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ABB to provide innovative substation solution in the UK
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has received an order from CE Electric, UK for a substation that will improve the security and reliability of power supplies in the county of Yorkshire in the north of England. The new substation will use technology that allows it to be placed indoors, and the building will be on stilts to protect the installation from flooding. It will ...
By ABB
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ABB to Acquire GE Industrial Solutions
ABB announced the acquisition of GE Industrial Solutions, GE's global electrification solutions business. GE Industrial Solutions has deep customer relationships in more than 100 countries and an established installed base with strong roots in North America, ABB's biggest market. GE Industrial Solutions is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and has about 13,500 employees around the world. In ...
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Iberdrola invested €550 million in extending and improving its electricity grid in Spain in 2009
Facilities ensure a quality power supply The company has added approximately 3,300 MVA to the system, thereby increasing its installed capacity by 5.5% IBERDROLA has commissioned 22 new substations, almost 3,000 km of power lines and approximately 3,200 transformer stations during the past year IBERDROLA invested €550 million in extending and improving its electricity grid in Spain in ...
By Iberdrola
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Abengoa wins its largest transmission line in the United States
California ISO selected a joint venture between Abengoa and Starwood Energy as the approved sponsor to finance, construct, own, operate and maintain the Delaney to Colorado River 500 kV transmission line project. July 13, 2015. Abengoa (MCE: ABG.B/P SM /NASDAQ: ABGB), the company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, has announced ...
By Abengoa
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Planning Consent Granted For East Anglia One Offshore Windfarm
East Anglia One Offshore Wind, a 50-50 joint venture between IBERDROLA’s subsidiary ScottishPower Renewables and Vattenfall, has received consent from the UK Department for Energy & Climate Change. With 1,200 MW capacity, the project will be located off the coast of East Anglia and will become one of the world’s largest. The development is IBERDROLA’s most ambitious ...
By Iberdrola
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PSE&G Gains Approval to Fast Track Grid Modernization Efforts
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities this week approved a settlement that will enable PSE&G to make investments that will provide the enhanced reliability customers now need and help New Jersey achieve its clean energy goals. With the approval of PSE&G's Infrastructure Advancement Program, the state's largest utility is expected to invest $511 million over four years, creating ...
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Abengoa is awarded a new transmission project in Mexico
The four substations included in the project will require a total investment of $8.7 million. Abengoa (MCE: ABG.B/P SM /NASDAQ: ABGB), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, has been selected by Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) to construct four new substations in the state of Sinaloa, ...
By Abengoa
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Duke Energy Florida builds innovative, more resilient, environmentally friendly substation
Duke Energy Florida earlier this week opened its new, state-of-the-art Bayboro electrical substation to meet the power needs of downtown St. Petersburg. The electrical substation is known as a gas insulated switchgear (GIS) substation. It is the first in Florida constructed by Duke Energy and was placed in-service Nov. 29. The vast majority of substations are built outside - uncovered - ...
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ORNL Teams with Los Alamos, EPB to Demonstrate Next-Generation Grid Security Tech
A team of researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge and Los Alamos National Laboratories has partnered with EPB, a Chattanooga utility and telecommunications company, to demonstrate the effectiveness of metro-scale quantum key distribution (QKD) as a means of secure communication for the nation's electricity suppliers. This initial milestone is part of the team's three-year project ...
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Powering Iraq from North to South: Ministry of Electricity and GE Sign $400 Million Contract to Build 14 Electric Substations
The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity (MoE) has signed an agreement worth over $400 million with GE Power (NYSE: GE) to develop 14 electric substations on a turnkey basis and supply critical equipment such as transformers, circuit breakers and other outdoor equipment to rehabilitate existing substations and bring much-needed power to areas facing significant electricity shortages across the country. ...
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The President of Peru inaugurates Abengoa Yield transmission line, ATS
Abengoa Yield (NASDAQ: ABY), the sustainable total return company that owns a diversified portfolio of contracted assets in the energy and environment sectors, today (Sep 9, 2014) inaugurated the Chilca – Marcona – Ocoña – Montalvo transmission line of Abengoa Transmisión Sur (ATS). The opening ceremony took place at the Poroma electrical substation in Marcona ...
By Abengoa
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Nordseecluster: RWE chooses Chantiers de l’Atlantique as key supplier for its 1.6-GW offshore wind cluster off the German coast
RWE is making further progress on developing the Nordseecluster, a 1.6-gigawatt (GW) cluster of four offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The company has selected Atlantique Offshore Energy, the marine energy business unit of French company Chantiers de l’Atlantique, as the preferred supplier for two electrical offshore substations. Sven Schulemann, RWE’s Managing Director ...
By RWE AG
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Natcore’s 200 MW Vietnam Solar Project receives essential government approvals
A US$300 million solar project managed by Natcore Technology Inc. (TSX-V: NXT; OTCQB: NTCXF) has been included in the list of selected projects for the development of solar energy in Vietnam’s Binh Thuan Province of Vietnam, and has been approved by the Province People’s Committee. Next up: confirmation by VietNam Electricity (EVN) and by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT). ...
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Consulting services sought for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa hydropower
Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization (PEDO), an autonomous body of the Government of Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with responsibility for fast tracking development of the energy sector of the province, invites expressions of interest from qualified consultants by 15 May to assist with the implementation of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Hydropower Development ...
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Abengoa awarded a Significant Power Transmission Line Contract in Canada
Approximately 400 km of overhead power transmission lines to be constructed in the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia. The project will increase the transmission capacity of renewable and reliable energy between Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia. Abengoa (MCE: ABG.B/P SM /NASDAQ: ABGB), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for ...
By Abengoa
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Abengoa awarded a Significant Power Transmission Line Contract in Canada
Approximately 400 km of overhead power transmission lines to be constructed in the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia. The project will increase the transmission capacity of renewable and reliable energy between Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia. Abengoa (MCE: ABG.B/P SM /NASDAQ: ABGB), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for ...
By Abengoa
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Eaton`s Modular Substation Solutions Simplify, Expedite and Reduce Cost of Power System Deployment
Power management company Eaton today introduced its Modular Integrated Transportable Substation (MITS), an electrical power assembly solution, designed to expedite and reduce the cost of substation deployment. The MITS incorporates a flexible, expandable and portable design in a compact footprint that can accommodate future power needs for utility, industrial and commercial applications. Eaton's ...
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Eaton forges ahead in solar power
Eaton’s Electrical Sector has further extended its strong presence is the solar energy sector by supplying and installing complete BoS (balance of system) solutions for three major new solar energy parks (developed and owned by Lightsource Renewable Energy). The largest of the new parks, at Chittering in Cambridgeshire, has an installed capacity of 5MWp. The other two parks, at Great Knowle ...
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Natcore Partner Denzo Selects Site For 30 MW Solar Farm
Denzo Group Australia has selected a 90 hectare site in the Wide Bay – Burnett Region of Queensland, Australia, as the location for a 30 MW large scale solar farm. To be developed in partnership with Natcore Technology (TSX-V: NXT; OTCQB: NTCXF), the American solar R&D company, the site would be developed to a “shovel ready” stage with storage of 30% in three 10 MW modules. ...
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Making the new silicon
Original story at MIT News An exotic material called gallium nitride (GaN) is poised to become the next semiconductor for power electronics, enabling much higher efficiency than silicon. In 2013, the Department of Energy (DOE) dedicated approximately half of a $140 million research institute for power electronics to GaN research, citing its potential to reduce worldwide energy consumption. Now ...
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