Maybank and Gentari announced a significant step towards a more sustainable future with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore collaboration in green mobility and renewable energy solutions. This marks Gentari’s first collaboration with a financial institution, signifying an aligned commitment with Maybank to drive sustainable solutions adoption in the market. Maybank’s sustainability goals Maybank has surpassed its sustainable financing targets, mobilising...

Verizon has announced that Verizon Innovative Learning, the company’s award-winning education initiative focused on supporting digital equity and inclusion for students nationwide, has reached seven million students with digital skills training. According to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), there are still nearly 17 million school children in the U.S. that lack internet access at home. That’s why, over a decade ago, Verizon Innovative Learning was launched to address bar...

Intelligent power management company - Eaton has again been recognized by Ethisphere, a global major in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, as one of the 2024 World’s Most Ethical Companies. Grounded in Ethisphere’s proprietary Ethics Quotient®, the World’s Most Ethical Companies assessment process includes more than 200 questions on culture, environmental and social practices, ethics and compliance activities, governance, diversity and init...

RES, the world's largest independent renewable energy company, has completed the acquisition of Ingeteam's renewable O&M services division. The agreement expands RES' operations to 24 markets and makes it the world's largest independent provider of renewable energy services. Adolfo Rebollo, CEO of Ingeteam, stated: “Our decision to divest our O&M Renewable Services division enables Ingeteam to further focus and invest on our core business area of developing Power Conversion Techno...

Ingeteam has supplied its technology for the largest renewable hydrogen production plant in operation in North America. Namely the SoHyCal project, promoted by H2B2 Electrolysis Technologies in Fresno County, California, to serve public hydrogen refueling stations in the San Joaquin Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area. PEM electrolysis technology In particular, this 100% renewable hydrogen production plant employs PEM electrolysis technology. The electrolyzer will receive direct current fro...

The local community of Bruschied is ensuring greater safety on the roads with the help of Westenergie AG. Road safety is an important building block for increasing road safety. The infrastructure provider - Westenergie is, therefore, supporting the local community financially in this project with the purchase of three new speed measuring systems. speed measuring systems Two of the systems are located at the entrances to the town and one system is in the Rudolfshaus district. The speed measuri...

In addition to the perks of membership, CORE members have access to free account services and programs that provide additional control, choice and convenience. Advance pay Choose when, the amount, and how they pre-pay toward the credit balance. There are no deposits, no monthly bills and no due dates. Members who use Advance Pay receive alerts when their balance runs low. They can easily add to the balance 24/7 via SmartHub, by calling (844) 937-1643, or with cash at participating retail...

In the recent vote, the electorate of the municipality of Oberiberg in the canton of Schwyz expressed their opposition to the planned alpine solar project - Alpin Solar Ybrig. Axpo and the local energy provider - EWS AG are disappointed about their decision. Due to the negative result of the vote, the project will not be pursued further. However, both companies remain firmly committed to developing further projects in the field of renewable energy. Alpin Solar Ybrig solar project opposed Axpo...

The Nautical SUNRISE project is set to support the world's largest Offshore Floating Solar power installation. The € 8.4 million project, supported by € 6.8 million of the Horizon Europe program, kicked off in December 2023 to execute research and development on offshore floating solar (OFS) systems and its components. The outcomes of the project will enable the large-scale deployment and commercialization of OFS systems in the future, both as standalone systems and integrated in...

envelio are excited to announce that envelio’s Co-Founder - Philipp Erlinghagen is now part of the expert group, ‘Study on Grid State Assessment’ initiated by the Forum for Grid Technology/Grid Operation of the German Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (in German: VDE). ‘Study on Grid State Assessment’ In his expert role, Philipp will play a significant role in developing concrete recommendations on how to standardize the perform...

Cables pioneer - AEI Cables is highlighting the need for those in the electrical supply chain to gather crucial data required under the new Building Safety Act. The Act – introduced in October 2023 – makes new requirements for ‘higher-risk buildings’, which are those deemed to be at least 18 meters in height or at least seven storeys containing at least two residential units. Fire services in firefighting The systems in these buildings powered by electrical cables &nda...

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that it will begin shipping samples of its new 6.5W silicon radio-frequency (RF) high-power metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) for use in RF high-power amplifiers of commercial handheld two-way radios (walkie-talkies) on February 28. The model, which achieves an industry-pioneering 6.5W output power from a 3.6V single-cell lithium-ion battery, is expected to extend the range and reduce the power consumption of commercial radio eq...

Clean energy solutions provider Gentari Sdn Bhd (Gentari) through its subsidiary Gentari Hydrogen Sdn Bhd, has signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with SEDC Energy Sdn Bhd (SEDCE), a subsidiary of the Sarawak Economic Development Corporation, for the joint development of a centralized hydrogen production hub in Sarawak’s Bintulu, to be known as the Sarawak H2 Hub. The document exchange was witnessed at the Borneo Energy Transition Conference (BETC2024) in Kuching, by the Premier of Sarawak...

Corn ethanol is a clean energy source that, compared to traditional fossil fuels, minimizes the emission of greenhouse gases. Besides that, it has several applications, the most common is its use as a biofuel and its frequent presence in the food and beverage, chemical, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics industries. To meet the requirements of this market, WEG offers a wide range of solutions in electrical equipment, automation and paintings. In this way, WEG supplied a generator for the plant expan...

Ameren Missouri, a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation, filed its updated Smart Energy Plan with the Missouri Public Service Commission. The $12.4 billion, five-year investment plan is designed to modernize infrastructure and enhance grid reliability and flexibility. Ameren Missouri is investing in smart technology, stronger poles, upgraded power lines and other infrastructure to replace aging equipment, reduce outages and respond faster when they do occur. These investments also build and bolster...

MingYang Smart Energy and the UK Department for International Trade (DIT) announced that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate to realize an investment by MingYang into the UK’s offshore wind sector. Qiying Zhang, President and CTO of MingYang, and John Edwards, Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner to China of DIT, jointly signed the MoU online. final investment agreement The agreement will focus on MingYang investing in a blade manufacturing factory,...

The Zhuhai GuishanOffshore Project is the first green wind power demonstration project in China that uses jacket foundations, consisting of 27 units of My SE3.0-112anti-typhoon wind turbines. noise performance The Project successfully withstood the test of Super Typhoon Mangkhut with an extreme speed of 70 m/s. The wind farm is located at Lingdingyang Bay in Zhuhai, and its straight-way distance to the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is only about 10 km. This model of wind turbines has excellen...

MingYang Smart Energy has signed an agreement with the worldwide pioneering certification body DNV GL to conduct Type Certification for its new MySE11-203 offshore wind turbine. The virtual signing ceremony took place on 28th September 2020. Qiying Zhang, Executive President of MingYang, Kim Mørk, Executive Vice President of Renewables Certification of DNV GL, and other representatives from the two sides attended the signing ceremony. design of the MySE platform  MingYang’s...

Mingyang Smart Energy has signed a localization cooperation agreement with Unison Ltd., a South Korean wind turbine manufacturer and wind power company in Zhongshan, Guangdong. The agreement involves an investment of 400 billion Korean won, approximately 2 billion RMB, from Mingyang Smart Energy to promote its business in Korea and globally. Zhang Qiying, President and Chief Technology Officer of Mingyang Smart Energy, and Park Won-seo, CEO of Unison, signed the agreement while Zhang Chuanwei,...

TL Aerotek was looking for an automated solution to keep up with accelerating demand and found success using Mitsubishi Electric Automation’s plug-and-play machine tending solution, LoadMate Plus™. Expand Machinery TL Aerotek, a small-job milling shop customer, experienced a large influx of orders. To keep up with demand, they sought a solution that would alleviate labor uncertainty and help to grow the business. TL Aerotek turned to their long-time supplier of milling machines fo...

The reliability of CORE’s electric service - already better than the industry average - improved in 2023. Their System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI), or average outage duration in minutes for each member served, decreased from 92 minutes in 2022 to 63 minutes in 2023 — an improvement of nearly 32%. System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI) CORE’s SAIDI is about half the five-year national average of approximately 120 minutes CORE’s SAIDI is abou...

Schneider Electric, the pioneer in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, announces that it has committed to invest in a portfolio of Texas-based clean energy projects utilizing a Tax Credit Transfer Agreement (TCTA) for solar and battery storage systems developed, built, and operated by ENGIE North America (ENGIE). The contracted projects are expected to come online throughout 2024 and will enable Schneider Electric to get closer to its 100% renewable energy goal in th...

Clean energy solutions provider Gentari Sdn Bhd through its subsidiary Gentari Green Mobility Sdn Bhd (Gentari) has launched Gentari Go, a customer experience platform offering an integrated sustainable lifestyle by unifying Gentari’s clean energy ecosystem. Currently featuring green mobility and renewable energy solutions, Gentari Go is now activated in Malaysia with a regional rollout planned for Southeast Asia and India in 2024. Home energy solutions Gentari Go is designed to be the...

With WEG's solutions, the customer could save up to 500 liters of water per minute, which in a year would be enough to fill more than 100 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Increasing productivity with minimal environmental impact has been one of the industry's main challenges. Always mindful of the needs of each industry and recognized worldwide for the quality of its products and services, WEG was selected to supply another G3 Full planetary gearbox with an air-oil cooled system to a company in th...

Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc.’s new teach pendant, R86T6, evolved from the conventional, high-performance teach pendant to deliver customizable and intuitive functions to OEMs and end users alike. The R86TB is designed with a 10.1-inch high-definition display so that any function can be easily visible and accessed from the customizable HOME screen or page list.  Features of R86TB Teach Pendant Major functions of MELSOFT RT ToolBox 3, Mitsubishi Electric’s PC-based robo...

Developer of maritime battery systems - EST-Floattech receives an investment of 4 million euros from the Energy Transition Fund Rotterdam and existing shareholders Rotterdam Port Fund, PDENH, Ponooc, and Yard Energy. This was announced by Chantal Zeegers, the Alderman for Climate, Building, and Housing in Rotterdam. The ‘Energietransitiefonds Rotterdam’ is the investment fund of the municipality of Rotterdam.  Lithium-ion battery systems EST-Floattech develops and produces hi...

Axpo is joining a large-scale green hydrogen project in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Using existing industrial facilities in Corfinio, Axpo is partnering with Infinite Green Energy (IGE), which initiated the project, to deliver up to 12 tonnes of hydrogen a day to help decarbonize customers’ operations in so-called ‘hard-to-abate’ industrial and transportation sectors. The project includes a 30MW electrolyzer powered by a 45MWp solar plant, making it one of the largest hydrog...

The use of eBikes helps to reduce CO2 emissions but is not possible without a comprehensive and user-friendly charging infrastructure. This is because eBike riders need to be able to get from A to B reliably. Municipalities play a central role in this. For this reason, Westenergie AG is committed to expanding the public charging infrastructure in its partner municipalities and, together with the city of Marl, has installed a new Westenergie eBike charging station at the central depot, ZBH, Zech...

Arch, a data intelligence platform for HVAC contractors, announced that it has raised $6.2 million in seed funding from Gigascale Capital, Coatue, Floodgate, ReGen Ventures, and MCJ Collective. The investment comes as a fast-growing majority of Americans want to electrify their homes amid a shortage of installers and high upfront costs. Arch aims to ease both by transforming the sales process and making heat pumps the obvious financial and performance choice for contractors and homeowners....

Lincoln Electric® introduces the Sprinter™ 180Si stick welder. This versatile machine delivers superior arc performance for stick welding combined with advanced TIG functionality, all wrapped up in a portable, lightweight package, thanks to the newest inverter technology. The 180Si is designed with a maximum output of 180 amps to enable exceptional stick welding quality. Operators can weld up to 5/32-inch electrodes (6010/7018), and can even choose a dedicated 6010 mode for cellulos...