Environment Energy 

Asahi Kasei to start providing carbon footprint data for each product of performance resins

Visualization of Greenhouse Gas emissions in the supply chain through joint development with NTT DATA Düsseldorf, 27 April 2022 – Asahi Kasei has established a platform (the Platform) jointly with NTT DATA Corp. to grasp the amount of GHG emissions and calculate the carbon footprint of products (CFP)* for each grade of performance plastics used as molding material for automotive parts, consumer electronics, etc. The applicable performance plastic products are Leona™, Tenac™, Tenac™-C, Xyron™, and Thermylene®. Use of the Platform began in April 2022, and CFP data provision to customers…

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For more efficiency and transparency

meteocontrol and GP JOULE SERVICE cooperate on remote monitoring software Augsburg/Germany, March 22nd, 2022. GP JOULE SERVICE is now using the VCOM Cloud monitoring tool from meteocontrol in its solar control room. For this purpose, the technical and commercial operations manager for megawatt-class wind and PV plants in Germany and Europe has migrated its total portfolio of around 500 MWp to the VCOM Cloud, thus digitizing its O&M processes. The cooperation also includes a comprehensive maintenance management system (CMMS) as well as the joint further development of the VCOM platform…

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Environment Energy 

Monitoring of photovoltaic systems: Celsia S.A. opts for meteocontrol

Colombian utility monitors entire PV plant portfolio in Colombia and Central America with meteocontrol’s VCOM Cloud solution Augsburg/Medellín (Colombia), 10.03.2022 – With immediate effect, meteocontrol GmbH and Celsia S.A. are entering into a cooperation with Colombia and the whole of Central America: In future, the Colombian energy supply company will monitor its entire portfolio of photovoltaic plants with meteocontrol’s VCOM Cloud system. The system also centralizes and facilitates control, maintenance and repair tasks. The partnership is part of meteocontrol’s internationalization strategy. With this, the leading provider of independent PV monitoring…

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Environment Energy 

Proton Motor supplies Fincantieri with new fuel cell system „HyShip 72“

| Innovative 142 kW fuel cell solution powers emission-free ZEUS ship type. | | After technical acceptance and official approval, high-tech product is delivered. | Puchheim near Munich, January 26, 2022 – Maritime mobility of the future navigates with emission-free hydrogen fuel cell drive on board: The Bavarian hydrogen fuel cell specialist „Proton Motor Fuel Cell GmbH“ ( www.proton-motor.de) is now successfully delivering its high-tech innovation „HyShip 72“. For the largest European shipbuilding group „Fincantieri S.p.A.“, based in Trieste, two fully redundant „HyShip 72“ product designs were primarily adapted for…

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Environment Energy 

Neutrinovoltaic Technology and the energy crisis

The worldwide situation has already escalated to the point that the world is now in a global struggle, and there is legitimate anxiety that we are all on the edge of large-scale conflicts. However, there is a detrimental tendency in the modern world in which non-professionals with insufficient education, experience, and training are assuming positions of authority. Politicians‘ lack of professionalism, lack of experience in public administration, and ability to build relationships with neighbors and the surrounding world drives the world to the brink of self-destruction. Democracy should be more…

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MWM introduces generator sets capable of 25% hydrogen blends

MWM will launch commercially available power generation solutions from 400 kW to 4.5 MW that can be configured to operate on natural gas blended with up to 25% hydrogen. MWM will begin a staged roll-out of commercially available MWM generator sets configured to enable operation on natural gas blended with up to 25% hydrogen for continuous, prime, and load management applications. The offer applies to the following series: TCG 3016, TCG 3020, TCG 2032 and TCG 2032B. Additionally, the company will offer retrofit kits that provide hydrogen blending capabilities up…

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Environment Energy 

Stijn Stevens is the new CTO at meteocontrol

Stijn Stevens presents himself as new CTO of meteocontrol GmbH at the Forum Neue Energiewelt and Intersolar 2021 Augsburg, 20th of September 2021 – With Stijn Stevens, meteocontrol GmbH has filled the position of Chief Technical Officer (CTO) and opened a new office in Berlin. Since the 1st of July 2021, the native Belgian has been driving the technical development of the company’s monitoring and control systems forward. Combining renewable energy sources and storage technologies in virtual power plants for achieving a maximum performance of mixed plant portfolios is one…

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Environment Energy 

Innovative „GKN Hydrogen“ system ensures self-sufficient energy supply: 17 orders for Proton Motor’s „Module S8“ within three years

Fifth order from newly launched GKN business unit for Proton Motor standard module for integration into hydrogen storage system based on green metal hydride technology. Puchheim near Munich, July 14, 2021 – The demand for decentralized energy storage systems is currently rising sharply. Hydrogen-based stationary solutions have an advantage over batteries. In July 2019, the top-class pilot project „Knappenhaus“ was officially inaugurated in Kasern, the northern most mountain village in South Tyrol. It has passed the previous seasonal challenges with flying colors. Originally designed 500 years ago as a simple…

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Environment Energy 

New CEO at the VSB Group

Frederic Lanoe takes over management VSB, the international project developer for wind energy and photovoltaics, has announced changes at the executive level: as of 1 June 2021, Frederic Lanoe, an internationally experienced manager from the renewable energy sector, will now lead the company as CEO. Following the VSB Group“s strong focus on internationalisation, the company is also breaking new ground at the top management level: The Group warmly welcomes Frederic Lanoe as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). „In Frederic Lanoe, we are pleased to have gained an industry great and a…

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Environment Energy 

Asahi Kasei renews membership in Business Call to Action

Successful business model and sustainable development Düsseldorf, May 3, 2021 – Asahi Kasei renewed its membership in the Business Call to Action (BCtA) led by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in February 2021 with businesses in India for Bemberg™ regenerated cellulose fiber (cupro) and Microza™ polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) hollow-fiber membrane. Since joining BCtA in 2016, Asahi Kasei“s support for stakeholders in the Bemberg™ value chain in India from raw material to garment as well as the collaboration with academia have been highly evaluated as a business model combining commercial…

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