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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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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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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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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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100’ Twist Lock Extension Power Cord Released by Larson Electronics
Larson Electronics strives to meet the demands of consumers in the industrial industry with the release of a 100’ extension cord with twist lock connectors to ensure a tight connection when operating equipment in the work area. The EXC-100-8.4-30A-L16.30 twist lock power cord from Larson Electronics is designed for 480V 3-phase indoor and outdoor applications. This rugged extension cord is ...
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50’ 8/4 SOOW Twist Lock Extension Power Cord Released by Larson Electronics
Longtime leading supplier of explosion proof lighting equipment Larson Electronics has announced the release of a fifty foot extension cord with twist lock connectors to ensure a tight connection when operating equipment in the work area. The EXC-50-8.4-30A-L16.30 twist lock extension power cord from Larson Electronics is designed for 480 volt, 3-phase indoor and outdoor applications. This ...
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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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75’ Twist Lock Extension Power Cord Released by Larson Electronics
Longtime leading supplier of explosion proof lighting equipment Larson Electronics has announced the release of a seventy-five foot extension cord with twist lock connectors to ensure a tight connection when operating equipment in the work area. The EXC-75-8.4-30A-L16.30 twist lock extension power cord from Larson Electronics is designed for 480 volt, 3-phase indoor and outdoor applications. ...
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Soitec Selected as a Preferred Bidder Under South Africa`s IPP Program for the Supply of 50 Megawatts of Solar Energy
Soitec (Euronext), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, today announced that it has been selected by South Africa's Department of Energy as one of the preferred bidders under the country's independent power producer (IPP) program. Soitec's initial project under this program is to install a 50-megawatt ...
By Soitec
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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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ABB Digitalizes Critical Substation in New York City to Improve Power Supply
ABB has completed a major upgrade of a key substation in New York City, where several conventional pieces of power equipment have been replaced with digitally-enabled technology, in collaboration with leading energy utility Con Edison. The bulk power substation, among the largest of its kind in the US, supplies electricity to hundreds of thousands of customers in lower Manhattan. The area ...
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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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Solving the Challenges of Integrating DERs into Grid Operations: An Interview with James Mater of QualityLogic
James Mater is the co-founder of QualityLogic, a provider of smart grid test tools and training for DER protocols. Founded in 1986, the company also specializes in providing software QA testing and engineering services. QualityLogic's customers include technology companies around the world in a wide range of industries. The below is from James' recent interview for SGO's energy insight podcast ...
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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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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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Millionth Renewable Energy Plant Connected to E.ON Grid
E.ON, Germany's largest distribution system operator, recently connected the millionth renewable energy plant to its distribution system and celebrated an energy transition anniversary. The commissioned wind turbine is located in the municipality of Biesenthal in Brandenburg and will in future feed 6.8 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity into the grid of E.ON subsidiary E.DIS. E.ON's Chief ...
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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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National Grid Submits “Future Grid” Plan to Massachusetts Regulators
National Grid submitted its Electric Sector Modernization Plan (ESMP), the Future Grid Plan, to the Grid Modernization Advisory Council (GMAC) this week, outlining the critical investments needed in the local electric distribution system over the next five years and beyond to meet the Commonwealth’s nation-leading climate change, clean energy, and equity goals as established in the 2050 ...
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TP successful activation in Kazakhstan
SERGI TRANSFORMER PROTECTOR successfully prevented two transformers from exploding at Airport Novaya Substation in Astana, Kazakhstan. Below the TP successful activation letter from Astana city administration. ...
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