Overhead Transmission
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Hydro One crews across the province are replacing 11,000 poles this year across its 120,000 kilometer distribution system. The $82 million investment is imperative to maintaining system reliability and public safety.
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Klaus Froehlich, president of The International Council on Large Electric Systems (shortened to CIGRE from its French moniker) discusses strategic directions for the association and the industry overall.
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In late February, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) released pictures of a couple of adorable little drones they’ve been working on. I realize I’m not supposed to call such complicated, cutting-edge technology “adorable,” but I have a soft spot for robots and miniature robotics. We chatted with EPRI on the benefits (and the playfulness) of drones.
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CIM Automation Systems, a division of M.C. Dean, Inc. has been appointed an "Energy Automation-Smart Grid" Siemens Solution Partner. M.C. Dean is the first "Energy Automation-Smart Grid" Siemens Solution Partner in the United States.
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The new Cooper Power Systems PEAK™ transformers are uniquely designed to provide additional capability for managing increased loads and temporary overload capacity without accelerating loss of insulation system life when compared to mineral oil-filled transformer alternatives.
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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, today announced plans to help empower Public Power and rural electric utilities with future-proofing their systems for a reliable, efficient and sustainable grid.
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Primarily put into place to benefit wind energy, CREZ projects are projected to increase the current level of wind generation capacity in Texas to 18,456 MW, and it will also help provide transmission infrastructure necessary to meet the long-term needs of the growing area west of the I-35 corridor between San Antonio and Killeen, Texas. What was started to promote renewables will additionally promote transmission by design.
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Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern) today announced that its Ocotillo Wind project in Southern California reached commercial operation in December and is transmitting energy to the Sunrise Powerlink, a newly constructed 117-mile 500-kv transmission line linking San Diego and the Imperial Valley.
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Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) [NYSE: SAI] offers transmission engineering and design expertise, combined with proven experience in reviewing and implementing tactics to meet North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) compliance requirements for transmission owners.
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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $36 million from Sharyland Utilities L.P. to supply and install a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station in Texas, USA.
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+ A mid-sized Midwestern perspective
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ABB, the world's leading power and automation group, announced today that American Electric Power (AEP), one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, will implement the new Asset Health Center solution from ABB to further enhance the performance and reliability of its electric transmission network.
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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, today announced a breakthrough in the ability to interrupt direct current, solving a 100-year-old electrical engineering puzzle and paving the way for a more efficient and reliable electricity supply system.
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ScottMadden, Inc. announced today that it is the official Industry Partner Sponsor of TransmissionHub's TransForum EAST, a conference that will bring together U.S. transmission professionals from Dec. 4-6, 2012, in Arlington, Virginia to discuss and strategize the political, geographic, technical, regulatory and financial issues facing the eastern region.
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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has been awarded an order worth around $60 million by American Electric Power (AEP) to replace a 30-year-old HVDC back-to-back converter station in Texas.
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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth around $55 million from the leading Canadian utility BC Hydro to deliver FACTS (flexible alternating current transmission systems) solutions that will help increase transmission capacity through new and existing power lines.
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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth around $55 million from the leading Canadian utility BC Hydro to deliver FACTS (flexible alternating current transmission systems) solutions that will help increase transmission capacity through new and existing power lines.
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ScottMadden, Inc., one of North America's leading energy consulting firms, recently released The Energy Industry Update.
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In its upcoming Energy Industry Update, ScottMadden, Inc., a leading general management consulting firm, will examine a number of hot topics, including transmission development in the wake of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Order 1000.
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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth around $45 million from leading US utility Oncor, to provide electrical solutions that will increase transmission capacity, ensure grid stability and facilitate the integration of renewable power in Texas.
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