The 5th annual HOMER International Microgrid Conference is right around the corner, taking place in Denver, Colorado (USA) Sept. 18-19, 2017. Energy providers interested in microgrids as a renewable power resource and suppliers of microgrid infrastructure, equipment and technologies will come together to learn best practices, design tools and technologies.

Halyps Cement, a company with long history and traditions, is part of HeidelbergCement Group, the second largest cement supplier in the world. Long-term investment by the group has resulted in a large number of cement plants, with high quality standards for production, working conditions and environmental awareness.

About 30 km from the Spanish city of Valencia, a community of local farmers faced a water crisis. Farming employs 90% of the local population. Over a period of years, crops had been reducing in quality and size due to high summer temperatures; in 2014, the farming community faced a potential loss of 60% of crops.

Innovative technical solutions and coordination with all the other suppliers to ensure smooth integration is explored in a new case study from Piedmont, Italy.

One of the latest projects from real estate and tourism builder FERKO Construction is an office tower along the famous Büyükdere Avenue in Istanbul. Located in a main business district of Istanbul, the 10,630 m2 business center consists of two towers, 30 floors and 6 floors respectively, with meeting rooms and 185 offices. The location in the Levent district and on the Büyükdere Avenue route places it in the centre of business and social life, surrounded by bank headquarters, shopping centers, luxury hotels and skyscrapers.

Aygaz, a major liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) company in Turkey, recently increased backup power capacity at three of its filling terminals by replacing existing standby generators with new ones. Aygaz selected Cummins for the upgrade due to the company's ability to fulfill the specifications and meet a tight project schedule.

An AU$176 million development project for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation brought together radio and television studio facilities in Melbourne so that they are co-located for the first time. As a new centrepiece of the city’s established Arts Precinct, the four-floor facility will serve as a multi-purpose, multi-media complex, with five TV studios, 19 radio studios, 20 editing and production rooms and a sound and film archive. As well as 600 ABC staff, the building is also home to the city’s Symphony and Youth orchestras.

Cummins engines have used SCR technology since 2006 and there are now more than one million units in the field. The QSK38 with the Cummins aftertreatment will be on display in New Orleans, La. during the 2017 International WorkBoat Show, November 29 through December 1.

Here are five things to remember: 1.WHILE ELECTRIFICATION HAS TREMENDOUS PROMISE, IT’S NOT THE ANSWER FOR EVERYONE RIGHT NOW That’s why Cummins has pledged to first bring to market an all-electric powertrain for buses and delivery vehicles by 2019. We believe electric vehicles make the most sense in urban areas where the drive ranges are shorter and the vehicles can more easily be recharged. Many cities around the world are looking at electrification as a means to reduce pollution and greenhouse gases (GHGs).

In 2017, Cummins hit a number of important milestones in producing the cleanest, most fuel efficient products. Here’s a quick look at five key ones: