The VINCI Energies UK & RoI electrical and mechanical services business units are phasing out all diesel and petrol company cars in favour of full EV alternatives. Within four years, the switch is expected to reduce the perimeter’s carbon footprint by at least 44%. In September 2020, VINCI Energies UK & RoI introduced a science-based...
Following the recent water supply hack in Florida, Phillip Corner, industrial systems cybersecurity expert at Cougar Automation, stresses the need for business decision makers and technical professionals in safety and security to work closely together to understand risk. On Friday 5th February, a hacker used a common remote access application to take control of an employee’s computer...
Our resilience, agile business model and entrepreneurial spirit has helped us start the new year in good shape and there is more positive news to come. 1. Digital transformation and energy transition are accelerating A greener, better connected future is just around the corner. The need for smart technology continues to grow and we are...
In the south-west of the United Kingdom Hinkley Point C (HPC) is under construction.It will be the first in a new generation of nuclear power stations for the UK generating 3.2 GW of electricity - equivalent to approximately 7% of the national demand and able to power 6 million homes for 60 years.
Patrick Gains, project manager at Cougar Automation (Now Actemium Automation), lifts the lid on the company’s Smart Lab environmental monitoring project and the potential it holds for the future of IoT in industry. When we started working with Internet of Things (IoT) in 2016, few people outside of our sector had heard of it. The...
Our environmental agenda at VINCI Energies UK & RoI goes way beyond decreasing our own carbon emissions. Through our diverse portfolio of services, we help clients to also become smarter and greener for the benefit of us all. Let’s have a look at the specific technologies and services some of our entrepreneurial business units are...
Each year, 500 million Europeans use 3,200TWh of electricity, and every citizen should have access to affordable, secure and sustainable energy. An increasing number of interconnector projects are being developed to ensure grid balancing at a time when there is growing demand for links between the various European networks to improve overall grid stability and build energy exchange capacity.