Underground Transmission & Distribution
JCP&L Agrees to Implement Morristown Underground Network Improvements
Jersey Central Power & Light has agreed to implement the recommendations in a report on the Morristown underground electrical network, which was accepted today by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. ...
Nexans to Create REE’s New High-Voltage Submarine Power Link between Mallorca and Ibiza
Nexans has been awarded a turnkey contract worth in excess of 90 million euros by REE (Red Eléctrica de España), the operator of the Spanish power system and the owner of the power transmission grid, to create a new 115 km high-voltage (HV) submarine power link between the Islands of Mallorca and Ibiza. ...
REE Contracts Nexans for New High-Voltage Submarine Power Link Between Mallorca and Ibiza
Red Elctrica de Espaa (REE), the operator of the Spanish power system and the owner of the power transmission grid, has awarded Nexans a turnkey contract...
New York Technicians Test for Contact Voltage
All electric utilities in New York state test their underground and overhead electric distribution systems for contact voltage. These utilities perform...
Fenno-Skan 2 Cable Link Ready for Use
Fenno-Skan 2, the high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) electricity transmission connection between Finland and Sweden, is now is full operation. Fenno-Skan...
Education Empowers Cable Engineers
Veteran engineers are leaving the utility industry in waves, taking with them their experience with cables and the underground transmission and distribution...
Zoning Out
I love to travel, but when you start looking like your passport photo, it's time to go home. There are other signals that you have been on the road way...
Underground Makeover
In Japan, electric utilities have installed underground cables on transmission systems up to 500 kV to supply electric power to urban areas. Construction...
Battery-free Monitoring Supports Underground Infrastructure and Transformer Applications
GridSense has developed a maintenance-free and battery-less monitoring system for a U.S. Department of Energy-sponsored project. ...
ABB to Invest $400 Million on Expansion of Cable Production Capacity in Sweden
ABB will invest over $400 million to double the capacity of its high-voltage cables manufacturing facility in Karlskrona, Sweden, to meet growing demand for subsea cables. ...
ENERGEX is on Top of Underground Project in Rosewood, Queensland
ENERGEX and the Ipswich City Council will collectively spend $700,000 to place parts of Rosewood’s overhead electricity network underground. ...
Oldcastle Precast Supplies Products for Camp Pendleton's Base-wide Communications and Electrical Systems Upgrades
Oldcastle Precast is in the process of manufacturing and installing 461 precast concrete manholes and pull boxes for the communications system upgrades...
Xcel Energy Replaces Underground Transformer
Light rail trains transport passengers through downtown Minneapolis. Adjacent to the tracks, an underground vault houses four 115/13.8-kV transformers,...
Record Level of Electricity Transmission Congestions on the Border Between Finland and Sweden This Year
There has not been sufficient electricity transmission capacity on the border between Finland and Sweden this year....
Cornerstone Laid in the EstLink 2 Project at Püssi in Estonia
The cornerstone of the EstLink 2 transmission project was laid November 16, 2011 in Estonia, when the time capsule of the project was enclosed in the structures of the Püssi direct current substation. ...
New Submarine Electricity Cable Projects to Multiply More Than Five-Fold by 2020, Forecasts Pike Research
While the high-voltage submarine cable sector remains a niche market, underwater power transmission is becoming more prevalent in the infrastructure plans of countries around the world. ...
Underground Utility Mapping for Android Devices
Tri-Global Technologies has introduced Tri-Global UtiliDroid for Android smartphones. ...
The Best Trail Forward
Loudoun County in Northern Virginia is one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States, growing 84% in the last 10 years, according to the most...
Nexans to Build EHV Cable Plant in U.S.
Nexans has announced its intention to build a plant for the manufacture of underground extra-high-voltage (EHV) cables, and possible extension to submarine...
ABB Wins $1 Billion Order for Offshore Wind Power Connection to German Power Grid
ABB has won an order worth around $1 billion from the Dutch-German transmission grid operator TenneT to supply a power link connecting offshore North Sea wind farms to the German mainland grid. ...
