#Germany


New radial fan developed with bionic profile blades

Germany, Künzelsau, Baden-Württemberg: The fan manufacturer Ziehl-Abegg has developed a new generation of radial fans drawing on the knowledge gained from nature, and allowing for energy savings of up to ten percent.

MESSKO’s mobile oil lab gains accreditation

Germany, Oberursel: MESSKO® PrimeLab Mobile oil laboratory, launched in mid-2015, has gained accreditation in accordance with DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005 undertaken by the German national accreditation body DAkkS.

$35M HVDC order awarded to connect European power grids

Germany: Via Siemens AG, Siemens Transformers, has received an order for the Nemo Link, a 140-kilometer HVDC link between Richborough, UK and Zeebrugge, Belgium from National Grid in the U.K. and Elia Group in Belgium.

Siemens launches new solution for connecting offshore wind plants

Germany, Bremerhaven: Siemens has introduced a new solution for connecting offshore wind turbines to the grid, a direct-current technology enabling a cost-efficient and simplified connection of offshore wind power plants far from the coast.

PFISTERER acquires LAPP Insulators Holding

Germany, Winterbach/Wunsiedel: The PFISTERER Group, a specialist supplier and systems provider for energy infrastructure, has strengthened its position in the global market for high voltage insulators with the acquisition of all the shares in LAPP Insulators Holding from Quadriga Capital.

Green mobile microgrid system launched

Germany, Winterbach: Pfisterer, a German provider of system and component solutions in energy transmission, has launched a new mobile energy system which allows robust and scalable power grids to be created from renewable sources of energy.

MR invests €24M into new logistics centre

Germany, Regensburg: Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen (MR), a Germany-based company active in power engineering, has made a €24 million investment into the new material management centre in Haslbach.

Röchling appoints new member of management board

Germany, Mannheim: Röchling Engineering Plastics, a German manufacturer of transformer insulation and construction materials, is changing the organisation and management of the High-Performance Plastics division, looking to improve organization and secure global growth.

Reinhausen Mexico officially opened

Mexico, Queretaro: Last month the German power engineering company Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen (MR) officially opened Reinhausen México S. de R.L. de C.V (RMX) in Querétaro, in north-central Mexico.

Alstom unveils first HV equipment designed to use g3

Germany, Hannover: Alstom will present two first high-voltage applications using g3 (green gas for grid), a gas mixture that can replace SF6 for high voltage air-insulated or gas-insulated switchgear, at the 2015 Hanover Messe.

MR launches new motor-drive unit

Germany, Regensburg: Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen (MR) has launched a new solution for reliable operation of the tap changer, TAPMOTION® ED ISM® motor-drive unit.

Unique MR on-load tap-changer test centre gets accredited

Germany, Regensburg: The Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen’s (MR) on-load tap-changer test centre in Regensburg has been certified by Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle (DAkkS) in accordance with the standard DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005.