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Bandweaver sees rapid growth in European Linear Heat Detection (LHD) market
In the first quarter of 2021, Bandweaver has seen rapid growth in the European Linear Heat Detection market. Since the beginning of the year the company has signed six new distributor agreements including United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium and Greece. Order flow has been very strong with significant awards in Italy, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and the United ...
By Bandweaver
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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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New SMP Local Computing Platform Provides Reliable Substation Operation to Help Maximize Uptime
Power management company Eaton today announced that its Cooper Power Systems division is offering end users the ability to run many types of substation application software programs with its new SMP Local Computing Platform (LCP). This powerful substation-hardened computer allows users to maximize uptime, and it serves as an ideal platform for running Eaton’s Cooper Power Systems ...
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Secretary of Energy Signs Order to Mitigate Security Risks to the U.S. Electric Grid
This week (Dec 17), the U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette issued a prohibition order designed to reduce the risks that entities associated with the People's Republic of China pose to the Nation's bulk-power system (BPS). The order invokes the authority delegated to the Secretary by Executive Order 13920, Securing the United States Bulk-Power System (EO 13920), and takes effect January 16, ...
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ABB wins US$95m order for power substations in Saudi Arabia
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth US$95 million from the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), Saudi Arabia’s national power transmission utility, for substations to help strengthen the country’s distribution network. ABB will provide turnkey solutions for five new substations to increase the capacity of the Saudi Arabian distribution grid and help meet ...
By ABB
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“Optimize your project from the start: How to find an appropriate CSP Site”
Technical Top Tip courtesy of Ferrostaal. Secure your project at development stage. Choosing the best site for a Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant is key to an economically successful project. Among others, four factors play a central role: Solar Resources. A thorough investigation of irradiation databases can help in an initial assessment of sites. However, only on-ground measurements ...
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Con Edison Strengthens Storm Hardening Efforts With Siemens Mobile Substations
Siemens is providing Con Edison, the utility that powers New York City and local areas, with six new mobile medium-voltage substations that can be used for rapid emergency response. The technology, with plug-and-play functionality, will give Con Edison the ability to deploy and fully operate a power substation within days instead of the months it can traditionally take to replace damaged gear. ...
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GenCell Launches Fuel Cells in the Philippines to Deliver Clean, Reliable Power to Mitigate Impact of Frequent Power Outages
Ultra-reliable continuous fuel cells empower local businesses suffering from recurring long-duration outages due to brownouts, severe weather and earthquakes Zero-emission fuel cells withstand impact of severe weather incidents and eliminate regional pollution caused by diesel generators GenCell Energy, the alkaline fuel cell power solution provider and manufacturer, today announces the ...
By GenCell Ltd
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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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Study Finds Net Metering Imposes Significant Costs on Non-Solar Customers
The Electric Markets Research Foundation has released a white paper that says preliminary research reveals the value of solar diminishes as more rooftop solar is added to the grid and the costs of net metering to customers without rooftop solar become so significant over time that it is not a sustainable policy. "A uniform net metering tariff is generally unlikely to be appropriate at high PV ...
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Eaton ‘Follows the Charge’ at Hannover Messe 2013
Stand C69, Hall 11 Hannover Messe 8th -12th April 2013 Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton will be showcasing its new ideas and solutions for power management and efficient machines at this year's Hannover Messe under the slogan “Follow the Charge”. From 8th-12th April visitors to the company’s stand (C69, Hall 11) can find out how to meet both current and future ...
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Vectren Announces $500 Million Plan For Energy Grid Modernization
Vectren Energy Delivery of Indiana - South (Vectren) announced on Feb. 22 a robust electric infrastructure improvement strategy the company intends to undertake over the next seven years to modernize its electric grid that delivers power to more than 144,000 southwestern Indiana homes and businesses. The electric system improvements include upgrades to portions of Vectren's network of ...
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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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US Installed Microgrid Capacity to Grow 115% and Reach 4.3GW Over the Next 5 Years
A shift away from single-entity owned and operated projects is greatly improving microgrid project economics in the U.S. microgrid market. In its newly released report, U.S. Microgrids 2016: Market Drivers, Analysis and Forecast, GTM Research provides an analysis of customer drivers and emerging ownership models, and detailed segmentations of the current market to arrive at future market ...
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New international safety standard for gas-filled power transformers in urban areas
The IEC has published a new International Standard in the popular IEC 60076 series on power transformers. Dealing with gas-filled power transformers, IEC 60076-15, Power transformers - Part 15: Gas-filled power transformers, is also expected to be a popular part of the series. A gas-filled transformer is a transformer whose magnetic circuit and windings are enclosed with an insulating gas. ...
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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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Homegrown BC wind energy a cost-effective and clean choice to meet increased electricity demand: Turbine prices drop 20 per cent while productivity increases 27 per cent since 2009
Wind energy is a cost-competitive and clean choice to supply the significant amounts of new electricity the province will require due to increased industrial development. The cost of developing clean wind energy has dropped significantly in the past three years while technology improvements have increased productivity, an analysis by GL Garrad Hassan has found. The report commissioned by ...
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LF Energy Ecosystem Gains Momentum for Open Source Innovation With New Members and Projects
LF Energy, a Linux Foundation initiative developing and sustaining open source technology innovation in the energy and electricity sectors, is rapidly growing its community with additional founding Premier member, Faraday Grid, joining RTE. New General members include IBM, OSISoft, and Recurve; while Elering AS, Energinet, Energy Foundation, École Polytechnique Fédérale de ...
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3rd Annual Utility Cyber Security Forum Coming Up October 6-7, 2021 in Chicago
The cyber security risk facing electric utilities is of critical and growing importance. The need to protect substations and distribution and transmission networks from cyber attacks is a top priority, as grid SCADA and PLC grid control networks are inherently a weak link for cyber threats. To help utilities meet this challenge, the 3rd Annual Utility Cyber Security Forum, October 6-7, 2021 in ...
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Major Green Energy Infrastructure Projects Announced to Power New York City
During Climate Week, Governor Kathy Hochul recently (Sept 20) announced two major green energy infrastructure projects to power New York City with wind, solar and hydropower projects from upstate New York and Canada. If approved, these infrastructure projects will create approximately 10,000 jobs statewide and bring $8.2 billion in economic development investments, including developer-committed ...
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