OG&E Reaches Agreements for New Wind Farm Developments
OG&E has announced agreements with developers who will build two new wind farms in northwestern Oklahoma as part of a plan under which OG&E will more than triple its current wind power capacity by the end of 2010. ...
Hydro One Orders SVC for Substation Serving Toronto
ABB, has won an order worth $30 million from Hydro One Network Inc., one of Canada’s leading power utilities, to provide a turnkey static Var compensator (SVC) solution for a substation serving the Toronto area. ...
United Arab Emirates Commissions New Substation
As part of further expansion of Dubai’s power supply network, Siemens Energy has secured an order worth approximately EUR90 million from the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA). ...
Construction Begins on New $3.9 Million PSE Substation
Puget Sound Energy customers in the Blaine and Birch Bay areas of Whatcom County, Washington, will soon benefit from an upgraded electric system as the utility this week begins constructing a new $3.9 million substation at 4390 Birch Bay-Lynden Road, Blaine. ...
CPS Energy Outlines Plans For Solartricity Producer Program
CPS Energy plans to launch its Solartricity Producer Program, a market-based initiative that could attract hundreds of small-to-large-scale solar energy-generating projects in the Greater San Antonio area, in January 2010. ...
NES to Use Renewable Soy Oil in New Transformers
Nashville Electric Service demonstrates its environmental commitment by switching from petroleum-based mineral oil to a renewable source – soybean oil – in all new distribution transformers....
PECO Completes $22 Million Substation Expansion in Grays Ferry
PECO has completed a $22 million upgrade of its electric substation in the Grays Ferry section of Philadelphia, which added another transmission feed within the utility’s Center City system to meet increased electric demand and ensure reliability for the city. ...
Customers Benefit from Single-Phase Reclosing
Potential Reliability Benefits Could be Achieved Through the Implementation of single-phase reclosing and lockout in distribution feeders. However, several...
ITC Purchases Two Transmission Susbstations in Kansas
ITC Great Plains, LLC has completed the purchase of two electric transmission substations to help Kansas address long-term energy challenges...
Southern California Edison to Build 2 Large-Scale Solar Power Projects
Southern California Edison and First Solar have announced agreements to build two large-scale solar power projects in Riverside and San Bernardino counties in Southern California....
EnerNex Awarded Wind Energy Grant from U.S. Department of Energy
EnerNex Corp. has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for a wind energy project to help facilitate 20% of energy from wind in 2030 in an effort to expand the nation’s renewable energy deployment. ...
More Power to Las Vegas
Las Vegas Started as a Dot on the Map in 1911. The first resort casinos were built in the early 1930s and the city's growth took off. As new hotels, casinos,...
Distributed Energy Storage Available to AEP
S&C Electric Co. (Chicago, Illinois) recently installed and commissioned a Distributed Energy Storage System (DESS) for American Electric Power Co. (AEP;...
Utilities Load Shift With Thermal Storage
Rather than continuing to build new generation to keep pace with peak demand, wouldn't it be more efficient to use existing generation and store that...
Local Grids Require Dynamic Storage
Energy-storage devices come in all shapes and sizes. Performance characteristics vary, as do costs and benefits. It is important to select the right device...
Australia's Energex Seeks $127 Million to Meet Rising Demand
Australian power utility Energex has submitted an application to the Australian Energy Regulator to seek a A$127 million fund for the five-year period from 2010 to 2015 to meet the rising electricity use on hot summer days. ...
Data Mining Pinpoints Incipient Failures
Transformer Failures Can Disrupt Service for Weeks and Cost Millions of Dollars. In 2004, a catastrophic transformer failure and fire at the Westwing...
Powerco Selects S&C's Underground Switchgear for Te Rere Hau Wind Farm
Powerco Transmission Services' new Te Rere Hau Wind Farm, now under construction in Palmerston North, New Zealand, will ultimately feature an initial...
Infrared Thermography Monitors Bushing Health
The Most Costly Piece of Equipment in a Substation is the Power Transformer. As part of the transformer assembly, high-voltage bushings allow current...
NV Energy Meets Growing Power Needs of Las Vegas
MGM Mirage's $9 billion Project CityCenter is redefining the Las Vegas skyline and adding 102 MW of load demand to NV Energy's system. To meet the growing...
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