Technologies Advance Transmission System
Does it Feel as Though Life is Moving at Warp Speed? Do you have trouble keeping current with technology? Are newer technologies being introduced before...
Substation Intelligence
The Term Intelligent Grid Often Conjures Up Ideas About Smart Meters, remote-controlled thermostats, appliances controlled by the utility, two-way communication...
Utilities Relieve Grid Congestion
Around the World, the Demand for Electricity is Steadily Increasing, and the delivery system is being severely challenged. In industrialized countries,...
Xcel Switches to Soy-Based Transformers
Beginning in 2008, Xcel Energy (Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.) will use renewable soy-oil-based dielectric coolant in all new single-phase transformers...
ABB to Supply Power Equipment for World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm
German utility E.ON Netz GmbH has awarded ABB an order worth more than US$400 million to supply the power equipment that will connect the world's largest...
IID at the Vanguard of Change in Renewable Energy Transmission
The Imperial Irrigation District (IID) Board of Directors has adopted two major policy initiatives designed to bolster renewable energy development in...
ACS Upgrades DTE's Substation Automation Systems
Advanced Control Systems (ACS; Norcross, Georgia, U.S.) delivered to Detroit Edison (DTE; Detroit, Michigan, U.S.) six Connex 30 substation manager upgrades...
Control AC and DC From a Single Platform
For More than a Decade, Industrial Personal Computers have Controlled High-Voltage DC Installations all Over the World, processing not only the inverter...
Dynamic Rating Allows More Wind Generation
Xcel Energy has Significantly Reduced Wind Farm Curtailments in the Buffalo Ridge Region by monitoring a thermal line constraint through the use of real-time...
Detroit Edison To Complete Shelby Reliability Improvement Project
An electric service reliability improvement project by Detroit Edison will culminate next month when 2500 customers in Shelby Township are switched to a new substation and the voltage carried by power lines in the area is increased. ...
Nevada Power Commissions New Substation, Powerline
Sargent & Lundy LLC has been selected by Nevada Power Co. to design a proposed new substation and overhead 230/138/12-kV transmission and distribution line...
Australian Utility Energex Completes $5.5 Million Upgrade
Thousands of homes and businesses in Caboolture Shire in Queensland, Australia, will benefit from Energex’s recently completed multi-million dollar boost to the electricity network...
Westar Launches Kansas' Largest Wind Energy Program
Westar Energy, Inc. has reached tentative agreements with developers who will build three wind farms in Kansas totaling approximately 300 MW....
Fog Deters Birds From High-Voltage Roost
Nuisance Bird Species Congregate and Roost in Electric Substations. Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG San Francisco, California, U.S.), like many American...
On-Line Monitor Tracks Transformer Health
It is Not Uncommon for Bus Fault-Current Levels to Exceed 30 kA. Large power transformers, especially older ones with windings not braced for this fault-current...
ABB Wins Offshore Wind Farm Order
German Utility E.ON Netz GmbH has awarded ABB (Zurich, Switzerland) an order worth more than US$400 million to supply the power equipment that will integrate...
Fall Protection for Substation Transformers
In early 2006, the Colorado Springs Utilities' (SU; Colorado Springs, Colorado) safety and health department reviewed a new fall-protection mast for the...
AEP to Deploy Additional Large-Scale Batteries on Distribution Grid
American Electric Power, as part of the company's comprehensive effort to integrate new technologies for reliability, renewable energy and energy efficiency to meet customers' future needs, is expanding its use of large-scale battery technology on its electricity grid...
CL&P Upgrades the Grid
Southeastern Connecticut is in one of the most power-constrained regions in the United States. During peak periods, Connecticut uses more power than it...
Sonelgaz Awards AREVA Turnkey Contract
AREVA's Transmission and Distribution (T&D) division has signed a contract with the main Algerian utility Sonelgaz to increase the capacity of its transmission...
Namibia Embraces Complete Transformer Protection Package
Remote substations can be a challenge, and the utility responsible for providing electricity to Namibia and much of South Africa had several new remote...
Dispelling the Old Myths: Measuring Winding Hot Spot Using Fiber Optics
Recent industry polls show winding hot-spot temperature is the most critical parameter utilities mention when considering a transformer-monitoring program....
Transpower Upgrades Electricity Supply in New Plymouth Area
The successful completion of an electricity supply upgrade for New Plymouth, New Zealand, is being celebrated by Transpower, owner and operator of the National Grid, and local lines company Powerco....
Horizon Wind Energy Contracts Engineers for Pioneer Wind Farm Substation
Horizon Wind Energy has selected Sargent & Lundy LLC to design the 345/34.5 kV substation for the first phase of the Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm project in northeastern Iowa. ...
Con Edison Installing New Capacitors in Westchester, NY
New Athens Generating Company, working with the cooperation of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., has announced a plan for capacitors to be installed at a Con Edison substation in Westchester County, New York. ...
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