Global Contact

Issue 2-2009

Global Contact is KEMA’s worldwide quarterly magazine that is distributed among 13.000 of KEMA’s clients and relations. Global Contact is a broad platform. It includes news from around KEMA as well as articles providing insight into today’s critical energy and industrial trends and topics, and the divers projects KEMA and her clients are working on.

This issue features:

Theme: Energy storage
‘We live and breathe energy storage’ - Convinced of the potential of electricity storage, Jillis Raadschelders supports our clients around the world with a virtual team of experts.
Mastering the storage of electricity - Storage is the key economic ingredient in all energy delivery systems, Brad Roberts, chairman of the Electricity Storage Association, states.
Bridging the gap - The adaptable and successful use of storage technologies requires an integrated approach.
Assuring the value of your power source - The successful introduction of any given system will to a significant extent depend on its safety and performance. KEMA has a comprehensive range of test facilities for storage systems.
Paving the road - A real transition to electrification of our transport system will lead to a significant increase of the electricity consumption in combination with the risk of enormous peak power demands.

Other contributions:
World-class laboratory - DERlab was founded as an independent, world-class laboratory for grid integration of distributed power generation.
Opening doors, worldwide - Our aim is to help customers maximize the geographic reach of their products. With KEMA certification, they effectively get one-stop access to global markets.
Navigating sustainability - Hawaiian Electric Company has been actively engaged in supporting and promoting transformative clean energy goals and technologies.
Risk awareness - Increasing competition, the internet and public assertiveness mean that familiar risks are being displaced by new uncertainties.
Finishing touch - Energy companies seek to make absolutely sure that their transformers are of the required quality