voltage fluctuation News
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Stable and continuous power for video surveillance systems
It is important to remember that voltage fluctuations are a very frequent phenomenon. Unfortunately video surveillance systems are made up of devices and components that are particularly prone to failures caused precisely by such abnormal fluctuations in electricity. It is therefore essential to protect these systems with a a reliable UPS that extends their ...
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ABB wins US$25m power order in Chile
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth $25 million from Chile’s leading transmission utility, Transelec SA, to provide an SVC Light (Static VAr Compensation) installation for its Cerro Navia substation to enhance the capacity and reliability of power supplies in the metropolitan area of Santiago. ABB will design, supply, install and commission a static ...
By ABB
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Hioki announces the launch of Memory HiLogger LR8450/LR8450-01
The LR8450 is a portable logger capable of measuring multiple channels of strain*1 and voltage data. The LR8450 (standard model) and LR8450-01 (wireless LAN model) both boast a maximum sampling speed of 1 ms (1/1000 s), the fastest of any Hioki logger. Customers can choose from a selection of measurement units, including the Voltage/Temp Unit and the Strain Unit, according to their application. A ...
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ABB Wins $30 Million Order to Support Integration of Renewables in Germany
ABB has received an order of around $30 millon from the Dutch-German transmission system operator, TenneT, to supply a stabilization solution that will enhance the reliability and quality of power as the grid absorbs more renewable energy. The order was booked in the second quarter of 2017. Germany's "Energiewende" energy transition roadmap aims for a renewable energy target of at least 80 ...
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ComEd Proposes Performance Metrics to Encourage High Levels of Service and Value to Customers
Following the completion of a stakeholder workshop process, ComEd this week submitted to the Illinois Commerce Commission, which regulates the state's public utilities, proposed performance metrics that incorporate feedback ComEd received in public workshops and support the goals of the state's new clean energy law, which is designed to achieve a 100 percent clean energy future with a focus on ...
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SolarMax central inverter receives BDEW unit certificate
Most powerful central inverter of Sputnik Engineering meets the criteria of the BDEW Medium-Voltage Directive. Biel, 18 August 2011 : Newly commissioned grid-coupled inverters equipped with a direct medium-voltage connection in Germany must demonstrate their compliance with the directive “Generator plants on the medium-voltage network” by means of a unit certificate of the BDEW ...
By Solar Max
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Successful Completion of the SoloGrid Flagship Project in Riedholz
The completion of SoloGrid, the joint flagship project of Alpiq, AEK, Adaptricity and Landis+Gyr in the municipality of Riedholz in the Swiss canton of Solothurn shows promising results with a view towards a decentralised, networked and digital energy future. The goal of the project, which was supported by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) and received funding from the canton of ...
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Frost & Sullivan: Numerous Stakeholders to Collaborate for a Successful Smart Grid Implementation
Investments in smart grid technologies peaked in 2010, exhibiting an astounding annual growth rate of 59.7 percent over 2009. Despite the heavy investments, the industry is far from achieving its goal of deploying a true smart grid. Manufacturers promoting their smart grid technology to utilities have to contend with several issues such as securing financial backing, marketing in a highly ...
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Single-Phase Power Source for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Single Phase Power Solutions introduces the 1-to-3 Microgrid Power Source, a single-phase solution for Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations. Ideal for remote areas without access to three-phase power, the 1-to-3 Power Source uses revolutionary Written-Pole Technology to generate solid and reliable 3-phase, 480V input from existing single-phase infrastructure. This allows EV charging stations ...
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PG&E Demonstration Project Tests Smart Inverter Benefits, Electric Grid Impacts
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced interim findings from an ongoing Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) project that aims to demonstrate the functionality of smart inverters.As more Californians power their lives with solar energy, energy storage and electric vehicles, PG&E is looking to the smart inverters that will be installed on those technologies to manage their ...
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Advanced Microgrid Solutions Raises $34 Million in Series B, Energy Leaders See DER Optimization as Major Growth Market
Advanced Microgrid Solutions ("AMS") announced it has raised over $34 million in a Series B funding round amid projections by utility executives that distributed energy resources (DERs) will create the biggest stress on the grid in the coming decade. The round was led by Energy Impact Partners ("EIP"), a collaborative utility-funded investment firm, Southern Company (NYSE: SO) and DBL Partners, ...
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Colorado Utilities Commission approves Xcel grid modernization plan and revenue decoupling
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) took two steps toward modernizing the state’s electricity system June 21 by “decoupling” Xcel Energy revenues from the sale of kilowatt-hours and approving a $612 million grid modernization program. The commission endorsed a five-year decoupling pilot under which the PUC will set an annual revenue target for Xcel, the state’s ...
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ABB wins power orders worth US$75m in US
ABB, the leading power and automation technology company, has won orders worth a total of $75 million from Oncor Electric Delivery for technology to maintain the reliability of the grid in the north Texas area while lowering environmental impact. ABB will supply Static Var Compensators (SVCs), equipment that is used to compensate for fluctuations in the voltage and current of an electric grid. ...
By ABB
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247Solar to use Capstone micro-turbines; Azelio to build Stirling CSP-storage pilot in UAE
Our pick of the latest solar thermal news you need to know. 247Solar to use Capstone turbines for first Brayton CSP module Capstone Turbine Corporation is to supply two micro-turbines to 247Solar's first full-scale CSP plant module scheduled to be built in Morocco this year, the U.S. turbine group said in a statement September 16. 247Solar will build its first fully-operational demonstration ...
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U.S. and Japan Companies Collaborate on Smart Grid Project in Hawaii
Hitachi to Serve as Project Leader Tokyo, May 17, 2011 - (JCN Newswire) - Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501, "Hitachi"), Cyber Defense Institute, Inc. ("Cyber Defense Institute"), JFE Engineering Corporation ("JFE Engineering"), Sharp Corporation (TSE: 6753, "Sharp"), Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd. ("HP Japan"), and Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. ("Mizuho Corporate Bank") today announced that U.S. ...
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