Substations
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In part one of this series, Donald R. Johnson, an electrical engineer who specializes in stray voltage evaluations and serves at an expert witness in stray voltage lawsuits, talked about the general physics of stray voltage and the recent Southern California Edison lawsuit. Here in part two, he chats about his most memorable case and advice for homeowners and utilities, too.
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We often talk about how well (or how poorly) utilities are doing in certain areas: customer engagement, outage management and disaster recovery, even capital investment. But, we rarely turn that critical eye to the other major group in our industry—namely, vendors. Here's an insider look at the A+ smart grid vendors and a sneak peek at those set to storm the market that you may not know much about.
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Dan Sowder, a senior project manager with Duke Energy, gives us an inside look at the utility's award-winning Rankin substation and its interesting utility-scale battery technology.
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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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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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The definition of nanotechnology is simple: It’s merely technology that manipulates matter at the atomic level. “Nanotech is a platform,” said Dr. Pradeep Haldar, vice president for clean energy programs with the College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering with the University of Albany (UAlbany CNSE). “It’s not single product or process. With the help of nano, we can make technology better and cheaper. We can make electronic devices along the smart grid smarter.”
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IEC 61850 has been under scrutiny recently with claims of interoperability. But, are these claims valid? Can IEC 61850 improve and enhance protection and control system design today, or is it held hostage by interoperability?
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IEC 61850 allows too many vendor options, observer says
A global standard, IEC 61850, is not performing as intended. And North American utilities need to pay attention because, although they've largely taken another path to substation automation, IEC 61850 could still appear in their future.
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Solid state transformers coming, but standards guide current work
Smart transformers are coming, but until then current technology and standards can handle the bi-directional flow of power between utilities and industrial customers with cogeneration or renewable, distributed energy resources.
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Cooper Power Systems, leader in electrical power delivery and reliability solutions for the utility, commercial, and industrial markets, today announced a new contract with American Electric Power (AEP) to deliver new SMP 16 Substation Gateways and SMP I/O Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) for their next generation of substation automation projects.
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Just one of the new ways utilities are becoming more efficient
The marriage of data visualization and data analytics is but one way in which electric utilities are moving forward into the new analytics world. Where are the biggest areas of interest in terms of their use? Intelligent Utility magazine editor-in-chief Kate Rowland spoke with Alyssa Farrell of SAS to find out.
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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $16 million from Mass Global Investment Company for the construction of a substation and SVC Light (static var compensator) system that will supply electricity to a new melt shop and steel rolling mill in northern Iraq.
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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, today announced it has provided new, state-of-the-art, smart grid-compliant substation automation products to the Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management Systems Center - the FREEDM Systems Center - at North Carolina State University.
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PECO’s progressive innovation, putting the customer first
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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, today announced the dedication of the Canyon Power 69kV GIS Switchyard, a major new turnkey GIS project that now provides unprecedented levels of local electricity for the City of Anaheim, California.
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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, today announced the release of the 38kV GridShield, a three-phase vacuum recloser with single phase tripping capabilities.
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Insights from Day 2 of the UAI Summit 2012
Kate Rowland discusses the issues and challenges in the grid analytics market, from the perspectives of those deep in the trenches at the Utility Analytics Institute Summit, Day 2.
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Insights from the UAI Summit 2012
Christine Richards reveals key analytics findings, and analogies, from the first day of the Utility Analytics Institute Summit in Orlando, Florida.
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Utilities compete for analytics talent
Big Data is now Big News and consumers are getting hip to the uses and abuses of that data well before electric utilities have had a chance to communicate their own approach. In practical terms, utilities are behind the curve in recruiting for the data analytics practitioners much sought after by all enterprises.
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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a major order from Hydro One Networks Inc., the power transmission and distribution utility of the Canadian province of Ontario, to supply an indoor gas-insulated switchgear substation, an outdoor switchyard with air-insulated switchgear and associated transmission infrastructure.
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