High Voltage Grid Articles & Analysis

The Northwest Public Power Association featured BPA's specialized barehand line crew in its September 2023 edition of the Bulletin magazine. When it comes to working hands-on with 500,000 volts, it's no shock that the Bonneville Power Administration employs a highly trained line crew to perform specialized maintenance on live lines. The Northwest Public Power Association featured this specialized ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Key Highlights Analysis of fast-charging needs provides blueprint to ready the grid along major highways Mapping long-term charging demand will avoid duplicate infrastructure investments Interconnecting highway charging sites to high-capacity lines can meet demand Electric vehicle charging needs along Massachusetts and New York highways will require interconnection to high-capacity transmission ...

By Smart Grid Observer

ImpulseRadar announces the immediate appointment of MADE S.A., as our distribution partner for PinPointR in Italy. Consistent with our international growth strategy, our geographic reach will increase and provide access to new markets while acquiring new customers and developing new revenue streams. “After a successful first year representing PinPointR in France, MADE has proven to be an ...

By ImpulseRadar Sweden AB

ABB has signed a five-year framework contract with Austrian Power Grid (APG), Austria’s transmission system operator, potentially worth more than $100 million to supply gas-insulated switchgear (GIS), in the largest electricity grid expansion to date in Austria. ABB will be supplying GIS for the construction of a transmission grid that will help to strengthen the infrastructure in order to ...

By Smart Grid Observer

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 ...

By Smart Grid Observer

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

Part of the Saint-Gobain Group – a global designer and producer of construction materials and solutions – Saint-Gobain Glass is the principal supplier of coated glass worldwide, with its UK base in Eggborough, Goole. With the manufacturing facility currently supplied via a private-wire network, high voltage specialist Smith Brothers has been enlisted to connect it to the local ...

By Smith Brothers (Contracting) Ltd

With MVDC PLUS (Medium Voltage Direct Current Power Link Universal System), Siemens is introducing a new direct-current transmission system to the market that will be serve as an efficient transmission route in medium-voltage AC grids from 30 to 150 kilovolts (kV). Siemens has developed the transmission system for grid operators who need to enlarge their infrastructure to handle the increasing ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Continuing its work at the forefront of market design and commitment to making the electric grid smarter, greener and more efficient, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) recently (2/2) released its Distributed Energy Resource Roadmap. With Distributed Energy Resources (DER) poised to transform New York's wholesale electric system, the Roadmap offers routes to a future where consumers ...

By Smart Grid Observer

November 7, 2016 -- A study by the New York Power Authority has provided a basis for strengthening the state's power grid by enhancing the power flow capability of the existing Marcy South power circuits from Central New York to the Catskills. Engineer Ben Shperling recently presented the results of this research at the CIGRE (International Council on Large Electric Systems) Biennial Session ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Climate change mitigation strategies such as the German Energiewende require linking vast numbers of new power generation facilities to the grid. As the input from many renewable sources is rather volatile, depending on how much the wind blows or the sun shines, there’s a higher risk of local power instabilities and eventually blackouts. Scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate ...

By The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

One of the Largest Wind Power Generation Projects to be Built in Sub-Saharan Africa Iberdrola Engineering to Build the 61-Megawatt Wind Farm; Aeolus Kenya Developing Project Planned Energy Mix Will Give Kenya’s Population the Reliability of Supply and Contribute to the Social and Economic Development of Kenya GE to Provide 38 1.6-MW Wind Turbines and Operations and Maintenance for 10 ...

By General Electric

LONDON, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Record wind and solar output in Germany helped push down European day-ahead power prices in April, while day-ahead natural gas prices fell as U.K. storage concerns eased, according to monthly day-ahead prices just released by Platts, a leading global provider of energy, petrochemicals and metals information. The Platts Continental Power (CONTI) Index* fell 18% ...

By S&P Global Platts

For the first time, in March 2012, the power plant controller skycontrol is installed and commissioned in a photovoltaic installation that feeds directly into France's 63 kV high-voltage grid. Drawing from its solid experience in the control of utility-scale PV plants connected to medium-voltage grids, the Berlin-based company skytron® energy GmbH fine tunes the plant controller of the 34 ...

By Skytron Energy - an AlsoEnergy company

Desertec, an ambitious solar power project in the Middle East and Africa, should be more transparent and participatory, argues Athar Osama. Desertec is the largest solar power project ever conceived. It is designed to provide a significant portion of the electricity needs of participating countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and up to 15 per cent of Europe's electricity ...

By SciDev.Net

Energy company National Grid has published its 2009/10 Corporate Responsibility Review, 'Shaping a Responsible Future', at http://ethicalperformance.com/reports/links/nati-pdf. The Review complements the company's online corporate responsibility report published in July. It provides an overview of CR strategy and highlights four areas of activity: climate change and energy; customer service, ...

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

Statkraft, Europe's leader in renewable energy, and Siemens signed an EPC contract on the power plant project Knapsack II near Cologne/Germany. The Norwegian energy generator is planning the construction of one of the world's most modern gas and steam combining power plants with a production capacity of 430 MW at the chemical industry park Knapsack. The recently signed EPC contract (Engineering, ...

By Statkraft