International Focus: Asia and Australia Invest in T&D
Although load growth in Asia remains the highest in the world, distribution of energy resources in many of the continent's large countries is remote from...
STATCOM Postpones the Need for 161-kV Line
Leake is a 161/46/13.2-kV substation located close to the southern border of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA; Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.) supply area...
United States: ACC Approves 500-kV Lines in Arizona
The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC; Phoenix, Arizona) voted unanimously to confirm a certificate of environmental compatibility for the Palo Verde-to-Pinal...
Southern China: GE to Increase Capacity of Southern China Power Grid
GE Energy (Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.) will provide two 500-kV series compensation systems to the China Southern Power Grid Co. to increase the power transfer...
Six Wind Zones, One Tower Configuration
In the late 1990s, the introduction of six wind zones in India created expectations that, for optimized designs, different swing angle-clearance combinations...
Idaho Power Participates in BPL Technolog Trial
IDACOMM (Boise, Idaho, U.S.) in partnership with Idaho Power Co. is in the final installation stage of a broadband over power line (BPL) technology trial...
United States: Entergy Awards Siemens Three Transmission Projects
Entergy Corp. has awarded three high-voltage transmission projects to Siemens Power T&D Inc. (Raleigh, North Carolina). The new installations will help...
Overcoming the Challenges Of a Critical Line Relocation
Utility engineers have been faced with the challenge of finding ways to get more out of their lines and existing facilities without spending large sums...
California Bulks Up to Provide More Transmission Capacity
The Path 15 upgrade in California represents the first public-private partnership organized to improve a transmission system that has become seriously...
Storks and Transmission Finding a Middle Ground
Storks and the transmission of electrical energy may appear to be completely unrelated topics. However, in Portugal, the nesting habits of these large...
Libya: Nexans Wins a Euro 100 Million Contract to Supply Libya with High-Voltage Power Transmission Links
Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has signed a contract worth euro 100 million with General Electric Company of Libya (GECOL) to provide...
Singapore: Pirelli Subsidiary to Reinforce Singapore's Power Transmission Network
The Singaporean power utility SP PowerAssets Ltd., a subsidiary of Singapore Power, has awarded Comergy Ltd., a subsidiary of Pirelli Energy Cables and...
Spain Commissions 400-kV XLPE Cable System
On Feb. 12, 2004, the commissioning tests on site of Spain's first 400-kV XLPE cable system were completed successfully. It was supplied and installed...
Iraq/United States: POWER Engineers Joins Iraqi Reconstruction Contract
POWER Engineers Inc. (Haily, Idaho), under a contract with the Perini Corp. (Framingham, Massachusetts), will provide engineering for the Iraq Infrastructure...
Canada/United States: National Energy Board of Canada Rejects Proposal to Build Transmission Line to United States
The National Energy Board of Canada has denied an application by Sumas Energy 2 Inc. (SE2; Bellingham, Washington) to construct the Canadian portion of...
United States: LIPA Buys D-VAR Transmission Grid Reliability System
The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA; Uniondale, New York) has purchased a Dynamic Volt-Ampere-Reactive (D-VAR) reactive power compensation system from...
Canada/United States: Canada's Energy Board Rejects Transmission Line to U.S. Plant
The National Energy Board of Canada has denied an application by Sumas Energy 2 Inc. (SE2; Bellingham, Washington, U.S.) to construct the Canadian portion...
Norris Public Power Completes 69-kV Transmission Construction on Schedule
Norris Public Power District (NPPD; Beatrice, Nebraska, U.S.) began construction of 9 miles (14 km) of 69-kV transmission construction in September 2003....
DVP Refurbishes Guyed Transmission Towers
In the mid 1960s, Dominion Virginia Power (DVP; Richmond, Virginia, U.S.) constructed the first operational 500-kV transmission lines in the United States....
Composite Technology Announces $2.7 Million Agreement to Construct ACCC Power Transmission Line in Kansas
Composite Technology Corp. (CTC; Irvine, California, U.S.) has reached an agreement with the city of Kingman, Kansas, U.S., to construct a 21-mile (34-km)...
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