Philippe Baptiste Appointed Senior Vice President, Scientific Development at Total

by Timothy Reeder | Feb 9, 2016 | News

Philippe Baptiste has been appointed Senior Vice President, Scientific Development at Total, effective February 1, 2016. Philippe Baptiste began his career at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in 1999. He then joined IBM’s research team...

Cooperation between Gazprom and KAMAZ successfully developing

by Timothy Reeder | Feb 8, 2016 | News

The Gazprom headquarters hosted recently a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Sergey Kogogin, Director General of KAMAZ. The parties discussed the current issues of cooperation. A focus was placed on the...

Siemens wins order for HVDC link between Denmark and The Netherlands

by Timothy Reeder | Feb 8, 2016 | News

Siemens has been awarded an order to supply a link between the Dutch and Danish power grids. The customers are the power grid service provider Danish Energinet.dk and its Dutch counterpart TenneT TSO. The “COBRA cable” high-voltage direct-current (HVDC)...

North Sea wind farm Amrumbank West officially put into operation

by Timothy Reeder | Feb 4, 2016 | News

E.ON remains committed to offshore wind and wants to cut the cost of power generation from renewables. E.ON’s offshore wind farm Amrumbank West has been officially put into operation. During an event at the harbor museum in Hamburg, E.ON CEO Johannes Teyssen,...

Castrol SA

by Timothy Reeder | Feb 4, 2016 | Profiles

Castrol South Africa is preparing to supply its world class products to one of the world’s most ambitious engineering products, set to take place in SA in 2016. It has also recently invested in a product that could improve the safety of the thousands of drivers who...