High Voltage Electricity News
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Siemens Energy Addresses the Shortage of U.S. Power Transformers and Invests in New Factory
Today, only 20% of U.S. large power transformer demand is met by domestic supply with lead times of up to five years. Power transformers provide the link between generation and distribution and are a crucial part of any electricity distribution network where they convert high-voltage electricity into lower voltages. Custom built and around the size of a standard school bus, power transformers are ...
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FPL Forecasts Hurricane Ian Restoration to be Essentially Complete on Friday
After making significant progress over the weekend responding to devastating Hurricane Ian, Florida Power & Light Company now expects to complete restoration to 95% of customers who remain without power by Friday, Oct. 7 – two days earlier than originally forecast. FPL’s workforce of more than 21,000 men and women – including mutual assistance from 30 states – has completed restoration in ...
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AutoGrid Partners with Mysa to Launch Utility-Scale Virtual Power Plants
AutoGrid, a leading Virtual Power Plant (VPP) provider, announced this week it will launch one of several VPP projects in collaboration with Canadian manufacturer Mysa, whose line of smart thermostats for electric heating and cooling systems is designed to offer robust home energy management capabilities for both consumers and utilities. The initial VPP project with Puget Sound Energy (PSE) ...
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National Grid Partners Driving Clean Energy Future with $24 Million in New Startup Investments
One of the largest energy companies in the world, National Grid, operates the electric and natural gas infrastructure that serves 80 million customers in Great Britain and the U.S. The company also is investing heavily in transformational technologies to help the planet achieve a net-zero energy future. "Climate change," states National Grid's Responsible Business Charter, "is the defining ...
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Smith Brothers power system design team doubles in size
High voltage electrical engineering firm Smith Brothers has added 39 years of power system design expertise to its portfolio with a quartet of specialist appointments at its Sheffield office – doubling the headcount from four to eight.Elland-headquartered Smith Brothers opened its second Yorkshire premises – on Parkway Avenue, Sheffield – in September 2018, to further bolster its extensive remit ...
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California ISO Records Banner Year for Renewables Integration
The electric grid managed by the California Independent System Operator (ISO) delivered record-breaking amounts of solar and wind energy in 2019, according to the company's 2019 Statistics fact sheet posted this week (2/3). The ISO published the document to help the public easily access key data about its power grid and wholesale energy market, part of a continuing commitment to transparency and ...
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Powersystems Announce Electrical Works Contract For Glen Kyllachy Onshore Wind Farm
Powersystems has announced it has been awarded the electrical balance of plant contract by Scottish company RJ Mcleod who are a highly experienced civils contractor based in Dingwall – who have been appointed to construct the 50MW Glen Kyllachy wind farm on behalf of their mutual client Innogy Renewables. Experience in the design and installation of high voltage electrical infrastructure ...
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Diverse Coalition Signs Statement of Principles on Modernizing the Electric Transmission Grid
WIRES, the international trade association that promotes investment in the high voltage grid, and several other organizations in the electric power space announced this week a Statement of Principles for advancing development of a modern electric transmission grid. The Statement was agreed to by a diverse coalition of 10 U.S. and Canadian organizations following the International Summit on the ...
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Yorkshire Water appoints Smith Brothers for £55m framework
Electrical engineering firm, Smith Brothers Contracting, has secured a position on Yorkshire Water’s high-voltage (HV) electrical design, build, and specialist studies services framework – which carries a total forecast value of up to £55m. The framework will deliver high-voltage electrical works and services – including design, build, installation, refurbishment and ...
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PSC Approves $400 Million in Financing to Allow Utilities to Build New Electric Transmission Backbone to Support Renewable Energy Development in New York State
The New York State Public Service Commission recently (9/19) said it would allow a consortium of the major utilities known as New York Transco to borrow up to $400 million needed to upgrade transmission corridors that will increase the amount of renewable electricity that can be transmitted across the State."Our energy system needs smart transmission projects to move clean power, lower ...
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How to Arc Weld
Shielded Metal arc welding is the process of joining two metal pieces using a flux covered electrode which is melted can an electrical arc and becomes a fused section of the pieces being welded. This composition will mean the use of flux-coated welding rods and a simple, transformer organize cracker box welding machine. 1) know the process of shielded Metal arc welding. An electric arc is formed ...
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Multi-National Energy Utility Company National Grid Selects Atos to Power Up Digital Services
Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, has signed a multi-year $150 million USD contract to deliver digital managed workplace services for National Grid’s core business, spanning the UK and northeastern United States. National Grid is a British multi-national electricity and gas utility company headquartered in the UK where it operates and owns the high voltage electricity ...
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New York Power Authority Receives Funding to Develop Advanced Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
The New York Power Authority (NYPA), North Carolina State University and ABB Group recently received $2.67 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop an intelligent, grid-friendly, modular extreme fast charging system for electric vehicles (EV). The three-year project aims to prototype and test a charging station that significantly speeds up charge time, reduces system ...
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Smith Brothers races on with high-voltage upgrade works at Owlerton Greyhound Stadium
Yorkshire power contractor Smith Brothers has been appointed by WMA Architects to undertake high-voltage upgrade works at Sheffield’s Owlerton Stadium.As Yorkshire’s premier greyhound track, the stadium hosts races almost every day of the week. The wider redevelopment project being conducted by WMA Architects, will see significant updates made across the venue – including a new hospitality suite ...
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High voltage specialist Smith Brothers appointed to energise eleven wind turbines
Two wind farms in Perth and Kinross, Scotland are closer to completion following the appointment of Elland-based high voltage electrical engineering firm Smith Brothers. Spread across two adjacent sites, eleven wind turbines will provide a combined output of 23.55MW to the SSE network once energised. 14.35MW of this will be delivered by seven turbines at Tullymurdoch. A further 9.2MW will be ...
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Electrical engineering experts boost tendering team with new hire
Yorkshire-based power engineering firm Smith Brothers has enlisted a new tendering engineer, as it prepares for further continued growth in 2018. Marc Hildreth joins the high voltage experts from Schneider Electric, bringing 12 years of electrical engineering experience to the 5-strong tendering team. As team leader of the 11kV project division in his previous role, his key responsibilities ...
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PJM Board Authorizes $1 Billion In Transmission Upgrades
The PJM Interconnection Board authorized $1 billion in various electric transmission projects to ensure efficient and reliable power supplies for the 65 million customers PJM serves. The projects include reliability and market efficiency improvements. "Maintaining the reliability of the grid is paramount and involves continuously reviewing small and large transmission projects across our 13 ...
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Smith Brothers powers up the UK’s biggest battery
Power engineering specialist Smith Brothers has contributed its high voltage expertise to powering up the UK’s largest standalone battery storage site. Acting as the Independent Connections Provider (ICP) for the 15MW Lockleaze Fast Frequency Response (FFR) facility in Bristol, the Elland-based firm was enlisted by contractor Metka-EGN to carry out the high voltage electrical connections ...
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PJM Conference On Grid Resilience Explores New Challenges To Grid Security
PJM Interconnection, the operator of the nation's largest electric grid, conducted its Grid 20/20: Focus on Security & Resilience conference Tuesday to facilitate discussion among electric industry leaders on the role of resilience in electric transmission planning, operations and power markets. Experts discussed cyber and physical security challenges. "We used to talk about equipment ...
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Power specialist Smith Brothers sets its sights on solar
Yorkshire-based high voltage power specialist Smith Brothers has added the energisation of two prominent solar farms to its fast-growing success story. Having been assigned the design and build contract for Wreay Farm in Carlisle by renewables developer Anesco, the team of electrical engineering experts was also enlisted as the independent connections provider by solar giant Ethical Power for ...
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