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Enel S.p.A. (“Enel”), through its US subsidiary EnerNOC, announced today the acquisition of California-based eMotorWerks, a leading North American supplier of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, called JuiceBox, and owner and operator of JuiceNet, an Internet of Things (IoT) platform for the smart management of EV charging and other distributed energy storage facilities. Through the JuiceNet platform, these facilities can be remotely controlled and aggregated for grid balancing purposes relying on unidirectional and bidirectional (vehicle-to-grid, V2G) electricity flows. The acquisition of eMotorWerks marks Enel’s entrance into the US electric mobility market, one of the largest EV markets at global level.

Metalloinvest has started pilot operation of the concentrate intake facility at Mikhailovsky GOK. The Company has invested 1.3 bn roubles in the project.

Enel has started the installation of 10 vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging units of 10 kW each to a pilot V2G hub in the Netherlands, launched by NewMotion, a leading European supplier of smart charging solutions for electric vehicles. This project involves the installation, near Amsterdam, of the Enel’s V2G units for a total capacity of 100 kW at private and commercial locations. Other partners in the project are Japanese company Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, which will provide 10 Outlander PHEV plug-in hybrid SUVs, as well as Dutch grid operator TenneT.

At the Open Innovation Forum in Skolkovo, near Moscow, Enel launched its Innovation Hub in Russia.

Bell Canada is about to dig deep to connect about 20,000 homes in Sarnia and Point Edward with fibre-optic cables the company say will provide “world class” Internet and “rock solid” reliability.

Enel, through a joint venture between the Group’s fully-owned renewable energy subsidiary Enel Green Power S.p.A. (“EGP”) and Dutch Infrastructure Fund (“DIF”), has begun construction of the 137.7 MW1 Bungala Solar One photovoltaic (PV) plant, which is located near Port Augusta in South Australia. The plant constitutes the first part of the Bungala Solar PV Project, whose capacity will total more than 275 MW2.

Britain’s transmission system operator (TSO) National Grid has started construction of the 20-km-long, 400 kV Richborough–Canterbury overhead line (OHL).

Pakistan is working on a massive project with China as part of the $55-billion CPEC project to develop a communications system, which is not routed through India and the US, a media report said on Sunday.

OFS is pleased to introduce two new cable product families enabled by the company’s new fiber optic, rollable ribbon technology.

Enel S.p.A. (“Enel”), acting through its subsidiary Enel Brasil S.A. (“Enel Brasil”), has been awarded a 30-year concession for the 380 MW Volta Grande operating hydro power plant located in Southeastern Brazil following the “Leilão de Concessões não prorrogadas” public auction organised by the Brazilian federal government via the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency – ANEEL.