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The steady increase in population in both Peru and Uruguay, along with the rising urbanization rates (above 95 percent) and rural electrification programs have intensified the demand for electricity in both countries. While Peru's annual growth in electricity demand is 7.57 percent, Uruguay's is 4.35 percent. To meet the higher demand, utilities in both countries are expanding and adding ...

By Frost & Sullivan

Powersystems UK are part of a nationwide team that design, install, commission and maintain electrical vehicle (EV) infrastructure for bus and vehicle manufacturers as well as fleet transport operators. As a leading high voltage engineering specialist, Powersystems have been appointed to design, supply, install, test and commission the electric vehicle charging infrastructure for 22 BYD ADL ...

By Powersystems UK Ltd

The solution consists of more than 200 active harmonic filters and reactive power compensation devices that are being deployed in part of the city’s rapid transit system to eliminate harmonic distortion, stabilize the power network and help reduce the subway system’s power consumption. Harmonics have long been a problem in the Shanghai metro system leading, among other things, to the early and ...

By ABB

Intertrust this week announced CleanGrid -- a new Intertrust Platform toolkit that helps energy companies and their vendors develop data-driven energy applications. The toolkit leverages Intertrust Platform's innovative features -- including data virtualization and data interoperability, data governance and secure execution environments -- and helps energy companies support consumer protection, ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Joseph Makoju, Honorary Advisor for the Dangote Group, was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Regional Award during the sold-out gala dinner at the West African Power Industry Awards in Lagos on Tuesday evening. Akon Lighting Africa scored a double nod of approval from the industry with two awards, namely Best Renewable Energy Project and CSR Initiative of the Year. The African Development ...

By Clarion Events Ltd

Gouda- Recently Imtech (technical services provider in Europe) took further steps in the development of technological concepts for generating alternative energy. The latest innovations involve the conversion of residues and waste flows into sustainable energy. This has resulted in a first series of orders with a value of around 20 million euro. Imtech CEO René van der Bruggen: 'In recent ...

By Thomson Reuters

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has successfully tested and delivered three 750 MVA (765/500/13.8 kV), single phase auto-transformers designed and built for the US based electric utility, Allegheny Energy. The transformers together weigh over 750 tonnes and each has enough capacity to power 250 electric locomotives. They are unique in their class given the combination of ...

By ABB

ABB has won a large order to supply converter transformers and high-voltage equipment for an 800 kilovolt (kV), ultrahigh-voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission link, owned by the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), in China’s Shaanxi and Hubei provinces, in the North West and Central regions of the country.The 1,100-kilometer-long power transmission link will transport up to 8,000 ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Industrial lighting specialist Larson Electronics reveals their newly designed Class 1 Division 1 explosion proof string lights with a portable power transformer, which inverts high voltage input to low voltage output for powering the hand lamps. The EPL-SL-8X75-12V-TXF explosion proof string light set from Larson Electronics contains a total of eight work lights that are equipped with aluminum ...

By Larson Electronics LLC

Industrial lighting specialist Larson Electronics reveals their newly designed Class 1 Division 1 explosion proof string lights with a portable power transformer, which inverts high voltage input to low voltage output for powering the hand lamps. The EPL-SL-10-TXF explosion proof string light set from Larson Electronics contains a total of ten work lights that are equipped with aluminum ...

By Larson Electronics LLC

SMA has expanded its power plant solutions portfolio with the new Utility Power System. This compact, DC-to-AC system solution for utility-scale PV consists of advanced engineered components, including the new Sunny Central 2000-US inverter, medium-voltage transformer, DC combiners, high-speed plant control and system-wide services. The Utility Power System’s efficient design delivers ...

By SMA America, LLC

ABB's Power Grids business has won several major orders to supply advanced HVDC converter transformers and high-voltage equipment for three 800 kilovolt, ultrahigh-voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission links, owned by the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), in China. The links will help in integrating hydro, wind and solar power generation, whilst reducing CO2 emissions. Financial ...

By Smart Grid Observer

The facilities will be operational in 2010 and will produce 244 million kWh a year, equivalent to the consumption of 75,000 homes The plants will cover 260 hectares -equivalent to 364 soccer fields-, with 1,520 collectors and 364,800 mirrors receiving the sun's rays ACCIONA is the first Spanish company with a commercially operational plant (Nevada Solar One, in the USA) that uses parabolic ...

By ACCIONA Energy

Europe's transmission and distribution (T&D) infrastructure is more than 50 years old and in urgent need of an upgrade, especially with the increasing share of electricity generation from renewable sources such as wind, solar and biomass. Further, these transmission networks were built without considering the impact of generation from renewable sources, and there is mounting pressure to build ...

By Frost & Sullivan

SMA will showcase a variety of solutions for residential, commercial and utility-scale applications at unique indoor and outdoor exhibits at Solar Power International in Las Vegas, October 20-23. Among them will be new inverters, highlighted in booth #524, while the SMA Solar Sprinter van, which features a fully operational PV system, will be on display outside the main hall entrance. Both ...

By SMA America, LLC