Global Contact is KEMA’s worldwide quarterly magazine that is distributed among 15.000 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 utility trends and topics, and the divers projects KEMA and her clients are working on.

This issue features: 
‘IT’S TIME TO RETHINK THE FUNDAMENTALS’ - All over the world, safety, sustainability and security are seen as core values. ‘With our service offering, we are fully committed to making a meaningful contribution to the promotion of these values,’ asserts KEMA’s CEO Pier Nabuurs.
IS ASSET MANAGEMENT IN OMAN COST-EFFECTIVE? - A power network in an area of extreme climatological conditions requires a different approach to operation and maintenance. KEMA looked into this for the Dhofar Power Company (DPC) in the Sultanate of Oman.
PERSONAL POWER SUPPLY NETWORK FOR THE FIGHTING SOLDIER - KEMA has come up with a smart way of ensuring that the best possible kit can be used in the field without unduly compromising mobility.
FLEXIBLE AND FAST- In October a contract was signed to build KEMA’s new high voltage laboratory.
SMART GRIDANDTHE POWER PLEXUS - The future grid will be engineered to provide more data to decision makers and there will be more options for controlling the system.
GIGANTIC TRANSPORT - In preparation for future test work, the stator and rotor of one of the generators of the high power laboratory have recently undergone a thorough overhaul.
CAN A SWITCH AND CONTROL PANEL TAKE 50 degrees centigrade? - Danish panel manufacturer CUBIC-Modulsystem and panel builder Debbas Qatar had a panel tested at an ambient temperature of 50 °C.
INNOVATION AND CUSTOMIZATION - To demonstrate that their products are up to standard, more and more manufacturers are having equipment tested and certified at KEMA’s laboratories.