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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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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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Advanced M2M Technology Enables Real-Time Monitoring of the Entire Network of Georgian State Electrosystems Power Substations
ADVANTICSYS successfully completed an ambitious project in Georgia, a country at the crossroad of Eastern Europe and Eastern Asia with major hydroelectric resources exploited mostly by Georgian State Electrosystem (GSE) , a hundred percent state-owned company that seeks to increase the reliability of substations to improve and secure energy supply to companies in the country while reducing costs. ...
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LumaSense introduces ThermalSpection 724 infrared camera for automated high-voltage equipment monitoring
LumaSense Technologies, Inc. introduced the next generation ThermalSpection 724 substation asset monitoring system that includes a hardened enclosure with thermal and visual imagers mounted on a pan-tilt positioner. An essential part of the upgraded system includes new interfaces to easily automate data collection and analysis. Hardware updates include a higher resolution infrared camera with a ...
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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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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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Ameren Illinois Installs State-of-the-Art Substation in Southwest Champaign
This fall, Ameren Illinois customers living around southwest Champaign will see the company construct a $9.1 million state-of-the-art substation. The new facility, which reduces voltage from large transmission lines so electricity can be distributed homes and businesses, will enhance service reliability, flexibility and load capacity of the company's local electric grid in Champaign and ...
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Frost & Sullivan: High Costs, Uncertain Returns Curb Utilities´ Investments in Australian Smart Grid Market
While several Australian electricity distribution utilities have progressed toward smart grid implementation, they are reluctant to substantially invest any further in smart grids due to the lack of specific payback periods. These reduced investments, along with unsatisfactory performances of smart grid technologies when tested in real application environments, will restrict the smart grid ...
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Biden Administration Announces $3.5 Billion for Largest Ever Investment in America's Electric Grid
As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, a key pillar of Bidenomics, White House Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator Mitch Landrieu and Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm this week announced $3.46 billion for 58 projects across 44 states to strengthen electric grid resilience and reliability across America. Funded by the President's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, ...
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