NSTAR to Launch Advanced Energy Storage Pilot Project
A123 Systems is launching a pilot project with NSTAR to study and showcase the performance and reliability benefits of implementing A123’s Grid Storage Battery (GBS) within a suburban electric grid....
Primary Current Injection Test Set is Portable
While capable of delivering 900 A continuously and 5,000 A for short periods, the new Ingvar primary current injection test set from Megger is readily portable, making it suitable for on-site use, even in applications such as underground substations where access would be difficult or impossible for larger test sets. ...
Dielectric Analyzer Tests Liquid or Solid Insulating Materials
The Tettex 2830/2831 is designed to test dielectric properties of liquid and solid insulating materials....
Georgia Transmission Issues First Reward for Information Leading to Copper Theft Conviction
Georgia Transmission Corporation recently paid its first US$3,000 reward to citizens whose report led to the conviction of copper thieves in Soperton, Georgia. ...
Energy Boost for Ausgrid’s Crows Nest Substation
Work is set to begin on the electrical fit out of the new Crows Nest zone substation, with two 50-ton transformers arriving on site this month....
Progress Energy Tackles the Third Harmonic
Harmonic voltage and currents on the distribution system have been largely an industrial issue caused by large motors with variable-speed drives. However,...
Ausgrid Reveals Landmark CBD Building with Substation and Commercial Tower
As part of the Sydney CityGrid project, Ausgrid reveals plans for a new landmark building in the central business district (CBD) of Sydney, Australia,...
City of Weatherford Uses SMART Solution to Track Substation Performance
Weatherford, a western suburb of Fort Worth, Texas, U.S., is a family centric community with a tradition of planning for the future. To deliver clean,...
Landmark Sydney, Australia Building with Substation and Commercial Tower
A new landmark building in the Sydney CBD will house a major electrical substation with an integrated commercial tower development, after architects Fitzpatrick and Partners won a competition to design the building....
Ausgrid Powers up New Substation
Crews have powered up the first part of the new Top Ryde zone substation which is now supplying electricity to more than 3,500 homes and businesses in the Northern suburbs region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...
SDG&E Prepares for Future Seismic Events
A small earthquake rumbled through San Diego on Easter Sunday one-and-a-half years ago, crumbling roadways and inflicting damage to San Diego Gas & Electric's...
PECO Selects WiMAX Solution for Philadelphia Project
RuggedCom Inc. announces its involvement in a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., implementation project in partnership with Alcatel-Lucent. PECO selected...
India Steel Company Orders $71 Million in Substations
Steel Authority of India Limited has ordered a US$71 million substation package for its Bhilai Steel Plant, located in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh....
Relays Become Problem Solvers
Over the past several years, there has been much discussion about the potential applications of synchrophasor technology, but there has not been as much...
SCE Limits Faults
In recent years, as a result of interconnected energy sources and new transmission lines, ever-increasing fault current levels have created an urgent...
ABB Wins $50 Million Order to Make Quebec’s Grid More Energy Efficient
Hydro-Québec will upgrade vital components of its ultra-high voltage transmission system that helps transport clean hydroelectric power from North to South Quebec....
BPA Replacing Copper Wire with Less Valuable Substitute to Deter Substation Break-ins
The Bonneville Power Administration is replacing solid copper wire used to ground substation equipment with copper-coated steel wire that is much more difficult to cut and virtually worthless compared to solid copper wire. ...
Utility Clips Copper Theft
Energy distribution depends on substations at the local level. For rural cooperatives, many substations are in remote locations. Unfortunately, the scrap...
Transforming Data
Transformer dissolved gas monitoring has long been accepted as a critical part of a utility's asset management strategy. But industry experience has shown...
India Steel Company Orders $71 Million in Substations
Steel Authority of India Limited has ordered a US$71 million substation package for its Bhilai Steel Plant, located in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh....
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