What kind of power does it take to make a heavy-duty vehicle run? Take into consideration their high duty cycles and loaded vehicle weights of up to 42 tons in mainland Europe and 70 tons or more in Scandinavia. That is a lot of trucks. Diesel is still the dominant solution, as the ‘go-to’ fuel source for heavy-duty mobility with the most extensive infrastructure support. To date, alternative fuels have only played a niche role in heavy transportation – but that could change s...

The popularity of electric vehicles is growing fast and there are a number of key safety considerations during assembly. G4S is working with the UK operations of a major European car manufacturer, at the forefront of best practice in protecting assembly teams, in what is a relatively new area, with its own specific safety challenges. In 2021, one in ten cars bought in the United Kingdom (UK) were electric, according to the Society of Motoring Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), which us more than...

DENSO, a mobility supplier announced its global year-end financial results for its fiscal year ending March 31, 2022. DENSO’s product and technology developments, partnerships, and other actions and achievements continue to be guided by its Two Great Causes: Green – achieving carbon neutrality by 2035 – and Peace of Mind – creating a safe and seamless world for all. carbon neutrality, and digitalization "This fiscal year was a year of desperate efforts to rebuild...

RWE Renewables, one of the companies in offshore wind, will collaborate with Greater New Orleans, Inc. (GNO, Inc.) and GNOwind Alliance to build a program that will accelerate the engagement of Louisiana’s supply chain with offshore wind and benefit all Louisianians. Over the next six months, GNO, Inc. will host a series of informational workshops and company-specific interviews with the aim of identifying existing Louisiana companies with transferable capabilities for offshore wind. The...

The International Energy Agency (IEA) announces that a High-Level Advisory Group of global energy, climate and finance leaders, chaired by UN Special Envoy Michael R. Bloomberg, will provide strategic input for a forthcoming IEA special report that will explore how to put the world’s coal emissions on a path toward net zero amid the major energy security and affordability challenges that are affecting countries worldwide with particularly severe economic impacts in the developing world. I...

Schneider Electric, the pioneer in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, reports its first-quarter results for the start of the second year of its 2021-2025 sustainability program, confirming its continued focus on advancing towards its mid-term ESG commitments. With its Schneider Sustainability Impact (SSI) dashboard, the company tracks and discloses quarterly progress to meet concrete targets related to climate, resources, trust, equal opportunities, generations, and...

ABB E-mobility and Shell are taking their collaboration to the next level to bring flexible and quality charging to millions of electric vehicle drivers. As a globally renowned company in EV charging infrastructure, ABB E-mobility has signed a new global framework agreement with Shell, in order to supply ABB’s end-to-end portfolio of AC and DC charging stations. The portfolio ranges from the AC wallbox for home, work or retail installations to the Terra 360, which is ideal for refueling s...

Europe's largest PCB manufacturer, Würth Elektronik Circuit Board Technology, and Luminovo, the fastest growing software provider for the electronics industry, are connecting their products to enable their customers to adapt a much simpler, faster, and more accurate PCB prototype costing and quoting process. Using the Würth Elektronik API (application programming interface), Würth Elektronik’s PCB online shop gets directly connected to LumiQuote, Luminovo’s RfQ softwa...

Schneider Electric, the globally renowned company in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, and recognized as the world’s most sustainable corporation in 2021, by Corporate Knights Global 100 Index, is proud to announce the launch of EcoStruxure Energy Hub, a scalable, self-service IoT software as a service (SaaS) solution, which simplifies the management of digitalized electrical and energy systems. EcoStruxure Energy Hub is available for download in the App Stor...

DENSO Corporation, a global mobility supplier, and United Semiconductor Japan Co., Ltd. (USJC), a subsidiary of global semiconductor foundry - United Microelectronics Corporation, have announced that the companies have agreed to collaborate on the production of power semiconductors at USJC’s 300mm fab to serve the growing demand in the automotive market. IGBT line An insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) line will be installed at USJC’s wafer fab, which will be the first in Japa...

In only a few weeks’ time, RWE’s Inden Opencast Mine will no longer produce just lignite, but also solar power. After officially breaking ground, building work has commenced for a utility-scale photovoltaics system with integrated battery storage.  solar modules The solar modules will produce a peak electric output of 14.4 megawatts (MW). The “RWE indeland Solarpark” is the first of its kind in Europe and combines around 26,500 solar modules and a battery stor...

Orcan Energy is launching a new, particularly powerful solution for utilizing waste heat on board ships: the efficiency PACK M 150.200.  Included in the new product are Orcan's innovative ORC modules, specially designed for the marine market, which are now able to convert any waste heat from ships even more efficiently directly into electrical energy, thus reducing fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. efficiency For ship operators, this means an improvement in the EEDI (Energy Efficiency...

Würth Elektronik has expanded its WE-KI product family with further ceramic inductor variants in 0603 and 0805 packages. Now the portfolio includes over 300 models in four sizes from 0402 to 1008, optionally with ±2 and ±5 percent tolerance. With the new range of models, the available inductance values cover 1 to 1800 nH. The SMT-mountable ceramic inductors are aimed specifically at high-frequency applications. A WE-KI variant is often used in telecommunications and antenna m...

Würth Elektronik is pleased to announce the addition of new technology partnerships, including three Exclusive Formula Student teams and Team Sonnenwagen Aachen e. V. Intensive virtual seminars were held for two days for the individual development teams. The content of the exclusive seminars was specially adapted, in order to cater to the needs and requests of the respective teams. Through these seminars, the student developers received support from proven experts from Würth Elektroni...

Canyon State Electric has been named Arizona’s Best Place to Work and Best Electrical Contractor by Ranking Arizona this week in their 2022 edition magazine. This is the fifth year in a row that Canyon State Electric has earned the ‘Best Place to Work’ title. Canyon State Electric has a staff of nearly one hundred electricians, construction specialists, and virtual designers, who build dozens of structures throughout the valley each year. Renowned apprenticeship training prog...

United Electric Controls (UEC), a manufacturer of standard and custom-designed solutions for safety, alarm and emergency shutdown (ESD) functions for OEMs, process and discrete industries announces that they have joined the Federation of European Tank Storage Associations (FETSA) as a supplier partner.  United Electric Controls looks forward to contributing to discussions and working groups within FETSA and the broader European tank storage community. Liquid storage sector UEC will be pa...

Climate change is the greatest challenge facing this and future generations. According to the UN, it is the 'defining crisis of our time'. It is changing the environment, economies, and people’s lives in many different ways across the world. April 22, 2022, marks Earth Day, a day to show support for environmental protection. What is Earth Day? Earth Day started in 1970, bringing together separate environmentalist groups across America against pollution, deforestation, and animal extinct...

Applied Sensor Technologies (AST), a manufacturer of standard and custom-designed RTDs and thermocouples for OEMs, process, and discrete industries, announced that their UNI5 product line of terminal head-mounted transmitters can be configured via a smartphone or tablet using Near Field Communication (NFC®) or a Bluetooth® modem.  The app makes set-up and configuration quick and simple, but also field-capable. Configuration methods “When customers needed...

The International Energy Agency and the European Commission outlined a range of simple steps that people can take to reduce their energy use and save money and that would save enough oil to fill 120 super tankers and enough natural gas to heat almost 20 million homes if adopted by all EU citizens. The actions designed to help Ukraine by cutting Europe’s reliance on Russian fuel and also reducing greenhouse gas emissions were presented and discussed by IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol an...

United Electric Controls (UEC), a manufacturer of standard and custom-designed solutions for safety, alarm, and emergency shutdown (ESD) functions for OEMs, process, and discrete industries, announced that its ONE Series 1XSW electronic switches are certified SIL 2 / SIL 3 capable. SIL certification Global safety certification pioneer, exida, has certified United Electric Controls’ ONE Series for use in a SIL 2 environment, with systematic capability at SIL 3 level. Adding the ONE Serie...

Current trends raise concerns over energy security and emissions, with most nuclear power generation due to be phased out by 2025, calling for a major clean energy push. Despite notable success in expanding wind and other clean sources of power, Belgium still requires strong and sustained efforts to reduce its use of fossil fuels, cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and lower its reliance on energy imports, according to a new policy review by the International Energy Agency. Busy territorial wa...

Schumacher Electric Corporation, a global pioneer in the design, manufacture, and distribution of power conversion products announced Lincolnshire Management, Inc., a private equity firm focused on investing in and acquiring growing middle market companies, has completed the sale of Schumacher Electric to private investment firm Ripple Industries LLC.  The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The announcement was made via a live stream all-employee meeting where Mickey Le...

United Electric Controls (UE) is pleased to announce the release of its new company website. The website takes advantage of the latest in website design efficiencies and features while retaining a familiar feel for our longtime users. “We created the new website to provide visitors with the information they are looking for in an easy-to-reach and intuitive manner. We saved what worked best from the prior website and added cleaner paths to product information and sales inquiries. We thank...

BluE Nexus Corporation, AISIN Corporation, and DENSO Corporation announced that they have jointly developed an eAxle for Toyota’s new battery electric vehicle (BEV), bZ4X scheduled to be released on May 12, 2022. BluE’s first eAxle has achieved excellent dynamic performance and downsizing and helps vehicles increase their electric mileage. electric vehicles BluE was established in April 2019 to develop and sell electric systems and driving modules. By combining the strengths of A...

Infinitum Electric., creator of the breakthrough air-core motor, announced the expansion of its leadership team with the recent appointments of Jack Powell as Director of Operations, Michele Feria as Director of Marketing, Ramon Guitart as Director of Engineering, Ed Carignan as Director of PCB Engineering and Stephen Mathew as Director of Product Management. Infinitum Electric also announced it will move its headquarters to a new facility at the end of April to support the company’s rapi...

Canyon State Electric (CSE) has signed a contract with the Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health (ADOSH) to strengthen the company’s health and safety processes. The three-year agreement will seek to prevent job site hazards and start the process for OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) application. Implementation of a health management system To reach strategic safety goals, ADOSH is providing Canyon State Electric with training, workshops, webinars, and the implementat...

A new dynamic solution by E.ON is set to revolutionize European home developments by dynamically managing energy import and export and ensuring local network capacities are not exceeded. The “dynamic solution” developed by E.ON Group Innovation is a live, locally controlled, smart management system which balances electricity supply and demand on local networks using steering technology. The system maximizes the collective self-consumption of on-site renewable generation –...

RWE will play a key role in helping achieve net zero ambitions in the UK, one of its most strategically important markets. The release of the British Energy Security Strategy encourages further large-scale green energy investment and gives investors such as RWE the confidence to grow its business even further.  It is reassuring to see the commitment from Government to increasing targets and strengthening UK grid infrastructure, as this will be crucial to meet the UK’s net zero ambi...

Following an agreement on 1 April by IEA member countries for a new emergency release of oil stocks, the IEA Governing Board confirmed that the total amount committed to date stands at 120 million barrels, making it the largest stock release in IEA history. unanimous agreement  The unanimous agreement among IEA member countries on 1 April for a second collective action in 2022 came in response to the significant strains in oil markets resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In...

RWE has signed an agreement with the Danish grid operator - Energinet for its Thor Offshore Wind Farm. The agreement regulates the technical set-up, the power quality, and the cooperation between RWE and Energinet, at the point of connection (POC) in Volder Mark. With a planned capacity of around 1,000 megawatts (MW), Thor will be Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm to date. The wind farm will be built off the Danish west coast approximately 22 kilometers from the port of Thorsminde. 22...