medium voltage equipment News
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Certified by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)
Switchgear Power Systems is proud to announce our national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). The certification process included a site inspection and comprehensive review of the business to ensure SPS meets all of the necessary requirements. By providing advantages to women-owned businesses, corporations and ...
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ANDRITZ to modernize three hydropower stations in Latin America
ANDRITZ HYDRO, part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, will equip three hydropower stations in Brazil and Nicaragua with new technologies and carry out extensive modernization work there. The aggregate order value amounts to approximately 70 million euros. COPEL (Companhia Paranaense de Energia), Brazil, ordered modernization of the Governor Bento Munhoz da Rocha Netto hydropower plant ...
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Eaton to Demonstrate Solutions for Maximising Solar Power Harvest at Intersolar Europe 2013
Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton today announced it will be presenting its portfolio of electrical solutions for the safe, efficient harvest and grid connection of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy at Intersolar Europe 2013, one of the world’s leading exhibitions for the solar industry, from 19 - 21 June in Munich, Germany. Eaton and recently acquired Cooper Industries will ...
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NV Energy Announces New Smart Grid Sensor Initiative
NV Energy has announced a new reliability improvement program that utilizes sophisticated sensing technology comprising smart grid sensors and software to monitor remote substations and distribution power lines throughout Nevada. The aim of the project is to provide greater reliability of the electric supply for NV Energy's customers as well as millions of tourists. b The new grid-monitoring ...
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Power Distribution Center for Battery Energy Storage
SPS built and integrated a 50 ft power distribution center for a battery energy storage system (BESS), including installation of battery racks for LG Chem batteries, fire suppression system, DC bus, HVAC system, and battery disconnect switches. The BESS was commissioned to determine how energy storage can be used to increase the productivity solar photovoltaic facilities, specifically a 1 MW PV ...
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Smart solutions for the grid – Eaton’s new automated MV Switchgear helps improve network reliability
Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton has launched an automated version of its proven and successful Xiria SF6-free Ring Main Unit (RMU). The new 12-24kV Medium Voltage (MV) switchgear is equipped with a Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) that allows utilities to easily acquire, process, store and transmit valuable data from the network. This information enables them to better manage their MV grid ...
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Eaton Delivers New Level of Energy Efficiency, Power Reliability for Industrial Customers
Power management company Eaton expanded its medium-voltage adjustable frequency drive solutions to improve energy efficiency, reliability and safety in harsh industrial environments. The new Eaton SC9000TM EP medium-voltage drives are engineered to help customers achieve energy savings in global oil and gas, mining, utility and water, and wastewater applications, while reducing downtime during ...
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Low-Voltage and Medium-Voltage Arc Quenching Switchgear
Switchgear Power Systems (SPS) has partnered with Tech4 [De Pere, WI] to design, manufacture, and commission the first low-voltage and medium-voltage active arc flash quenching switchgear projects in North America. SPS’s innovative new design eliminates the need for arc-rated personal protective equipment (PPE), and minimizes damage to critical equipment assets. The active arc quenching ...
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ABB wins orders worth US$60m to improve power efficiency in Saudi Arabia
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth $60 million from Saudi Electricity Company, Saudi Arabia’s national power transmission and distribution utility, to improve the power efficiency of 28 distribution substations. ABB is responsible for the design, engineering, supply, installation and commissioning of the projects, which are expected to be completed by ...
By ABB
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ABB wins US$120m hydropower order in Switzerland
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth $120 million from Kraftwerke Linth-Limmern AG (KLL) related to the construction of a new hydropower plant and energy-storage facility in eastern Switzerland. The order was booked in the third quarter. The Linth-Limmern high–capacity, pumped-storage hydropower station will be installed in an underground cavern in the ...
By ABB
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SolarMax central inverter receives BDEW unit certificate
Most powerful central inverter of Sputnik Engineering meets the criteria of the BDEW Medium-Voltage Directive. Biel, 18 August 2011 : Newly commissioned grid-coupled inverters equipped with a direct medium-voltage connection in Germany must demonstrate their compliance with the directive “Generator plants on the medium-voltage network” by means of a unit certificate of the BDEW ...
By Solar Max
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