Perovskite Solar Cells Get An Upgrade
HOUSTON – Rice University scientists believe they’ve overcome a major hurdle keeping perovskite-based solar cells from achieving mainstream use. Through the strategic use of the element indium to replace some of the lead in perovskites, Rice materials scientist Jun Lou and his colleagues at the Brown School of Engineering say they’re better able to engineer the defects in cesium-lead-iodide solar cells that affect the compound’s band gap, a critical property in solar cell efficiency. As a...
New Trimble R12 Receiver Boosts Surveying Performance
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today the Trimble® R12 GNSS receiver, a high-performance Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) surveying solution. Powered by an all new Real Time Kinematic (RTK) and Trimble RTX® positioning engine, it features ground-breaking Trimble ProPoint™ GNSS technology that empowers land surveyors to quickly measure more points in more places than ever before. Surveyors who work in challenging GNSS environments can use the Trimble R12 receiver to...
KAI Build and PARIC Corporation Break Ground on $21 Million Ameren Missouri Operating Center in North St. Louis
St. Louis, MO, Nov. 5, 2019- KAI Build and joint venture partner PARIC Corporation broke ground on Oct. 24 to start construction of Ameren Missouri’s new North Metro Operating Center at 4427 Geraldine Avenue. The $21 million facility will replace the adjacent Geraldine Operating Center which has employed hundreds of Ameren employees and provided electric operations to North St. Louis for over 60 years. The North Metro Operating Center will be a localized hub for up to 500 Ameren employees who...
Russelectric, A Siemens Business, Announces The Mission Critical Management Group Named Manufacturer’s Representative for Georgia
Hingham, MA – Russelectric, A Siemens Business, a leading manufacturer of power control systems and automatic transfer switches, announces that The Mission Critical Management (MCM) Group has been named Russelectric manufacturer’s representative for the state of Georgia. The Mission Critical Management Group is an electrical manufacturer’s representative specializing in the design, application, and deployment of emergency, power quality and power distribution equipment in the health care, ind...
Jordan Taylor Joins HNTB as Aviation Project Director in Arlington
ARLINGTON, Va. – Jordan Taylor, AIA, joined HNTB Corporation’s aviation architecture practice as project director and associate vice president in the firm’s growing Arlington office. His more than two decades of experience in the aviation planning, design and construction industry offers clients in the region and across the country an invaluable resource for development and delivery of complex aviation infrastructure projects, such as terminals, landside and airside support facilities, and criti...
World Energy Council Welcomes New CEO Dr Angela Wilkinson
Dr Angela Wilkinson has succeeded Dr Christoph Frei as the Secretary General and CEO of the World Energy Council as of November 1st, 2019. Dr Wilkinson previously served as the Senior Director, Scenarios and Business Insights, World Energy Council, leading the insights program and strengthening the Council’s drive to energy transition impact. She is one of the world’s leading global energy future experts, an experienced senior business executive, distinguished Oxford scholar and published au...
Epiroc to Digitalize Pucobre’s Mining Operations in Chile
Stockholm, Sweden: Epiroc AB, a leading productivity partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, has signed a collaboration agreement with Sociedad Punta del Cobre SA in Chile to digitalize the company’s mining operations, boosting productivity and safety. Epiroc is helping Sociedad Punta del Cobre, commonly known as Pucobre, to enhance its mining operations in the Atacama region in northern Chile. This collaboration includes defining new ways of working and new roles as well as...
Nexans is Preferred Power Export Cable Supplier for the Seagreen Offshore Find Farm Project
Nexans is SSE’s preferred supplier for the design, manufacture and installation of the onshore and offshore export cables for the 1,075MW Seagreen wind farm project Nexans will supply and install the three 65 km offshore export cables and three 20 km onshore export cables for the project Paris La Défense, November 4, 2019 – Nexans has been appointed by SSE as the preferred supplier to design, manufacture and install the onshore and offshore export cables for the Phase 1 development...
PowerCell to Present New Version of MS-100 Fuel Cell System for Electrification on Land and at Sea
PowerCell Sweden AB (publ) has developed a new and improved version of its MS-100 fuel cell system which will be presented at the Fuel Cell Seminar & Energy Exposition in California on November 5th. The new MS-100 is 30 percent more compact and has improved operating life time as well as robustness for demanding applications on land and at sea. The English version is an in house-translation. In case of any discrepancy, the Swedish text will prevail. The MS-100 fuel cell system has been de...
IDOT receives federal funds to improve alternative fuel vehicle infrastructure on I-80 .
The Illinois Department of Transportation today announced that Illinois is receiving federal funds to boost infrastructure for alternative fuel vehicles on Interstate 80. The grant, which will target electric vehicles and vehiclesthat run on natural gas, is part of a larger effort to build a mid-America alternative fuel corridor spanning six states. "These improvements will help make interstate travel on alternative fuel a reality," said Acting Illinois Transportation Secretary Omer Osman. "B...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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