Powerco Commissions Automatic Backfeed Restoration Scheme
Powerco (New Plymouth, New Zealand) has commissioned its Pohangina Apiti automatic backfeed restoration scheme using the NOJA Power (Queensland, Australia)...
AEP Process Bus Replaces Copper
A Huge Opportunity for Material, Time and Manpower Savings Exists in the reduction or elimination of substation copper control cables. This has inspired...
TVA Locates Faulty Equipment
Tennessee Valley Authority has had to Deal with Pollution Problems on Insulators and lightning arresters at its Paradise Fossil Plant Switchyard. Particulates...
Synchrophasor Superhighway
Imagine a World Without E-mail or The World Wide Web widespread, standardized, fast, robust systems that are ubiquitous in today's modern world. How would...
Intren Keeps Linemen Safe with Properly Maintained Grounds
Linemen run the risk of electric shock, injury or even death if equipment is not properly grounded. Furthermore, if the linemen are working with properly...
Optical-Fibre Sensors Detect Cable Faults
Current Monitoring is a Vital Technology for the Protection, Control and Supervisory facilities in power utilities. Traditionally, current measurement...
Saudi Arabia Upgrading 15 Substations
ABB has won an order worth $63 million from the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), Saudi Arabia’s national power transmission utility, to upgrade 15 substations in the country's Eastern and Central provinces. ...
PG&E Launches 500 MW Solar Power Initiative
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has announced plans for a five-year program to develop up to 500 MW of clean solar photovoltaic power in its northern and central California service area, one of the largest undertakings of its kind in the country. ...
Eskom Strengthening Power Transmission Capacity in South Africa
ABB has won an order worth $53 million from the South African power utility, Eskom, to strengthen the transmission network in the Western Cape region....
PSE&G Proposes $773 Million Solar Energy Program
Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (PSE&G) has asked New Jersey regulators to approve a $773-million proposal to bring the benefits of 120 megawatts of solar power directly to communities and customers throughout its service territory. ...
Oil-Free Recloser Enhances Reliability
Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative reaps the benefits of a new single-phase vacuum recloser installation, while reducing environmental impact....
Entergy, EPRI Validate Measurement-Based Voltage Stability Monitoring Method to Improve Grid Reliability
The Electric Power Research Institute and Entergy Corp. have validated a method developed by EPRI for continuously calculating the voltage stability margin on transmission networks using...
SF6: No Leak Too Small
Working with alliance partners, ITCTransmission replaces legacy GIS equipment, which results in higher reliability and lower maintenance costs....
Basin Electric Orders AMSC Turnkey D-VAR Solution
Basin Electric Power Cooperative has placed an order for the turnkey D-VAR (STATCOM) reactive compensation solution from American Superconductor Corp....
U.S. Wind Energy Grows by Record 8300 MW in 2008
The U.S. wind energy industry shattered all previous records in 2008 by installing 8,358 MW) of new generating capacity (enough to serve over 2 million homes), the American Wind Energy Association said today, even as it warned of an uncertain outlook for 2009 due to the continuing financial crisis. ...
EPC Contractor Commissions New Substation in Connecticut
Siemens Energy has recently been awarded a contract by the EPC Contractor O&G Industries, Inc. to provide a turnkey 345 kV GIS substation for the Kleen Energy 620 MW combined cycle power plant in Connecticut. ...
Beacon Power Reports Progress on Deployment of Frequency Regulation Systems
Beacon Power Corp. has announced that a 1-MW Smart Energy Matrix has been operating at more than 90% average availability in ISO New England’s Alternative Technologies Pilot Program since Jan. 1, 2009...
JCP&L Proposes $98 Million in Infrastructure and Energy Efficiency Enhancements in 2009
Jersey Central Power & Light intends to spend about $98 million on infrastructure and energy efficiency projects in 2009 in response to a request for support of New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine's Economic Assistance and Recovery Plan. ...
New Transformer to be Used on World’s Longest Power Transmission Link in China
ABB has tested a new type of transformer that is a key component of power superhighways, or power links that can deliver vast amounts of electricity over very long distances. ...
S&C Installs Distributed Energy Storage System for AEP
S&C Electric Co. installed and commissioned a Distributed Energy Storage System (DESS) for American Electric Power Co. at its Citizens Substation in Bluffton, Ohio....
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