Infrastructure

With over 2,000 inhabitants, the title of seaside resort, miles of sandy beaches on the German Baltic Sea coast and a wildly eventful energy history with plenty of ups and…

Phoenix Contact has settled in the city of carnations twice. From the former emergency solution developed in the last almost 80 years a real love affair. Even the current mayor,…

In the Brazilian state of São Paulo, the Rodovia dos Tamoios serpentine road winds through the Serra do Mar mountain range. In the middle of it is Brazil’s longest tunnel.…

At first it was just a vision. Pretty animated 3-D renderings. As is so often the case when it comes to the future and traffic. But the MonoCab has made…

They belong to Switzerland like watches, banks and the Alps – tunnels. Hardly any other country is as adept at the art of perforating its interior as the Swiss. But…

Spring 2021 – no cable has yet been installed, no control cabinet has been fitted, and no control system has been activated. Nevertheless, the building automation experts from Phoenix Contact…

When the automotive treasure is ordered underground and the systems of Klaus Multiparking are in play, then the end of the technical lifetime is not reached. It is only parked…

The sea route from the North Sea to Ghent in Belgium is 32 kilometers long, 200 meters wide and illuminated on both sides. The control of the lighting system must…

Water is a foodstuff. When it comes out of the tap, it’s even very inexpensive, as it costs an average of just 0.2 cents per liter. But there is another…

1,500 cubickilometers (!) of wastewater are produced worldwide every year. An enormous amount that, if not treated appropriately, will jeopardize the global drinking water cycle in the long term. In…

Would you have known? 20 to 25 percent of the electricity generated worldwide is consumed by pumps. And 85 percent of the life cycle costs of pressure makers are attributable…

When the only compressed air energy storage and gas turbine power station in Europe went into operation in Huntorf, Germany, in 1978, an energy revolution towards renewables had not even…

Big Brother is watching you. Even more so if it’s actually a member of your own family and not an unknown intruder. The public utilities in Bad Pyrmont therefore tend…

The Höchenschwanderberg water utility association in the southern Black Forest supplies around 24,000 inhabitants with drinking water from its three deep wells. The control technology needed to be modernized –…