AlphaStruxure, a joint venture of Schneider Electric and Carlyle Group, will design and install an 11.34 MW rooftop microgrid project on the New Terminal One of John F. Kennedy International Airport in Jamaica, N.Y.
THE SOLUTION
Integrated 11.34 megawatt microgrid comprised of 7.66 MW rooftop solar, 3.68 MW fuel cells, 2 MW/4MWh battery energy storage, and a circular waste heat to chilled water system
Consists of four power islands: each an integrated energy system with sources of generation, storage, and automation
The AlphaStruxure Integrate digital...
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CPK has selected Vinci Airports and IFM Global Infrastructure Fund (IFM) as the preferred bidder in the competition for a strategic investor. The decision was made after a several months long private investor selection process. Talks were held with a wider range of candidates from Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
Centralny Port Komunikacyjny has selected the most favourable bid in the competition for a strategic investor organised by CPK.Lotnisko, which is going to build and manage the new airport. The French-Australian proposal submitted jointly by ...
Smart Vigie Airport – information sharing made easy
THE SOLUTION
After a successful proof of concept at Pau-Pyrénées airport in 2022 and 2023, this innovation, jointly developed with start-up Ubiplace, is now being implemented at Ostende and Antwerp airports in Belgium, in which Egis is a shareholder and operator. Smartvigie Airport simplifies and digitalises airport processes. Through a dedicated application available on smartphones and tablets, the solution centralises the reporting and sharing of all observations made by airport staff on breakdowns, damage or...
THE SOLUTION
EASIER was awarded through a competitive RFP process an ongoing contract to deploy and maintain biometric e-gates connected to the TVS verification system of the CBP, the US border agency, to verify the identity of travelers on outgoing international flights via facial recognition in response to a congressional mandate.
EASIER deployed over 125 Skylane e-Gates throughout the Tom Bradley International Terminal (Terminal B). Passengers can board in 1-step, without having to show boarding pass or passport, with response given in less than 2 seconds. EASIER software connects to...
Thales and, CS GROUP are working with their partners in France and Europe’s defence industrial and technological base on are developing the PARADE programme capability to provide permanent deployable protection for critical infrastructure from drone threats. The programme follows an open competition contract was awarded after a European competitive tendering process launched by the DGA in 2021 to strengthen the drone countermeasures (counter-UAV) capabilities of the French armed forces.
A consortium led by Thales and CS GROUP has been notified by the French defence procurement...
Thales and Systematic inaugurate the first long-range drone corridor in Bretigny-sur-Orge reaching a new milestone in the U-ELCOME project
In the context of the U-ELCOME Project, Thales, leader of the French Cluster and its key partners, EUROCONTROL and Systematic, are pleased to announce the opening of the first long-range corridor in the Paris area and the first Beyond Line of Sight (BVLOS) UAS flight in a semi-urban area in Bretigny-sur-Orge.
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), with their considerable potential, are expected to enter the airspace in their hundreds of thousands over the...
Interairport Munich
The 24th International Exhibition for Airport Equipment, Technology, Design and Services
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Work to install 400Hz converters has started at Perpignan airport. In a few weeks the planes will be connected to the electricity network during their stopover.
This new equipment will replace the current diesel generators.
The objective of this project is to reduce the platform’s CO² emissions.
The project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund as part of the Union's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kuwait City, Kuwait – Egis, the renowned engineering and operations consultancy, has been selected to provide Project Management Consultancy (PMC) services for the execution of the new Kuwait Airways Tower project in Qibla, Kuwait. Kuwait Airways Company (KAC) aims to construct a state-of-the-art, LEED certified, multi-purpose tower that adheres to the latest technical and professional standards, optimizing functionality and sustainability.
Egis will work closely with KAC alongside the entire project lifecycle, providing comprehensive project management services from pre-design to...
In the UK, London Gatwick Airport (VINCI Airports/VINCI Concessions) recently completed an innovative resurfacing programme on its main runway in half the time and at half the cost compared with using traditional resurfacing methods.
Thanks to this new approach, it was possible to lay just 40,000 t of asphalt, 100,000 t less than would normally be used to resurface the airport’s main runway. And using just 30% of the usual amount of asphalt meant a considerable reduction in embodied carbon. All the old asphalt materials were recycled for use as aggregates in road construction, while...