AMSC Begins Fault Current Limiter Project for Southern California Edison
American Superconductor Corp. and Southern California Edison have announced an agreement award from the Department of Energy on a project to develop and perform in-grid testing of a transmission-voltage fault current limiter solution....
Instrument Integrates VLF AC Testing, Fault Finding
High Voltage, Inc.'s new Model VT-33 is a VLF 0.1 Hz, AC hipot, cable fault locator and burner...
SEL Introduces Voltage Regulator Control
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. has announced its entry into a new market with the release of the SEL-2431 Voltage Regulator Control....
Northeast Utilities Orders HV Circuit Breakers, Shunt Reactors
Northeast Utilities has purchased four of Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution, Inc. new 550-kV dead tank circuit breakers with FA5 spring-spring operator technology – the first of their kind in the United States. ...
Instrument Detects High-Impedance Faults With Arc Sense Technology
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. has released high-impedance fault detection in the SEL-451 Protection, Automation, and Control System....
Test Terminals Help Extend Equipment's Life
PCORE test terminals allow utilities to perform field dielectric tests of substation equipment such as transformers and circuit breakers quickly, safely and cost-effectively...
Thomas & Betts Acquires Joslyn Hi-Voltage, Power Solutions Business
Thomas & Betts Corp. has signed definitive agreements to acquire the Joslyn Hi-Voltage and Power Solutions businesses from Danaher Corporation for $280 million...
DOE to Provide $30 Million for Fault Current Limiter Development
The U.S. Department of Energy will provide up to $51.8 million for five cost-shared projects that will help accelerate much-needed modernization of the nation’s electricity grid....
SEL Product Receives UTC Wireless Product of the Year Award
The RadioRANGER Wireless Fault Indication System received the Utilities Telecommunications Council (UTC) Wireless Product of the Year Award during a UTC conference and exposition May 6-9....
UK Standards for High Voltage Measurement Get New Home
NaREC was last month to become the leading high-voltage measurement laboratory in the UK, as it unveiled its new calibration laboratory to become the custodian of the UK’s High Voltage Reference Measurement Standards. ...
Siemens Commissions the Largest FACTS Installation In North America
The Siemens static volt ampere reactive (VAR) compensation system (SVC) has strengthened the transmission path from Arizona to California since its completed installation in September 2006. ...
VacStat Vacuum Interrupter Monitor Now Available in VBM Capacitor Switches
Joslyn Hi-Voltage's vacuum switching technology is now available in VBM capacitor switches...
California Energy Commission Awards Grant to Test New Grid Stability Device
The California Energy Commission has awarded a US$500,000 grant to install and test SC Power Systems' fault current limiter - a ground breaking power and proprietary grid stability device - in the Californian electricity grid. ...
Lumasense Technologies to Acquire Mikron Infrared
Mikron Infrared, Inc. has signed a definitive agreement with LumaSense Technologies, Inc. to merge Red Acquisition Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of LumaSense, with and into the company. ...
Sustainable Development Technology Canada Contributing Toward the Development of Optical Voltage, Current Sensors
NxtPhase T&D Corporation has announced that Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) will contribute $986,000 toward the development of a family of optical voltage and current sensors for use on high-voltage electric power grids...
IEEE Begins First Standards for Measuring Power Factor, for Handling SF6
IEEE has begun work on two first-of-a-kind electrical standards: one for the measurement of power loss in apparatus at low power factors and the other for handling sulfur hexafluoride. ...
Telkonet and GE Energy Develop Integrated Substation Monitoring System
Telkonet, Inc. has signed an exclusive supply agreement with GE Energy to co-develop a custom product that enables vital remote monitoring and management of utility substation equipment. ...
Superconductor Surge Protection Device for Power Grids Achieves Commercial Level
American Superconductor Corporation and Siemens AG have announced commercial-grade performance levels for a medium-voltage superconductor surge protection device known as a fault current limiter (FCL)....
Ohio Utility Deploys Telemetric Voltage Monitors for Reliability
Buckeye Power, Inc. (Columbus, Ohio) has deployed Telemetric’s TVM3 voltage monitors to detect and report delivery point outages from more than 330 delivery points on their system....
Robotic Crawler Detects Wear in Power Lines
Now a robot can roll along the miles of cable, performing a utilities' equivalent of check-ups. ...
Austrian Utility Installs Wide Area Monitoring System
Austria is the latest country to monitor the stability of its power transmission network with an ABB wide area monitoring system, an advanced early warning technology for power grids that helps operators prevent system instabilities and overloads, as well as cascade tripping that leads to power blackouts...
ENOSERV Launches Online Forum Discussion Site
ENOSERV officially launched its new online forums site for open discussion on all things related to ENOSERV and its product line. ...
EPRI Successfully Tests Solid State Current Limiter Prototype
In a development that could significantly enhance the reliability of transmission and distribution systems, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) announced that it has completed and successfully tested a prototype design of a solid state current limiter (SSCL), a device that restricts fault current from new generation or transmission and reduces switching surges. ...
Software Provides Diagnosis, Trending for Oil-Filled HV Equipment
Current industry statistics show that one in 10 transformers will develop a fault in the next 16 years....
Serveron Expands in China & Europe to Market Blackout-Preventing Power Transformer Monitors
Serveron Corporation has opened its first sales office in the People's Republic of China and has appointed Wang Peng as its Beijing-based general manager. ...
