Australia Utility Invests $2.7 Million for Substation Upgrade
A $2.7 million upgrade to the Lowood substation in Somerset, Australia, region, and the surrounding power network has provided a major boost to energy supplies in the area. ...
Hydro-Quebec Upgrading HVDC Converter Station
Hydro-Québec, Canada, has contracted with ABB for an upgrade of a high-voltage, direct current (HVDC) converter station. ...
NYISO Wind Forecasts to Help Green the Grid
The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) will incorporate a centralized wind forecasting system to better accommodate wind power in New York’s bulk electricity grid...
Powersystem UK Orders S&C DSTATCOM
S&C has received an order from Powersystem UK, in Bristol, for a PureWave DSTATCOM Distributed Static Compensator for the initial phase of the 48-MW Aikengall...
Inspection Cameras Focus on Reliability
San Diego Gas Electric has been Using Infrared Cameras on its T&D Lines for Years. When the program was implemented, the infrared work was done with a...
Substation Theft, Vandalism Losses in '08 Total $25,000 for BPA
Last week, thieves broke into a Bonneville Power Administration substation in Ferndale, Washington, and stole spools of copper wire worth approximately $2500. ...
Southern California Edison Launches 'Nation's Largest' Solar Panel Installation
Southern California Edison (SCE) has launched the nation’s largest solar cell installation, a project that will place 250 MW of advanced photovoltaic generating technology on 65 million square feet of roofs of Southern California commercial buildings – enough power to serve approximately 162,000 homes...
Italy Installing 13 Autotransformers Over Next 3 Years
ABB will contribute to a grid development plan being carried out by the Italian energy utility Terna. ...
U.S. Department of Energy to Invest up to $13.7 Million for Breakthrough Solar Energy Projects
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that it will invest up to $13.7 million, over three years (Fiscal Years 2008 – 2010), for 11 university-led projects that will focus on developing advanced solar photovoltaic (PV) technology manufacturing processes and products. ...
Dubai Utility Building Two High-Voltage Substations
Areva has signed a E150 million contract with the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority for the delivery of two high-voltage 400kV substations in Dubai...
Con Edison Initiates Energy Demand Reduction Programs in Lower Manhattan, Middle of Staten Island
Con Edison is targeting both Lower Manhattan and the middle part of Staten Island with demand reduction programs designed to reduce customer electric demand, even as the company is concurrently embarking on its most aggressive substation building program in 30 years. ...
Xcel Energy Launches Wind-to-Battery Project
Xcel Energy soon will begin testing a cutting-edge technology to store wind energy in batteries. ...
Dominion Uses G&W Electric's Current-Limiting Fuses to Solve Safety Concerns
Almost every utility with older downtown networks faces the risk of a potentially hazardous failure of network transformers. This was the case at Dominion...
Two Utilities Order AMSC's D-VAR Solution
American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC; Devens, Massachusetts, U.S.) has received orders from two electric utilities for its proprietary D-VAR (dynamic VAR)...
Reliability Takes Wing
Animal-Caused Faults on Electrical Systems Have Beleaguered Engineers and Operations Personnel since power facilities were first installed. Today, mammals,...
Lethal Flashovers Can Be Thwarted
We Have Produced Electricity for Decades, and Every Year We Learn More about the hazards and how to protect ourselves from those hazards. Failure of a...
France to Install Large Wind Farm
Siemens Energy has received an order from the wind project developer Eolfi for a wind farm in France, to be located 30 km north of Troyes...
New High-Voltage DC Transmission System Commissioned in China
After successful completion of the test phase, Siemens Energy commissioned the “Guizhou-Guangdong II” high-voltage DC transmission link (HVDC) on schedule at the beginning of January. ...
Kuwait Int'l Airport Orders Siemens MV Power System
As part of the expansion of Kuwait International Airport, Siemens Energy has been awarded an order worth 80 million euros for planning, delivery, installation...
Partial Discharge Signals Switchgear Condition
In 2002, a post-fault forensic investigation revealed that an insulation failure was the root cause Of a catastrophic failure of switchgear that occurred...
Relay Protection Goes Modular
There have always been a handful of methods to draw management's attention some good, some not so good. Methods involving open flame, billowing smoke...
BGE Automates Capacitor Switching
In 2005, baltimore gas and electric co. initiated a project to address aging and obsolete capacitor control equipment in substations. Unlike the majority...
Demand for Energy Efficiency Powers North American Distribution Transformer Markets
European Commission Proposes Massive Expansion of Wind Power
A European Commission proposal for 20% renewable energy by 2020 paves the way for a massive expansion of wind energy in the 27 member states and a new energy future for Europe....
Beijing Expands Power Grid for Olympics
A 22.1 billion yuan investment has increased Beijing's power supply by 33% to 68.9 million kilo-voltage amperes (kVA) to meet peak demand during the Olympic Games in August. ...
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