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MGM Transformer delivers large transformers in time to energy provider
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded partnerships and a leading North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, crude oil, refined products, and petrochemicals. A recent project involving the addition of multiple pipeline pump stations required the utilization of two 1000KVA liquid filled substation transformers to ...
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10 Latest Successful Transformer Protector (TP) activations reported
Transformer explosions and fires are very damaging and frequent. Many experts anticipate that the number of failures per year will increase significantly in the near future because of the shorter duration life. Transformer explosions and fires create costly environmental pollution, repairs, plant outages, and are a risk to human lives. From May 3, 2013 to the present, the TRANSFORMER PROTECTOR ...
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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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Powersystems Announce First Major Bus Electrification in Scotland
Powersystems UK are part of a nationwide team that design, install, commission and maintain electrical vehicle (EV) infrastructure for bus and vehicle manufacturers as well as fleet transport operators. As a leading high voltage engineering specialist, Powersystems have been appointed to design, supply, install, test and commission the electric vehicle charging infrastructure for 22 BYD ADL ...
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Eaton Announces $54 Million Project to Expand Manufacturing Operations at Three Milwaukee-Area Plants
Power management company Eaton today announced a $54 million investment in its Waukesha-based Cooper Power Systems business. The project, which calls for expanding one facility and renovating two others, will help Eaton meet growing demand for its utility, commercial and industrial power distribution products and solutions. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) is providing up to ...
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ABB solution greens global shipping
The ABB solution was developed for a ro-ro (roll on-roll off) terminal at the Swedish port of Gothenburg in 2000 and was the first in the world to provide ships with high voltage electric power delivered by cable from onshore during their time in port. The ABB solution helped the Port of Gothenburg win two environmental awards, the 2008 Clean Seas Award given by Lloyd's List and the 2004 Clean ...
By ABB
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Hawaiian Electric Preparing New Phase of Community Solar
Hawaiian Electric is beginning work on a greatly expanded Community-Based Renewable Energy program, based on recent approvals by the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission. Unlike the first phase, which was limited to 8 megawatts, this phase will be open to 235 MW of renewable generation across Hawaiian Electric's five-island service territory, including Molokai and Lanai. The second phase places ...
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Smith Brothers races on with high-voltage upgrade works at Owlerton Greyhound Stadium
Yorkshire power contractor Smith Brothers has been appointed by WMA Architects to undertake high-voltage upgrade works at Sheffield’s Owlerton Stadium.As Yorkshire’s premier greyhound track, the stadium hosts races almost every day of the week. The wider redevelopment project being conducted by WMA Architects, will see significant updates made across the venue – including a new hospitality suite ...
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UK offshore wind center targets O&M savings after new installation records
Following fresh installation breakthroughs, Vattenfall's new commercial wind test facility in Scotland will support new operations solutions for the latest high-capacity turbines, bucket foundations and cabling. Earlier this month, Sweden's Vattenfall officially launched its 93 MW European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeen Bay, north-east Scotland. Supported by UK and ...
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RWE Innogy commences with turbine installation for the Nordsee Ost Offshore Wind Farm
At RWE’s base port in Bremerhaven the go-ahead was given yesterday for the installation of the 48 wind turbines that will comprise the Nordsee Ost Offshore Wind Farm: Four 240-tonnes tubular steel towers, together with the associated hubs and nacelles, were loaded onto the installation vessel “Victoria Mathias” which will transport them for installation at sea over the coming ...
By RWE AG
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Enel and Rosseti Sign Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation in Innovative Smart Grid Solutions
Enel S.p.A. and Rosseti, the national operator of energy networks in Russia, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in innovative smart grid solutions. The agreement was signed in the framework of St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) by Francesco Starace, Enel's CEO and General Manager, and Oleg Budargin, General Director of Rosseti. "This memorandum of ...
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Intertrust Launches CleanGrid Toolkit for Energy Data Applications
Intertrust this week announced CleanGrid -- a new Intertrust Platform toolkit that helps energy companies and their vendors develop data-driven energy applications. The toolkit leverages Intertrust Platform's innovative features -- including data virtualization and data interoperability, data governance and secure execution environments -- and helps energy companies support consumer protection, ...
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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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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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Siemens to connect Thanet offshore wind farm to the British power grid
Siemens Energy and consortium partner Prysmian Cables & Systems, have been awarded an order worth approximately EUR 87 million by Thanet Offshore Wind Ltd. to connect the Thanet offshore wind farm to the British power grid. Generating enough electricity to power over 167,000 homes, the wind farm with an installed capacity of 300 megawatts (MW) will be constructed in the North Sea, eleven ...
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Soitec and Schneider Electric Sign Memorandum of Understanding With Masen on Integrated Partnership on CPV Technology in Morocco
Soitec, a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, and Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding with Masen (Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy), lead player in the Moroccan Solar Plan, on an integrated partnership on ...
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Utilities cite 3 areas of fundamental interest in New York’s Distributed Energy System planning
Katherine Tweed reports in GreenTech Media that in response to the Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) Plan, New York utilities are planning to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in the next five years to prepare for a distributed energy future and cites three areas of primary importance: non-wires alternatives, smart metering, and advanced distribution management systems. For more than two ...
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Ameren Missouri Files updated Smart Energy Plan with Missouri Public Service Commission
Ameren Missouri, a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation, filed an updated Smart Energy Plan and budget with the Missouri Public Service Commission today. The$8.4 billion plan supports grid modernization efforts over the next five years, including installation of more than one million smart meters, more renewable generation, programs to stimulate economic growth for communities across Missouri and ...
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ABB will power up the world’s biggest financial district
Occupying a greenfield site of more than 500 acres in the rapidly developing state of Gujarat, Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) will be the world’s largest international financial services center and IT hub when it is completed in 2017. The site consists of about 100 million square feet of commercial and residential floor space, including an 80-storey signature building known as ...
By ABB
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Con Edison Files Investment Plan in Support of New York State's Climate Goals
Con Edison is seeking new electric and gas rates in 2023 to fund clean energy investments in support of New York State's climate goals and to make infrastructure upgrades that will help keep customers in service during severe weather. The proposal to the New York State Public Service Commission would continue unprecedented investments in energy efficiency, renewables, electric vehicles and clean ...
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