substation control News
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ABB to Support the Increasing Digitalization of Substations
ABB and Intel signed a formal agreement to collaborate on the marketing and selling of next-generation distribution automation systems and products for protection and control in utility and industrial applications. At the core of the agreement is ABB Ability smart substation control and protection for electrical systems, SSC600, powered by Intel Xeon processors. SSC600 centralizes all protection ...
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Next Stage of £83m Smart Grid Enablers Project Begins
Northern Powergrid has begun the next phase of work on a significant and technically challenging project to modernise and future-proof more than 860 of its substation controllers for the implementation of smart grid solutions and applications. This next phase will see investment of £15 million in the next generation of substation controller to make Smart Substations more of a reality. This ...
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Saint-Gobain site successfully energised by high-voltage specialist Smith Brothers
Power engineering contractor Smith Brothers has completed a large-scale assignment to connect the Saint-Gobain Glass manufacturing facility in Eggborough, Goole, to the grid.Saint-Gobain – Europe’s leading flat glass producer – appointed the Independent Connection Provider (ICP) to upgrade the HV system and handle all electrical and civil engineering works to link the facility into the local ...
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Rugged cellular router offers Broadband wireless connectivity
Integrated LTE Modem with rollback to 2G and 3G networks for reliability Dual SIM card slot for service provider redundancy and automatic failover Rugged design for demanding environments like Utilities, Transportation and Oil & Gas Siemens Ruggedcom RX1400 is a multiprotocol intelligent node which combines Ethernet switching, routing and firewall functionality with various WAN ...
By Siemens AG
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Burns & McDonnell Dedicates New Smart Grid Laboratory
Burns & McDonnell has significantly expanded and upgraded its Smart Grid Laboratory as a result of a move into a new larger testing and development facility equipped with more than $1 million in state-of-the-art diagnostics and testing equipment. The new facility was formally dedicated during a Jan. 27 open house for employee-owners and clients. The new testing facility is now open and ...
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Sentient Energy Unveils Ubiquitous Grid Monitoring And Analytics System
Sentient Energy recently (2/6) unveiled the first ubiquitous distribution grid monitoring and analytics system for grid reliability and safety. The Sentient Energy Grid Analytics System couples the Ample Analytics Suite with intelligent sensors that can be deployed anywhere on the distribution grid. The system continuously measures a wide variety of parameters that can pinpoint the location and ...
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ABB Wins $55 Million Wind Power Order in Brazil as Renewable Energy Demand Grows
CARY, N.C., Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ABB (NYSE: ABB), the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $55 million to supply three new substations and transmission infrastructure for the Brazilian utility Eolicas do Sul. The order was booked in the second quarter. Brazil has traditionally relied heavily on hydropower for its electricity supply. This ...
By ABB
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ABB wins orders worth US$100m to strengthen Saudi Arabia’s power network
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth $100 million for substations to strengthen Saudi Arabia’s transmission and distribution network. ABB will design, supply, install and commission three 110-kilovolt substations that will serve the growing power needs of the Mecca region. Based on ABB’s gas-insulated switchgear technology, the substations have a compact ...
By ABB
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Professional Solutions for the Global Energy Market at CIGRE 2018
LumaSense Technologies, Inc. provides an innovative suite of temperature and gas sensing products designed to allow customers to continuously monitor substations, Load Tap Changers (LTCs) and transformers. These products provide early warnings for countermeasures to reduce failures and serious damages. As the global demand for energy increases, energy generators and providers need asset ...
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ABB to Strengthen Power Infrastructure in Iraq
ABB has won orders from the Ministry of Electricity in Iraq to deliver five fixed and 15 mobile 132 kilovolt substations that will help strengthen the power grid and provide electricity in central Iraq.The government of Iraq is rebuilding the country and investing in its grid as part of its ambitious plan to develop its power infrastructure to meet electricity needs. The substation projects are ...
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Yorkshire Water appoints Smith Brothers for £55m framework
Electrical engineering firm, Smith Brothers Contracting, has secured a position on Yorkshire Water’s high-voltage (HV) electrical design, build, and specialist studies services framework – which carries a total forecast value of up to £55m. The framework will deliver high-voltage electrical works and services – including design, build, installation, refurbishment and ...
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Leading glassmaker appoints Smith Brothers for grid connection
Part of the Saint-Gobain Group – a global designer and producer of construction materials and solutions – Saint-Gobain Glass is the principal supplier of coated glass worldwide, with its UK base in Eggborough, Goole. With the manufacturing facility currently supplied via a private-wire network, high voltage specialist Smith Brothers has been enlisted to connect it to the local ...
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ABB wins $30 million solar power plant order in Spain
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a $30 million order from GA Solar, part of the Gestamp Corporation, to deliver a 13 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) power plant in northern Spain. Once connected to the grid, the plant will supply up to 22.6 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electric power a year, avoiding the generation of over 11,500 tons of CO2 emissions, equivalent to the ...
By ABB
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UK Power Networks Partners with GE Digital on Smart Substation Project to Drive Net Zero Outcomes
GE Digital this week announced it is partnering with its valued customer UK Power Networks on a world-first smart substation project. The project, known as Constellation, is designed to optimize utilization of the distribution network to facilitate the rise of renewable energy generation across the United Kingdom. GE notes Constellation is a world-first innovation project that will see powerful ...
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Horizon Power and PXiSE Energy Solutions Successfully Operate World's First 100% Solar-Plus-Storage-Only Community Grid
Horizon Power, Western Australia's regional and remote energy utility, and PXiSE Energy Solutions, developer of next-generation grid control technology, have collaborated on a first-of-its-kind hydrocarbon-free power grid that enabled a town to power itself entirely with fossil-free distributed energy resources.In the world's first known instance of solar-plus-batteries supplying 100% of a ...
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Digital Simulation of the New York Power System to Test Advanced Grid Technologies
The New York Power Authority (NYPA), the largest state public power organization in the nation, will test, model and develop innovative solutions for energy systems at its world-class research and development facility - the Advanced Grid Innovation Laboratory for Energy (AGILe) - at its White Plains headquarters. With expertise and support from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the ...
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Smarter Grid Solutions Finalizes Five Solutions for Flexible Solar Interconnection to Utility Grids
Clean energy software firm Smarter Grid Solutions (SGS) has developed five methods that could double the capacity available for solar panels and other distributed energy resources (DERs) to connect to individual electricity substations. Using the company's ANM Element software product, utility companies can monitor the amount of power generated by solar photovoltaics (PVs), wind turbines and ...
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