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Production of hydrogen and electricity at zero emissions, thanks to aluminum combustion.

Data Translation and its subsidiary in Germany, Data Translation GmbH, will operate as a subsidiary of MCC.

By Daniel Atzori, PhD Implementing a cost-effective automation strategy is a top priority in the current oil price environment – and critical to eradicating production downtime.

The team is racing in an endurance challenge consisting of a 3,000 km (1,864 miles) journey across the Australian outback with a solar-powered race car.

Elipse Software controls cooling and power distribution systems at Petrobras’s Cenpes, one of the largest oil research centers in the world.

Wind farms in Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica will use Bachmann’s Condition Monitoring (CMS) hardware and Remote Service.

CoServ Electric is the second largest distribution cooperative in Texas and provides power to more than 165,000 electric members in North Texas

The global demand of supervisory control and data acquisition systems market is believed to account US$32.70 billion in 2020 with a considerable 5.0% CAGR in the forecast period.

Emerson is automating the Shehong Liushu Hydropower Project that will bring clean electrical power to China’s Sichuan province.

OSI was awarded a contract by Lakeland Electric to integrate an Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS).

By Edward Nugent, PcVue Inc., et al The different way in which mobile device users interact with their devices compared to operator’s interactions with control room monitors requires a new SCADA architecture for mobility workers who rely on SCADA or BMS systems in order to perform their job function.

By M. Taccolini, Tatsoft Empower yourself with updated tools, and find how the reliability, flexibility and ease-of-implementation of automation projects can be 10 times greater than it was 10 years ago.

By Phil Couling, Schneider Electric HMI and SCADA systems have been undergoing a series of quiet revolutions for many years now. With all their new, stronger and innovative capabilities, what is really needed to get the most out of next-gen HMI is next-gen thinking about how to apply them.

ETM will use the RDM Workgroup database as a core element of the SIMATIC WinCC SCADA system.

B-Scada software aggregates data from several hundred AlgaeConnect systems, each with several photobioreactors/ponds in a single system.

By Terry Nagy, Computer Aided Solutions The architecture of data acquisition and control systems which have their own DSP processors makes them well-suited for use in PID applications.

The OSI system replaces a legacy Siemens EMS system implemented in the 1990s.

By Leila Myers and Maurice Wilkins An effective HMI should give operators the information they need in a form they can comprehend quickly so they can make good decisions. The new ISA-101 standard helps users understand what those concepts mean and how to implement them.

Xothermic used B-Scada’s Status Enterprise software to identify a failed thermocouple in a furnace at the unidentified glass plant.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Kepware Technologies recently introduced a new Local Historian Plug-In for the KEPServerEX communications platform and a Splunk plug-in to support big data systems. The products were born from customers’ requests for an easy to install and use historian for various plant applications, including labs, test situations, and at remote sites.