For the third year in a row, Schneider Electric’s ADMS also scored highest in all three use cases measured in the Gartner Critical Capabilities report London, UK, June 5, 2017 – Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS) are comprehensive, grid management platforms for electric power distribution and provide numerous capabilities to system operators. Those include monitoring and control, network performance analysis, incident management, and maintenance planning. These systems are key to electricity distributors’ strategies to boost grid efficiency, improve system reliability and resiliency, optimise asset management and network operations, and reduce…
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Prysmian Group and Nanocomp Technologies sign technology cooperation agreement
Aim is to fit nanotechnologies to cable systems for power grids, telecom networks and industrial applications Milan, 30 May 2017 – Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, and Nanocomp Technologies Inc., a world-leading U.S. company specialised in the production of carbon nanotube-based products and materials, have signed a technology cooperation agreement aimed at testing and improving the use of these technologies in power transmission, power distribution, telecom networks, control and instrumentation applications. The firms have also agreed to evaluate, at a later stage of…
Read MoreNatural Power appointed for Teevurcher Wind Farm
Leading renewable energy and infrastructure consultancy, Natural Power, has been appointed by NTR for the asset management of Teevurcher Wind Farm located in Co. Meath in the Republic of Ireland. Natural Power successfully tendered for the asset management contract, and will be providing a full range of operational services to NTR including site management, as well as high voltage system management, commercial back office, advanced performance engineering (including operational reporting and analysis), safety and environmental compliance, backed up by 24/7 ‘Control Centre’ support. The Teevurcher Wind Farm site is currently…
Read MoreNatural Power expands due diligence team in North America
Dr Christine Bordonaro has been appointed to the role of Principal Engineer on the due diligence team at Natural Power in North America and will be supporting the due diligence activities for both wind and solar. Christine Bordonaro brings 20 years of industry experience with 15 years in the solar industry. Most recently at DNV GL, she performed and managed technical due diligence reviews on commercial and utility scale solar projects across the US and Canada. She also conducted technical reviews and bankability studies for PV equipment, which consisted of…
Read MorePrysmian Group publishes its 2016 Sustainability Report
€1,710 million of economic value generated (+8%) Emissions of ozone-depleting substances decreased by 6% Human Rights Policy and whistleblowing programme launched Strategy redefined according to the UN sustainable development goals Scorecard setting 16 sustainability targets for 2020 prepared Milan, 11 April 2017 – Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has published its Sustainability Report for 2016. Among the main results achieved, mention should be made of the increase in economic value generated and distributed, which amounted to €1,710 million, up by 8% from €1,580…
Read MorePrysmian Group announces creation of a new regional Centre of Excellence in Brazil with investments of €45 million
Once fully operational, it will be a competitive hub to serve the local wire and cable market, and will increase product exports in the region Milan and São Paulo, 10 April 2017 – Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, announces the creation of its new global Centre of Excellence for Latin America. The project, launched worldwide this month and involving a total investment of €45 million, is the confirmation of the longstanding trust of the company in the region. After almost 100 years of…
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