Distributed Power Articles
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What are the products of power cable
The main features of power cable products are: extruding (winding) an insulating layer on the outside of the conductor, such as overhead insulated cables, or twisting several cores (corresponding to the phase wire, neutral wire and ground wire of the power system), such as overhead insulation with more than two cores cable, or add a jacket layer, such as plastic/rubber sheathed wire and cable. ...
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Bare wires and bare conductor products
The main features of bare conductors are: pure conductor metal, without insulation and sheath layers, such as steel-cored aluminum stranded wires, copper-aluminum busbars, electric locomotive wires, etc.; the processing technology is mainly pressure processing, such as smelting, calendering, drawing The products are mainly used in suburban, rural areas, user main lines, switch cabinets, etc. ...
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The 1TW EU Solar Pathway for 2030
Recently, the development of renewable energy sources has become an urgent need due to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which has led to energy shortages in Europe. European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans has proposed an energy strategy that aims to separate Europe from Russian gas as soon as possible, while protecting citizens from painful and increasing energy price shocks. ...
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How are evolving standards improving MV installations?
Standards must evolve to ensure safer and efficient MV installations Almost all products people use in their daily lives - such as electronics, cars, medical devices, and home energy systems - were designed to meet designated industry standards. For the consumer, this means that these products meet both the safety and performance requirements. This even more true for MV installations ...
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Why 98% of commercial and industrial buildings aren’t getting the most value out of their solar installations
Solar installations at commercial and industrial buildings have soared in recent years, with businesses realizing that they’re smart investments. Part of the reason is that solar installations produce clean, locally generated energy — a must-have in a time of ambitious sustainability goals. But not all solar installations are alike. According to a 2021 study by Berkeley Lab, 98 ...
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6 reasons smart grids need green, digital and more secure ring main units (RMU)
Globally, every industry is accelerating decarbonization initiatives. Buildings and factories are becoming more electrified by replacing fossil-fuel-based heating and processes. As more renewable energy is progressively added to the power grid, the grid itself must take steps to decarbonize. The SF6 greenhouse gas currently has a unique use exemption in insulating medium-voltage (MV) electrical ...
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Business transformation towards sustainability: Embracing AI at scale
At a time of complex, competing business priorities, most progressive and responsible organizations agree on two things. Firstly, to ensure our collective future, we all have a responsibility to act in the fight against climate change. Secondly, we have no choice – we must use digital technologies and data to innovate. The real difference for businesses, however, lies in bringing these two ...
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Small multifunctional bi-directional metering electric energy meter
With the rapid development of the global economy, the demand for electricity from all walks of life is increasing, and the phenomenon of uneven electricity consumption at different times is also becoming more and more serious. Users have more and more demands for electricity consumption data analysis and management. With the development of the times, the functions of the electric energy meter are ...
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The Smarter Digital Twin: Using Electrical System Simulation to Improve Safety, Reliability, and Sustainability
If you’ve been following my blog series, you may have noticed a common thread: data drives effective decision-making. Whether you are acting on sustainability, energy efficiency, electrical resilience, safety, or any other aspect of improving operations, data is the feedstock of analytics. And the analytic tools that convert data into actionable insights are getting smarter. In a previous ...
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Clarke Energy on the Move with Lonsdale Power Station
Iberdrola Australia have appointed Clarke Energy as the main contractor to oversee and manage the relocation of a 120MW power station and associated plant from Lonsdale, in Adelaide’s south, to an industrial site in Bolivar (north of Adelaide) adjacent to SA Water’s wastewater treatment facility. The relocation of the power station to Bolivar will enable the gas turbines to be ...
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Every Little Helps on the Path to Carbon Neutrality
Reversing cameras, left, right and centre mirrors … a glance over your shoulder can still be what makes that all essential difference. So too with building energy performance. It is probably best to just assume that your building has an energy performance blind spot. The next steps are to find it and then fix it. This was our approach to Tesco’s National Distribution Centre when ...
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How Surge Protectors Works?
Surge Protective Devices (SPDs) are designed to limit damage from electrical surges. Surges happen extremely fast and may pass through electrical breakers before the breaker can trip. This is because breakers are designed for over current protection, and not surges. Electrical surges can become powerful enough to damage or kill downline products that include electronics. Even if downline products ...
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How digitalizing your critical power distribution delivers a fast and massive ROI
In the previous two posts in this series, we’ve looked at the hidden risks that make managing critical power facilities so challenging. We’ve also seen how digitalizing electrical power distribution networks trends mean you no longer have to ‘work blind.’ Connected smart devices sharing data with cloud or facility-based software and mobile apps help shine a bright light on ...
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Decoding Carbon Abatement Cost: Top Strategies, Practices & Examples
It is an acknowledged fact that carbon abatement is pivotal to curbing GHG emissions and realizing the target of net-zero by mid-century. While the focus of most investors, businesses, and governments had diverged to countering the effects of the pandemic, the new normal is gradually aligning the focus back to addressing climate change. Carbon abatement cost is one among many considerations for ...
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Digitalizing Your Critical Power System: Simple, Smart and Stable
In my last post, I talked about the difficulties faced by facility teams in keeping critical power facilities running safely, reliably, efficiently, and compliant with regulations. We looked at the many hidden risks that make these goals even more challenging. A digitally-connected power distribution system gives you the deep insights you need so you’re no longer ‘working ...
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Off-grid photovoltaic power generation solutions beyond expectations
Navigant Research, an American clean energy technology research institution, recently released a global off-grid distributed energy (DER) technology market research report, stating that the global off-grid distributed energy technology market scale from 2018 to 2027 has accumulated to nearly 350 billion US dollars. The report pointed out that in the next decade, the global off-grid distributed ...
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dried food! How to select specifications and models of overhead insulated cables
LV & MV Aerial Bundle Cable (ABC) Overhead Distribution Lines Application Aerial Bundle Cable (ABC cable) is a very innovative concept for overhead power distribution as compared to the conventional bare conductor overhead distribution system. It provides higher level of safety and reliability, lower power losses and ultimate system economy by reducing installation, maintenance and operative ...
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How does the application of solar photovoltaic power generation keep up with the development trend?
The International Energy Agency (IEA) recently released the annual World Energy Outlook Report. All countries have fully implemented commitments of the Paris Climate Agreement . The ambassadors particularly called for increasing independent contributions at the national level ,developed a clear strategy to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030. the global installed photovoltaic capacity will reach ...
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How to lay direct buried underground cables and find fault points
How to lay temporary cables on site? Problem supplement: for the newly-built plant, the construction transformer and high-voltage line are far away from the construction center. As it is a steel structure plant, overhead lines cannot be adopted to avoid conflict with the installation of steel structure. Only low-voltage cables can be led from the transformer to the primary distribution box on the ...
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How Long Should a Surge Protector Last?
Surge Protective Devices (SPDs) come in all shapes and sizes. They could be point of use devices found in power strips, Whole-Home or commercial units. However, they are not all created equally. Some may last a few years, while others may still be working after decades of use. So, what is the working life of a surge protector? The short answer is that it depends. It depends on a variety of ...
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