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KEMA, Dutch Ministry Open Research & Test Facility for Smart Grid
As the global electric utility industry works to create sustainable, secure and reliable power grids for the future, effective implementation will require harnessing new and emerging power electronics technology and components. ...
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Beacon Power to Provide Flywheel System to Support Wind Power Integration Project in California
Beacon Power Corp. has been awarded a subcontract to provide a flywheel energy storage system in support of a wind integration R&D project sponsored by the California Energy Commission. ...
Hydro-Quebec Upgrading Transmission Control
Hydro-Quebec, Canada, has selected ABB for an upgrade of a high-voltage, direct current converter station. ...
Eaton Contributes $500,000 to IEEE/NFPA Arc Flash Research Project
Eaton Corp. has contributed US$500,000 to the Arc Flash Collaborative Research Project organized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). ...
Maine Utility Implementing New T&D SCADA System from OSI
Maine Public Service Co. (MPS) awarded Open Systems International, Inc. (OSI) a contract for a comprehensive SCADA system to monitor and control MPS’ transmission and distribution networks in the summer of 2007. ...
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Real-time Temperature Rating Extends Monitoring Functionality
Numerous underground transmission projects are emerging worldwide. Each project requires a substantial investment of time and money in a market where shortfalls and blackouts are not acceptable anymore...
Vanguard Instruments Releases 2 Transformer Turns-Ratio Testers
Vanguard Instruments Co. has added two new products to its family of transformer turns-ratio testers: the ATRT-03 S2 and the Tri-Phase...
Telemetric Adds Remote Configuration of IED’s Equipped with RTMs
Telemetric Corp. has released its Remote Telemetry Module (RTM)....
Portable Data Recorder Features 20 Channels
Astro-Med's Test & Measurement Product Group has introduced the Dash 20HF, the latest addition to its high frequency data recorder family. ...







