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Poste Italiane: Polis turns 7,000 post offices into digital service hubs

Matteo Del Fante, CEO of Poste Italian

The project was presented in Rome by the President of Poste Italiane, Maria Bianca Farina, and the CEO, Matteo Del Fante, to the 7,000 Mayors of the municipalities involved.

ROME, Feb. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Polis, a project by Poste Italiane to turn post offices into digital service hubs, into one-stop shops for quick and easy access to public administration services in 7,000 Italian municipalities with less than 15,000 inhabitants, was officially launched on 30 January. In the presence of the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, and numerous government and institutional representatives, the project was presented in Rome by the President of Poste Italiane, Maria Bianca Farina, and the CEO, Matteo Del Fante, to the 7,000 Mayors of the municipalities involved.

Thanks to Polis, financed with 800 million euro of funds under the National Plan for Complementary Investments to the NRRP, Poste Italiane is giving a new face to these 7,000 post offices in small towns, with a view to making them more welcoming and transforming them into digital one-stop proximity shops open 24 hours a day. Citizens will be able to request registry and civil status certificates, electronic identity cards, passports, tax codes (codice fiscale) for newborns, social security and judicial certificates, and numerous other services in addition to postal, financial, logistics, insurance and telecommunications services. The renovation and technological upgrading of post offices started immediately after the green light from the European Commission, which arrived at the end of October 2022, and was completed within a few months. As of today, 40 post offices have been fully renovated while the upgrading is still ongoing at 230 sites. By the end of the year, renovation work is set to start on 1,500 new Polis offices.

“With Polis, we want to continue to offer support to Italy by accompanying its transformation”, said the President of Poste Italiane, Maria Bianca Farina; “no one knows and understands the country like we do at Poste Italiane, strong in the experience we have gained in our century-long history and in our confidence for the future”. “The Polis project”, explained the CEO of Poste Italiane, Matteo Del Fante, “was conceived to guarantee 16 million Italians who live in municipalities with fewer than 15,000 inhabitants equal access to the many public administration services, bringing them closer to the State in a concrete way”.

“Polis is a tool with which Poste Italiane reaffirms its mission as a system company supporting the country’s economic development, cohesion and social solidarity”, said the Co-General Manager of Poste Italiane, Giuseppe Lasco.

Thanks to Polis, Italian citizens will be able to request certificates at the counter, use totems and ATMs operating 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Polis will also contribute to greater energy efficiency and promote green mobility through the installation of 5,000 charging stations for electric vehicles and 1,000 photovoltaic systems. Last but not least, Poste Italiane will launch a project entitled ‘Spazi per l’Italia’ (Spaces for Italy), aimed at creating the largest coworking network in the country with 250 smart, interconnected locations by repurposing company-owned real estate.

For more information:
LaPresse SpA Communication and Press Office Director
Barbara Sanicola – barbara.sanicola@lapresse.it

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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Amberside Energy announce a partnership to deliver solar and battery storage projects in the UK

Amberside Energy and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, on behalf of its Flagship Funds, today announced a partnership for the development of 2 GW of solar and battery storage projects in the UK.

LONDON and COPENHAGEN, Denmark , Feb. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Under the terms of the partnership, CIP’s Flagship Funds will provide the capital for project development with the ambition of creating a portfolio of scale that, over time, will have projects in operation, in construction as well as under development. Subject to investment decisions at the time, CIP intends to provide the capital required for the construction of the projects in this portfolio.

The projects are aligned with the UK’s net zero targets and will make a significant contribution towards increasing energy independence in the UK, providing predictable and affordable power at a competitive cost and decarbonizing energy production.

“We look forward to a successful partnership with Amberside Energy for the development of a significant pipeline of clean-energy projects that will help accelerate the UK’s energy transition to ‘net zero’ greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. UK solar and battery storage have become increasingly competitive in recent years and are now some of the most cost-efficient technologies, contributing to enhancing grid flexibility, resilience and increasing the overall security of supply. We look forward to working closely with AE’s highly experienced team to deliver projects that in addition to clean power at competitive prices also generate investment, jobs, and socioeconomic benefits,” says Radu Gruescu, Partner at CIP.

Local community engagement and maintaining industry-leading ESG standards will be core to the partnership’s objectives, with the projects also expected to deliver local and regional socio-economic benefits.

Amberside Energy will continue to lead origination and development activities for the solar and battery storage projects while CIP will contribute its expertise in procurement, structuring and financing renewable energy projects.

“We are delighted to form a partnership with CIP. Together, we will be able to accelerate the energy transition in the UK at scale. Our origination and development efforts are well underway, and our proprietary grid model combined with experience gained from auditing and asset managing such schemes helps maximise the efficiency of the development process. We expect our first projects to be ready to begin construction in the next two years and to deliver significant benefits to the communities who host them as well as generating sustainable green power for many years ahead,” says Marc Scambler, Co-Founder and CEO of Amberside Energy.

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP advised CIP on the transaction as legal advisors. DAC Beachcroft advised Amberside Energy.

About Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
Founded in 2012, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners P/S (CIP) today is the world’s largest dedicated fund manager within greenfield renewable energy investments and a global leader in offshore wind. The funds managed by CIP focus on investments in offshore and onshore wind, solar PV, biomass and energy-from-waste, transmission and distribution, reserve capacity, storage, advanced bioenergy, and Power-to-X.

CIP manages ten funds and has to date raised approximately EUR 19 billion for investments in energy and associated infrastructure from more than 140 international institutional investors. CIP has approximately 400 employees and 11 offices around the world. For more information, visit www.cip.com.

About Amberside Energy
Amberside Energy (AE) originates, develops and manages utility-scale solar and energy storage projects. Streamlined data analysis with experienced human input helps identify project opportunities most likely to be granted planning permission. This considered grid-led approach helps achieve efficient use of capital, agility and speed to deliver scale. Amberside Energy’s development work is based on partnerships and engagement: with landowners, consultants, stakeholders and investors. For more information on Amberside Energy, visit www.ambersideenergy.com.

For further information, please contact:

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
Oliver Routhe Skov, Head of Media Relations
Phone: +45 30541227
Email: orsk@cisc.dk

Thomas Kønig, Partner – Investor Relations
Phone: +45 7070 5151
Email: tkon@cip.dk

Amberside Energy
Anthony Middleton, Chief Operating Officer
Phone: +44 330 2210 626
Email: anthony.middleton@ambersideenergy.com

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Top Skateboarders Converge on Sharjah UAE for World Championships

California Skateparks-designed Aljada Skatepark hosts world’s best on their road to Paris.

Aljada Skatepark

Aljada Skatepark

VISTA, Calif., Feb. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The world’s best skateboarders are performing their newest tricks this week at the massive Aljada Skatepark in Sharjah, UAE. Designed and built by California Skateparks, Aljada is hosting the World Skate 2022 World Championships for both Street and Park disciplines. After the new Champions are named next week, Aljada will remain as a permanent skatepark serving local youth.

“The facility is unique and has beginner, intermediate, and elite competition-level Street and Park courses and covers almost 90,000 square feet (8,360 square meters),” said California Skateparks VP Bill Minadeo. “This is an amazing opportunity for local youth to interact with the world’s best skaters and host incredible events, like the World Championships.”

The World Skate 2022 World Championships is a key qualifying event for the Paris 2024 Olympics. While the Street skaters have already competed in one qualifier in Rome last Summer, Sharjah will be the first chance for the Park skaters to earn important points to qualify for Paris.

This weekend the Street skaters have their chance to earn the World title, with the Finals in the Men’s and Women’s competition taking place. The Street course at Aljada features a mirrored core section, with identical elements such as stairs and rails providing equal opportunity for both goofy- and regular-stance skaters to perform. The outer perimeter of the course includes more free-form features, allowing skaters to explore opportunities for unique tricks and combinations.

Next week, the Park competitors have their turn and attention will shift to the massive bowl, which differs from recent competition bowl designs. The traditional single deep end is replaced by two nearly 10-foot (3-meter) deep ends on opposite sides of the bowl. To take full advantage of that, a long, sloping channel flows into the bowl from the deck, allowing skaters to begin their routines with maximum speed. The volcano flyover feature included in the Olympic Park course has been replaced by a hip/transfer section extending into the bowl from the side, instead of being the bowl’s centerpiece.

Both the street course and competition bowl are the result of the California Skateparks design team’s nearly two-decades experience creating elite competition courses. In consultation with many athletes competing in Sharjah, the designers modified traditional contest elements and complemented them with new features that match the skaters’ growing level of competitiveness and evolving style of tricks. From early practice footage seen from Sharjah, evidence suggests that the California Skateparks design team got it right, including social-media posts showing how much fun visiting pros are having at Aljada. Which is great news for Sharjah’s local skaters.

For more information about the World Skate 2022 World Championships, visit www.worldskate.org/skateboarding.

To learn more about California Skateparks, visit www.californiaskateparks.com or contact Bill Minadeo: bill@caskateparks.com

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Vice President
bill@caskateparks.com

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Fluence Mosaic Optimises Global Power Generation (GPG)’s ACT Battery

Fluence’s AI-powered bidding software maximises the value of the ACT Battery and delivers streamlined market operations

Fluence Mosaic Optimises Global Power Generation (GPG)’s ACT Battery

Fluence announced the deployment of Fluence Mosaic™ intelligent bidding software to optimise the performance of Global Power Generation (GPG)’s newly constructed 10 MW / 20 MWh ACT Battery.

MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fluence Energy, Inc. (“Fluence” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: FLNC), a leading global provider of energy storage products and services, and cloud-based software for renewables and storage, today announced the deployment of Fluence Mosaic™ intelligent bidding software to optimise the performance of Global Power Generation (GPG)’s newly constructed 10 MW / 20 MWh ACT Battery. Using advanced price forecasting and bidding optimisation, Mosaic will help GPG Control Room operators ensure that GPG’s battery-based energy storage system is responding optimally to market price signals and reliability needs in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM).

Located at Queanbeyan substation within the Australian Capital Territory’s border, the ACT Battery is the first energy storage system operated by GPG, the international power generation subsidiary of Spain’s Naturgy Energy Group. As the first grid-scale energy storage system in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), the asset will perform a strategic role in supporting the local distribution network. The ACT Battery was developed by GPG and connected to TransGrid´s substation to support ACT’s electricity network. The project is part of GPG’s commitment to building the 107 MW Berrybank 2 Wind Farm in Victoria.

“The launch of our first energy storage system is a major step toward strengthening our international presence and our contribution to the clean energy transition. With the trust of the ACT government, we selected Mosaic because the software delivers superior results, a clean user interface, and strategic risk management settings,” said Pedro Serrano, GPG Chief Business Development Officer. “We look forward to working with Fluence to maximise the value of this asset.”

“Fluence is proud to support GPG to maximise the revenue and optimise the performance of its first energy storage system both in Australia and across the world,” said Andrew Kelley, VP and Country Director, Australia at Fluence. “Through state-of-the-art machine learning, Mosaic allows asset owners to navigate the risk, volatility, and complexity of dynamic wholesale markets. The ACT Battery is a great demonstration of Mosaic’s technology agnostic approach, and ability to integrate with and optimise energy storage systems from any OEM or system provider.”

Mosaic is part of Fluence IQ, an advanced cloud-based platform for wind, solar, and energy storage. Fluence IQ maximises the value of solar, wind, and energy storage resources with advanced software products and 3rd party applications. Through AI-powered bidding optimisation, Mosaic incorporates complex market rules and real-time data to maximise participation in wholesale electricity markets and capitalise on the full value available to assets. The cloud-based software supports energy storage and renewable products from any technology provider and is currently optimising more than 5 GW of clean energy assets globally, with a total of over 8 GW deployed or awarded. Mosaic was recently recognised by TIME as one of the Best Inventions of 2022.

About Fluence

Fluence Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: FLNC) is a global market leader in energy storage products and services, and cloud-based software for renewables and storage. With a presence in over 40 markets globally, Fluence provides an ecosystem of offerings to drive the clean energy transition, including modular, scalable energy storage products, comprehensive service offerings, and the Fluence IQ Platform, which delivers AI-enabled SaaS products for managing and optimizing renewables and storage from any provider. The Company is transforming the way we power our world by helping customers create more resilient and sustainable electric grids.

For more information, visit our website, or follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter. To stay up to date on the latest industry insights, sign up for Fluence’s Full Potential Blog.

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Adele Zhang, Head of Marketing & Communications, APAC
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Phone: +61 406 529 688

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Lexington May, Vice President of Investor Relations
Email: investorrelations@fluenceenergy.com
Phone: +1 (713) 909-5629

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GA-ASI Flight Tests LEO SATCOM on MQ-9A

Capability Provides Global Coverage That Enables Operations Anywhere in the World

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SAN DIEGO, Feb. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On Dec. 22, 2022, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and the Air National Guard (ANG), with joint support from the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) and U.S. Air Force (USAF), flight tested an MQ-9A remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) equipped with a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications (SATCOM) Command and Control system. This groundbreaking capability provides global coverage and connectivity that will enable pole-to-pole operations for GA-ASI’s family of RPA — including models such as the MQ-9B SkyGuardian®/SeaGuardian®, MQ-9A Reaper, and Gray Eagle 25M.

“This is truly game changing for our platforms,” said GA-ASI President David R. Alexander. “Using LEO SATCOM not only keeps GA-ASI aircraft connected from the North Pole to the South Pole to allow operations in the most austere environments, but it will also provide resilient connectivity that allows operators to pass much more data to and from the aircraft.”

Early testing indicates LEO SATCOM significantly reduces latency and can be used in all phases of flight. For customers across the MQ-9 family of systems, LEO SATCOM should decrease operational costs, and the smaller hardware footprint will ultimately increase flexibility and reduce future payload integration costs.

The MQ-9A flight test was based out of GA-ASI’s Gray Butte Flight Operations Facility near Palmdale, California, and followed several weeks of ground testing.

About GA-ASI

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a leading designer and manufacturer of proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems, including the Predator® RPA series and the Lynx® Multi-mode Radar. With more than seven million flight hours, GA-ASI provides long-endurance, mission-capable aircraft with integrated sensor and data link systems required to deliver persistent flight that enables situational awareness and rapid strike. The company also produces a variety of ground control stations and sensor control/image analysis software, offers pilot training and support services, and develops meta-material antennas. For more information, visit www.ga-asi.com.

Avenger, Lynx, Predator, SeaGuardian, and SkyGuardian are registered trademarks of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. 

Contact Information:
GA-ASI Media Relations
GA-ASI Media Relations
asi-mediarelations@ga-asi.com
+1 (858) 524-8101

Sharyn Nerenberg
Media Contact, Hughes Network Systems
sharyn.nerenberg@hughes.com
(301) 428-7124

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External Communications, SES
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GA-ASI Selected to Build OBSS for AFRL

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SAN DIEGO, Feb. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) will manufacture and perform demonstration flights of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) unmanned Off-Board Sensing Station (OBSS) aircraft. Following a 12-month base period that culminated in a critical design review (CDR), AFRL exercised a build and flight test option.

GA-ASI’s innovative Gambit Series aircraft will validate the “genus/species” concept first developed by AFRL as part of the Low-Cost Attritable Aircraft Platform Sharing (LCAAPS) program focused on building several aircraft variants from a common core chassis. LCAAPS is a major air vehicle effort under AFRL’s Autonomous Collaborative Enabling Technologies (ACET) portfolio, which is focused on developing technologies for Autonomous Collaborative Platforms (ACP).

“Throughout our 30-year history, GA-ASI has pioneered the advancement of unmanned aircraft systems that support our warfighters,” said GA-ASI President David R. Alexander. “AFRL is moving forward with GA-ASI because we have the right background and experience to develop the OBSS aircraft at scale and on time, and we look forward to working with them to deliver another game-changing UAS.”

About GA-ASI

General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a leading designer and manufacturer of proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems, including the Predator® RPA series and the Lynx® Multi-mode Radar. With more than seven million flight hours, GA-ASI provides long-endurance, mission-capable aircraft with integrated sensor and data link systems required to deliver persistent flight that enables situational awareness and rapid strike. The company also produces a variety of ground control stations and sensor control/image analysis software, offers pilot training and support services, and develops meta-material antennas. For more information, visit www.ga-asi.com.

Avenger, Lynx, Predator, SeaGuardian and SkyGuardian are registered trademarks of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

Contact Information:
GA-ASI Media Relations
GA-ASI Media Relations
asi-mediarelations@ga-asi.com
+1 (858) 524-8101

Sharyn Nerenberg
Media Contact, Hughes Network Systems
sharyn.nerenberg@hughes.com
(301) 428-7124

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SOEs continuing to fast-track rapid train project: official

Jakarta- State-owned enterprises (SOEs) are continuing to try and expedite the completion of the rapid train project so that it can be made operational by the middle of this year, Special Staff to the SOEs Minister Arya Sinulingga said.

The completion of the rapid train project remains on schedule, he told a press conference here on Friday.

One of the tasks given by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to SOEs Minister Erick Thohir has been the completion of the rapid train project.

The rapid train project is currently being undertaken alongside the LRT Jabodebek train project.

Speaking about the rapid train project’s cost overrun, Sinulingga said that it is still being negotiated with China, however, work on the Jakarta-Bandung Rapid Train project has continued.

During the G20 Summit, Widodo and Chinese President Xi Jinping made a commitment concerning this matter.

Sinulingga said he expects the negotiation in China next week to result in an agreement.

Earlier, Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi had said that he expects the Jakarta Bandung Rapid Train (KCJB) project to be completed on time.

The KCJB’s development is entering a crucial year, and he said he expects the Chinese and Indonesian construction units to continue to work hard, collaborate closely, and ensure that the project is completed and unveiled on time.

The rapid train track is an important cooperation project between Indonesia and China, which will connect Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, with another major city, Bandung.

Designed to allow trains to reach a speed of 350 kilometers per hour, the train track will cut travel time between Jakarta and Bandung from 3 hours to 40 minutes.

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Indonesia, MD Anderson collaborate to improve cancer services

Jakarta- Indonesia’s Health Ministry is collaborating with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, one of the best cancer treatment centers globally, to improve the quality of treatment for cancer patients in the country.

“(This collaboration is meant to ensure) Treatment for cancer patients in Indonesia to have its quality improved because cancer is the third-ranked killer disease (in Indonesia), and the figure grows rampantly,” Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said here on Friday.

He delivered the statement during the inking of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in cancer treatment services at Dharmais Cancer Hospital.

The MoU was signed as part of the commemoration of World Cancer Day, which is celebrated on February 4 every year.

Efforts to improve cancer treatment services require cooperation from relevant stakeholders, including the Texas cancer center, Minister Sadikin said.

The Health Ministry picked Dharmais Cancer Hospital for the cooperation as the hospital has earned its place as a national cancer center that has already established collaboration with its global counterparts.

Currently, Dharmais Cancer Hospital has become a national cancer network administrator for the development of cancer services, training, and education of national cancer experts.

The minister said that the main goal of the collaboration is technology and knowledge transfer for improving cancer services.

He further said that he expects the collaboration to instill confidence in patients so that they entrust their treatment and recovery to 144 government hospitals, particularly Dharmais Cancer Hospital.

The scope of the collaboration includes planning and implementing cancer control; training support; carrying out education and capacity building; exchanging of visits by faculty, scholars, and administrators; as well as organizing joint conferences and symposiums.

The two institutions have also agreed to improve the patient referral system from Indonesia to MD Anderson in Houston, Texas, and from MD Anderson to Indonesia, including to Dharmais Hospital, as well as enhance collaboration in the ECHO Project telementoring program, in coordination with the ECHO Institute at the University of New Mexico, as part of technology and knowledge transfer.

President Director of Dharmais Cancer Hospital Raden Soeko Nindito affirmed that the collaboration will allow for opportunities to adjust national comprehensive cancer services with MD Anderson’s technology.

“Our services will also be adjusted to MD Anderson, especially for patients of cancer in advanced stages,” he said.

He opined that the effort to improve cancer services will also include public education on cancer to ensure that early detection can run well.

Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at MD Anderson Chris McKee lauded the envisaged collective effort.

“We commend the collective effort that will be made by stakeholders in Indonesia. This effort will have a major impact on addressing the cancer issue in Indonesia, and we expect that in the future, we can overcome cancer together,” he remarked.

Source: Antara News

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