National Grid

National Grid Announces Lisa Wieland to Lead New England Business

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Thursday, August 3, 2023

WALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- National Grid today announced that Lisa Wieland will join National Grid as President of its New England business, and sit on the Group Executive Committee, further strengthening National Grid's leadership team and reinforcing its credentials as a leader in the energy transition. Lisa will report to National Grid CEO John Pettigrew. She joins the company in November.

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  • WALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- National Grid today announced that Lisa Wieland will join National Grid as President of its New England business, and sit on the Group Executive Committee, further strengthening National Grid's leadership team and reinforcing its credentials as a leader in the energy transition.
  • We welcome Lisa to National Grid and to our Group Executive," Pettigrew said.
  • Lisa will succeed Steve Woerner, who will continue to lead the New England business through 2023 having made the decision to leave National Grid at the end of the year.
  • "I would like to extend my personal thanks to Steve, who has made an important contribution to National Grid during his time as President of our New England business," said Pettigrew.

vFunction Named Finalist in Computing Magazine Cloud Excellence Awards

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023

PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- vFunction , the continuous modernisation platform, has been shortlisted as a Best Cloud Automation Solution in Computing Magazine’s 2023 Cloud Excellence Awards .

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  • PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- vFunction , the continuous modernisation platform, has been shortlisted as a Best Cloud Automation Solution in Computing Magazine’s 2023 Cloud Excellence Awards .
  • The awards recognise the best of the UK's cloud industry, from the most innovative and compelling products and vendors to the top use cases from end-user firms.
  • “We are thrilled to be a finalist in Computing Magazine’s 2023 Cloud Excellence Awards.”
    The award submission highlighted vFunction’s work with Correla, one of the largest UK-based product development and managed service providers serving the energy market, including National Grid.
  • The winners of the Cloud Excellence Awards will be announced on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023.

Argenbright Group announces industry stalwarts as new strategic advisors for its UK and European businesses

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023

LONDON, Aug. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Argenbright Group is announcing two key appointments to support the company's UK and European growth. Former Tesco Chairman John Allan, CBE, and former Commissioner of Metropolitan Police in London, Lord John Stevens, are now senior advisors for the company. They will help guide Argenbright as it continues to cement itself as a global leader of tech-enabled solutions in the aviation services, facilities management, and security services markets. 

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  • Former Tesco Chairman John Allan, CBE, and former Commissioner of Metropolitan Police in London, Lord John Stevens, are now senior advisors for the company.
  • Frank Argenbright, Founder and Executive Chairman of the Argenbright Group: "I am delighted that both John Allan and Lord John Stevens are joining us as advisors to our executive teams in the UK across our security and aviation businesses.
  • Ernie Patterson, Chairman, International Business for Argenbright Group: "As we expand our operations in the UK, we are delighted to welcome John Allan and Lord John Stevens as advisors to the Argenbright Group businesses in the UK.
  • Earlier this year, Argenbright announced an ambitious investment and growth plan in the UK region, and both of them are uniquely positioned to advise our businesses during this period of growth."

Argenbright Group announces industry stalwarts as new strategic advisors for its UK and European businesses

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023

LONDON, Aug. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Argenbright Group is announcing two key appointments to support the company's UK and European growth. Former Tesco Chairman John Allan, CBE, and former Commissioner of Metropolitan Police in London, Lord John Stevens, are now senior advisors for the company. They will help guide Argenbright as it continues to cement itself as a global leader of tech-enabled solutions in the aviation services, facilities management, and security services markets. 

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  • Former Tesco Chairman John Allan, CBE, and former Commissioner of Metropolitan Police in London, Lord John Stevens, are now senior advisors for the company.
  • Frank Argenbright, Founder and Executive Chairman of the Argenbright Group: "I am delighted that both John Allan and Lord John Stevens are joining us as advisors to our executive teams in the UK across our security and aviation businesses.
  • Ernie Patterson, Chairman, International Business for Argenbright Group: "As we expand our operations in the UK, we are delighted to welcome John Allan and Lord John Stevens as advisors to the Argenbright Group businesses in the UK.
  • Earlier this year, Argenbright announced an ambitious investment and growth plan in the UK region, and both of them are uniquely positioned to advise our businesses during this period of growth."

VEIR Energizes First-of-its-Kind Outdoor Demo of New Transmission Technology to Modernize Electric Power Grid, Increase Access to Renewable Energy

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Thursday, July 27, 2023

WOBURN, Mass., July 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- VEIR, a clean technology company, today announced it has completed and energized a 100-foot overhead superconductor power line with a novel cooling approach that will help meet the global need for new power transmission. This technical milestone coincides with the company securing an additional $24.9 million in series A-2 funding from investors including Breakthrough Energy Ventures, The Engine Fund, Congruent Ventures, Fine Structure Ventures, Galvanize Climate Solutions, and VXI Capital.

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  • A significant expansion of energy transmission is critical to addressing the urgent and worsening global climate crisis.
  • In fact, major studies indicate that the United States must double or triple the transmission capacity needed to connect more renewable energy to the electric grid and combat climate change.
  • VEIR's technology provides a solution to help modernize the electric power grid, a critical need in meeting global clean energy goals.
  • Its overhead superconducting power line technology will modernize the existing electric grid by enabling capacity expansion within existing rights of way.

ev.energy secures $33M Series B funding to drive electric vehicle-grid integration in North America and Europe

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Thursday, July 27, 2023

The round also saw continued support from existing investors Energy Impact Partners (EIP), Future Energy Ventures (FEV) and ArcTern Ventures .

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  • The round also saw continued support from existing investors Energy Impact Partners (EIP), Future Energy Ventures (FEV) and ArcTern Ventures .
  • ev.energy seamlessly connects electric vehicles to grid networks to make charging simpler, greener and cheaper for drivers.
  • Today, more than 120,000 EV drivers across North America and the UK are part of ev.energy's Virtual Power Plant (VPP).
  • This funding round will enable ev.energy to expand its global operations while building on its rapid and sustained growth across North America and the UK.

Hitachi Energy selected as preferred technology provider for the longest HVDC link in the UK

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

The energy transition requires a collaborative effort that can only be achieved with advanced technologies and new ways of working.

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  • The energy transition requires a collaborative effort that can only be achieved with advanced technologies and new ways of working.
  • In appointing Hitachi Energy as their preferred technology provider, SSEN Transmission and National Grid secure best-in-class technology and future production capacity in a rapidly growing market.
  • For Hitachi Energy, this enables investment in new production capacity and to undertake large-scale recruitment drives.
  • Hitachi Energy pioneered commercial HVDC technology almost 70 years ago and has delivered more than half of the world’s HVDC projects.

Dramatic scale-up of critical materials and resources required for clean technologies this decade - Energy Transitions Commission

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Thursday, July 20, 2023

Building the new energy system will also result in some initial CO2 emissions - the first generation of any new clean technology has to be built using fossil fuel based energy.

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Dramatic scale-up of critical materials and resources required for clean technologies this decade - Energy Transitions Commission

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Thursday, July 20, 2023

Building the new energy system will also result in some initial CO2 emissions - the first generation of any new clean technology has to be built using fossil fuel based energy.

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GraphDB and Knowledge Graph Leader Ontotext Taps Former Gartner VP Sumit Pal as Strategic Technology Director

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Monday, July 17, 2023

NEW YORK, July 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ontotext, the leading global provider of enterprise knowledge graph (EKG) technology and semantic database engines, announced that Sumit Pal, former Gartner VP and Analyst for Data Management and Analytics has joined the company as Strategic Technology Director. In this role, he will be responsible for educating prospects and customers on the benefits of semantic knowledge graphs and graph databases. He will help drive Product, Sales, and Marketing teams to evolve messaging and product capabilities and to identify ways to improve and implement wider deployments across industries and enterprise use cases.

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  • NEW YORK, July 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ontotext , the leading global provider of enterprise knowledge graph (EKG) technology and semantic database engines, announced that Sumit Pal , former Gartner VP and Analyst for Data Management and Analytics has joined the company as Strategic Technology Director.
  • In this role, he will be responsible for educating prospects and customers on the benefits of semantic knowledge graphs and graph databases.
  • Ontotext's technology enables them to apply cognitive technologies for large knowledge graphs, metadata management and content analytics that is proven in various enterprise environments," said Pal.
  • He also developed comprehensive research reports and was a frequent speaker on topics such as Graph Technology Applications, Knowledge Graphs, Data Mesh, Data Orchestration, etc.