GACC West Newsletter | October 2018
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Another year, another unforgettable
GACC Oktoberfest
. Together with about 300 guests who joined us on October 19, we danced, we laughed, and we enjoyed some great German food and beer.
This night has certainly been one of our 2018 highlights. We would like to thank our wonderful sponsors
Invest in Bavaria
,
Lufthansa
, and
Telekom
for making this celebration possible.
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If you like reminiscing as much as we do, you can find photos of this special night in the following. Thanks to everyone who joined us and looking forward to seeing you again next year.
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Delegation trip IHK München
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From October 21 to 24, the GACC West had the honor to once again host IHK München's delegation trip to Silicon Valley.
The Bavarian delegation included 11 company representatives, 3 representatives from the Munich/Upper Bavaria Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK München) and 2 representatives from the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Energy and Technology.
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Our full agenda included visits to tech companies such as Cloudera, SAP, Cloudfare, and LinkedIn, workshops about digitalization and the notorious Silicon Valley mindset, and networking events. Thanks to all partners who made this delegation trip such an interesting and informative one!
Initiated by the IHK München, this delegation trip has already been carried out for the second time now. We are looking forward to many more.
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InnovationCamp BW is back!
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We are welcoming the third batch of eight companies from the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg. These range from software development companies, such as Fact-Finder that boost online store conversion rates powered by AI, to leading hardware companies, such as Arburg, the manufacturer of moulding machines for plastic processing.
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Please let us know if you would like to connect with any of our participating companies from November 26 to December 14.
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U
PCOMING
H
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GACC Supported
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Power & Renewables Summit
November 13 - 14
AT&T Center, Austin
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Industry 4.0 Trip to Germany
December 3 - 6
Multiple cities, Germany
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Energy Storage Summit
December 11 - 12
Hilton San Francisco Union Square, San Francisco
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Wunderbar together |
Germany and the U.S.
Upcoming Events in the Western U.S.
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Join us for a year-long festival celebrating our transatlantic partnership through dialogue, experience, and exchange.
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Energiewende direkt Newsletter
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Reactive power. How to keep up the voltage in the electricity grid?
Energiewende direkt Newsletter
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Reactive power is used to ensure that the voltage is just right for electrical devices to work properly and without being damaged. The current of electricity that flows in our grids brings energy to our consumers. It is important for this energy to have a voltage of precisely 230 V when it arrives. This leaves very little margin for fluctuations. Electrical devices are designed to be operated at 230 volts. Use a higher or lower voltage and your device might stop working or even break.
Achieving a stable voltage level is hard work. After all, the transport of electricity also affects its voltage level. But what exactly is reactive power? Scientifically speaking, it is the part of the current that does not transport energy. In any grid using alternate current (AC), as ours do, there is always reactive power. And there are many points in our grids where we need to feed in or take out the right amount of reactive power at the right time, so as to keep the voltage at the right level.
Please click here
to learn more on how to keep up the voltage in the electricity grid.
If you would like to subscribe to the
Energiewende direkt
Newsletter,
please click here
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