmed an intensive partnership and pre-order of nearly 1,500 full-electric Volta Zero vehicles – the most significant order for large zero-emission trucks in Europe to date. Cyrille Bonjean, Executive Vice President of L...

IEA Executive Director, Fatih Birol met with US Energy Secretary, Jennifer Granholm and other key leaders, during a three-day visit to Washington, in order to prepare for the Agency’s upcoming 2022 Ministerial Meeting and to discuss recent efforts to accelerate clean energy transitions. clean energy and climate The Ministerial will set IEA’s work as it strengthens its leadership role in clean energy transitions Energy Secretary - Jennifer Granholm will chair the IEA Ministerial on...

gridX introduces modules, combinable components that make the development of digital energy solutions on XENON even simpler and faster. Think of them as building blocks that users can combine in any way to build their very own application – without the need for any engineering resources. gridX unveils XENON Modules When they launched XENON back in early 2020, they wanted to make the development of energy management applications as simple as possible. Over the following months, however, t...

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...

The RSH2 series from RECOM - a series of compact, high efficiency, 2W DC/DC converters in a surface-mount format with wide input ranges. RECOM has added to its DC/DC converter range the RSH2 series - a fully regulated, low noise, isolated 2W DC/DC converter in a surface mount package. Surface mount package The series features nominal inputs of 3.3V (2.8-5.5V), 5V/9V (4.5-13.2V), 12V (9-18V), and 24V (18-36V) The series features nominal inputs of 3.3V (2.8-5.5V), 5V/9V (4.5-13.2V), 12V (9-18...

Siemens Limited has closed the acquisition of C&S Electric Limited after receiving the approval of the Competition Commission of India on August 20, 2020, and the successful completion of further closing steps.

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.

Luminus Devices is excited to introduce the CVM-45 COB arrays, specifically designed for studio and stage lighting, the first in a family of Robusto products. This new line from Luminus is able to deliver incredible 90% lumen maintenance and color stability beyond 36k hours, even at case temperatures as high as 120C. Brilliant Performance The first of the Robusto products, the CVM-45 COBs have outstanding color quality, high lumen intensity, and the industry’s best flux and color stabil...

Luminus Devices is excited to introduce the CVM-45 COB arrays, specifically designed for studio and stage lighting, the first in a family of Robusto™ products. This new line from Luminus can deliver incredible 90% lumen maintenance and color stability beyond 36k hours, even at case temperatures as high as 120C.  CVM-45 COBs The first of the Robusto products, the CVM-45 COBs have outstanding color quality, high lumen intensity, and the industry’s best flux and color stability...

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...

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...

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...

Greta Thunberg’s summary of COP26 was rather short and to the point: 'blah, blah, blah'. Beyond the empty words and promises, they try to dig a little deeper to see what was achieved at the latest Conference of the Parties and where the biggest areas for improvement lie. The 15-day Glasgow climate change summit brought together 40,000 government representatives, negotiators, businesses and citizens, with the aim of ramping up international efforts to tackle global warming. It was dubbed t...

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...

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...

Recently, the generator terminal sub-synchronous damping control (GTSDC) system supplied by NR Electric (NR) quickly identified and accurately suppressed the torsional vibration of the shafting of two 660MW units, controlled the torsional vibration amplitude within the safe range, and significantly improved the safe and stable operation level of large generator units. GTSDC system can identify various modes of torsional vibration of the unit shafting, inject sub / super synchronous current to t...

The global events industry presented a united pledge and roadmap for a net zero carbon future for events. Industry experts from venues, organizers, suppliers, and associations, were live on stage at the UN Climate Change Conference, COP26, in Glasgow, to represent and demonstrate the commitment of the events industry community to fight climate change. Progress in a sustainable way More than ever, post-pandemic, the fundamental need of societies and communities to come together is clear. Events...

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...

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...

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...

SemperPower has put its first large-scale energy storage project of 10MW in Terneuzen into operation. In addition, SemperPower is entering into a partnership with investor Stecc Capital to support further growth. green energy Semper stands for Always. Always Energy. That is the added value of large-scale energy storage. Its mission is to make green energy always available. SemperPower offers added value through a specialized and dedicated team that develops, realizes, and opera...

Everyone’s focus is on Net-Zero. Investors, customers, and governing bodies want lower emissions, but do users have a strategy in place to meet these ambitions? Making these changes is easier said than done, but Aggreko, extended its energy storage range to make it easier for construction projects to decarbonize without compromising on reliability. energy transition  Power requirements for sites often run at contrasting levels at different times of the day Aggreko designed and pr...