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Hipotronics Rebuilds Website

May 1, 2012

Hipotronics has announced the launch of its brand new, re-energized website. ...

Self-Regulating Distribution Transformer Presented at Hannover Messe

May 1, 2012

Magtech attended this year’s Hannovermesse last week, and the company displayed its newly developed self-controlled distribution transformer called MDT. ...

Megger Acquires Relay Engineering Services

May 1, 2012

Megger has acquired Relay Engineering Services, a UK company that has an established track record in developing innovative products for testing power system protection equipment....

Kinectrics to Open New Danish R&D Testing Facility

Apr 26, 2012

David Harris, president and CEO of Kinectrics Inc., together with Pia Olsen Dyhr, Danish Minister of Trade and Investment, have announced plans to establish Kinectrics first European facility in Jutland, Denmark in 2012. ...

Recovery Transformer Program Produces EHV Replacement Prototype

Apr 17, 2012

As part of a consortium, EPRI has helped develop prototype transformer that can replace damaged/destroyed transformer in about one week, instead of several months, to prevent sustained power outages....

Polymer Arrester Improves Power Distribution Reliability

Apr 17, 2012

The new Cooper Power Systems UltraSIL polymer arrester improves energy handling capability, increases creep distance, and provides superior – up to 15 percent Margin of Protection over common industry offerings – equipment protection in a lightweight polymer arrester....

New Software Provides In-Depth Testing of Protective Relays

Apr 17, 2012

RelayLabTest enables users to assess the overall performance of protection devices under realistic operating conditions....

Inductive Superconducting Fault Current Limiter Tested Sucessfully in Validation Tests

Apr 12, 2012

Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies, Inc. and Schneider Electric Sachsenwerk GmbH have announced the successful completion of a major milestone in the development of a novel shielded, inductive superconducting fault current limiter, which is to begin field test operations in the Stadtwerke Augsburg grid in 2013. ...

New Modules and Protocols Released SEL RTU or PLC Platform

Apr 3, 2012

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. has announced new modules and protocols for its remote terminal unit or programmable logic control platform, the SEL-2240 Axion. ...

Power Quality Meter Meter Supports Grid Modernization

Apr 3, 2012

GE has released the Multilin EPM 9900, a high-speed, high-accuracy power quality metering solution for monitoring critical power applications....

New Category of Monitors Reduces Transformer Outages

Apr 3, 2012

LumaSense Technologies, Inc. has introduced a new category of dissolved-gas analysis monitors that allow electric utilities to more effectively reduce outages caused by faulty load tap changers and transformers. ...

Smart Device Delivers Operational Information on High-Voltage Transmission Lines

Apr 3, 2012

Lindsey Manufacturing Co. has introduced the Transmission Line Monitor (TLM). ...

Team Selected for 1.8 Million SmartMeter Deployment for Consumers Energy in Michigan

Mar 22, 2012

SmartSynch today announced the team, who will help provide the advanced metering system that will form the foundation of a grid and meter modernization program for Consumers Energy’s 1.8 million electric customers in Michigan....

Michigan System to Facilitate Power Flow Control and Integration of Renewables

Mar 21, 2012

ABB has won an order worth around $90 million from American Transmission Co. to supply a power solution that will help control the flow of power and enhance grid stability in the State of Michigan. ...

Washington State University Laboratory Hosts First Synchrophasor Conference Focusing on Testing for the Smart Grid

Mar 21, 2012

The IEEE Conformity Assessment Program and Washington State University through its Smart Grid Demonstration and Research Investigation lab, hosted the inaugural conference for synchrophasor testing, validation and certification for the smart grid on March 16, 2012....

Michel Duval, Fault Diagnosis Expert, To Receive 2012 IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission And Distribution Award

Mar 21, 2012

Michel Duval, an internationally known engineer whose pioneering contributions to condition monitoring of high-voltage transformers help diagnose and prevent equipment faults that can cause power failures, was honored by IEEE with the 2012 IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution Award. ...

California ISO Certifies the Newly Released SEL-735 Power Quality and Revenue Meter

Mar 5, 2012

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. has announced California ISO certification of the recently released SEL-735 Power Quality and Revenue Meter....

NXP and S&C Join Forces to Enhance Security of Critical Smart Grid Components

Mar 5, 2012

NXP Semiconductors N.V., and S&C Electric Co. have announced a program to develop and incorporate advanced integrated circuits that will provide enhanced security for products used in smart grid applications....

Proximity Voltage Detector Features Nine Selectable Voltage Ranges

Mar 5, 2012

HDE's PRX-500 Proximity Voltage Detector is a non-contact voltage detector with nine selectable voltage ranges from 120 VAC up to 500 kVAC....

G&W Electric and Survalent Technology Join to Provide Automation Solutions

Mar 5, 2012

G&W Electric and Survalent Technology have partnered to provide automation solutions to develop a comprehensive solution offering users the ability to monitor, evaluate, and reconfigure their system providing increased reliability, data analysis, reporting, and improved efficiencies. ...