Circuit Breakers News
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Global Switchgear Monitoring System Market Projected to Reach $2.7 Billion by 2028 with a CAGR of 8.4%
In a significant forecast that underscores the burgeoning demand for advanced electrical infrastructure, a new report from ResearchAndMarkets.com has projected the global switchgear monitoring system market to reach a valuation of $2.7 billion by 2028. This marks a considerable increase from $1.8 billion in 2023, reflecting a robust Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of ...
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JCP&L Unveils Largest-Ever Infrastructure Upgrade Plan to Modernize New Jersey Electric Grid
FirstEnergy Corp. subsidiary Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L) filed a new infrastructure improvement program with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) on Nov 9 that would strengthen the backbone of its local electric system and provide the foundation for smart grid capabilities in the future. Known as EnergizeNJ, the five-year, $935 million proposal includes key investments in ...
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Avangrid Pioneers In-House Creation of Artificial Intelligence to Increase Reliability
When describing the day-to-day work of an electric utility, pushing the boundaries of technology' might not be the first descriptor that comes to mind. However, Avangrid, Inc., a leading sustainable energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, is looking to change that. Avangrid has launched a Data Science and Analytics team aimed at developing unique and proprietary artificial intelligence ...
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Penn Power Expanding Smart Grid in Western Pennsylvania
Penn Power, a FirstEnergy Corp. electric company in western Pennsylvania, continues to expand its smart grid in Mercer and Crawford counties to reinforce the local power system and help prevent lengthy service disruptions, especially during severe weather. Work includes installation of automated equipment and technology in distribution substations and along neighborhood power lines serving more ...
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Denmark's Energinet selects Hitachi Energy's Lumada APM for Asset Management
Hitachi Energy this week announced that Energinet, Denmark's national transmission system operator (TSO), has accelerated their digital journey with the selection of Hitachi's industry-leading Lumada Asset Performance Management (APM) solution. This latest collaboration between Hitachi Energy and Energinet will help the TSO better assess grid reinvestments needed to achieve their 2030 carbon ...
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Toledo Edison Completing Three-Year Grid Modernization Project
Toledo Edison, a FirstEnergy Corp. electric company, is wrapping up smart grid upgrades in Lucas County to help prevent or minimize the length of service disruptions, particularly during severe weather. The work includes installation of new, automated equipment and technology in substations and power lines serving more than 59,000 customers in parts of Toledo, Holland, Maumee and nearby areas. ...
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Report: 29% of US Internet Households Plan to Purchase a Smart Thermostat in the Next Six Months
Parks Associates' smart thermostat research finds 29% of US internet households plan to buy one of these devices in the next six months. Smart Thermostat Market Assessment finds that adoption of smart thermostats has been flat for several years, at 13% of US internet households, despite owners reporting savings that meet or exceed their expectations. "Energy efficiency and sustainability are no ...
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Con Edison Customers Set Solar Records in 2021
Con Edison customers set a record in 2021 when it came to installing solar arrays, adding enough capacity to prevent the equivalent of more than 66,000 tons of carbon dioxide from entering the air, according to the company. Customers in New York City and Westchester County, N.Y. completed 7,280 arrays atop their homes and businesses during the year, as the economy recovered from a recession. ...
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Sunverge and LG Partner on Residential Virtual Power Plant Project
LG Electronics USA and Sunverge Energy are collaborating on a groundbreaking residential virtual plant project with customers in Northern and Central California - one of the first pilot programs in the United States to incorporate both load control and PV/energy storage control holistically. This unique project, which is expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2022, explores ways in ...
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Work Underway to Enhance Penn Power
Penn Power, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., is upgrading infrastructure and installing technology to modernize its electric system in western Pennsylvania as part of a four-year plan that began last year to limit the number and duration of power outages. Work includes installation of new, automated equipment and technology in distribution substations and along power lines serving more than ...
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Eaton Introduces `Home as a Grid` Approach to Residential Energy Transition
The energy transition is changing how power is generated, distributed, managed and consumed. Building on its Everything as a Grid perspective, power management company Eaton's new Home as a Grid approach combines an intelligent home energy portfolio with strategic partnerships to help residential customers integrate, manage and benefit from renewable technologies. Several factors are ...
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NYPA Trustees Advance Multi-Year Infrastructure Upgrade Projects to Strengthen Clean Energy Generation and Transmission Assets
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) Board of Trustees authorized several initiatives advancing multi-year programs designed to upgrade and extend the operating life of its generation and transmission assets. At its January 26 meeting, the NYPA trustees took action to authorize additional spending and contract awards tied to the Authority's Transmission Life Extension and Modernization Program, ...
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Enel X and Eaton Partner for Microgrid Development in Puerto Rico
Enel X, the Enel Group's advanced energy services business line, and power management company Eaton, recently announced plans for microgrid development in Puerto Rico. The initial project will incorporate onsite solar generation and battery storage at Eaton's Arecibo plant, which manufactures circuit breakers used in homes, buildings and a range of industrial applications. The microgrid will ...
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An Unexpected Debut: ARIES Microgrid Infrastructure Powers NREL Campus Through Outage
Less than two months after the Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) commissioned utility-scale infrastructure for the Advanced Research on Integrated Energy Systems (ARIES) research platform, it experienced a utility-scale emergency: An outage at NREL's Flatirons Campus cut power to the entire site, including its servers, offices, and research hardware. With ...
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Met-Ed Installing New Automated TripSaver Devices to Help Reduce Frequency and Duration of Power Outages
Metropolitan Edison Company (Met-Ed), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., plans to complete installation of more than 160 automated "TripSaver" reclosing devices on power lines across its service area in 2020 to help limit the frequency, duration and scope of service interruptions. The electrical devices work like a circuit breaker in a home with the added benefit of automatically re-energizing a ...
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Sunverge Announces Strategic Collaboration with Eaton in the Smart Home Energy Management Market
Sunverge, a provider of an industry-leading distributed energy resource (DER) control, orchestration and aggregation platform, this week announced a strategic collaboration with Eaton, a global leader in power management technologies. Bringing together Sunverge's advanced intelligent energy management platform with Eaton's energy management circuit breakers will enable deeper penetration, ...
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Smart Homes Have Become an Expected Standard
by Neil Strother, Navigant Research. Reprinted with permission.Smart home technology is now standard in new residential construction. This is according to executives from leading US home builders such as Meritage Homes, Lennar, and Pulte, among others. This news might not come as a surprise for close watchers of the smart home trend.Smart Home Tech Adoption Moving Fast The speed at which this ...
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Department of Energy Announces $35 Million For Ultra-Efficient Power Management
The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced $35 million in awards for 12 projects that find new ways to harness medium-voltage electricity for applications in industry, transportation, on the grid and beyond. The selected projects are part of ARPA-E’s Building Reliable Electronics to Achieve Kilovolt Effective Ratings Safely (BREAKERS) program, as well as the latest OPEN+ cohort, ...
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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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Next Stage of £83m Smart Grid Enablers Project Begins
Northern Powergrid has begun the next phase of work on a significant and technically challenging project to modernise and future-proof more than 860 of its substation controllers for the implementation of smart grid solutions and applications. This next phase will see investment of £15 million in the next generation of substation controller to make Smart Substations more of a reality. This ...
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