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Tucked on a bucolic hillside--just a few miles from the Ease skiing mecca of Killington, Vermont, U.S.--is New England's first state-of-the-art electromagnetic pulse-proof data center. This critical facility embodies the [...]

After closing six coal-fired units in its eastern region --to comply with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's mercury and air toxics standards--and managing an influx of new inverter-connected generators, Dominion [...]

After a 13-year effort, the $2 billion CapX2020 grid transformation initiative involving 11 utility partners is up and running in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. CapX2020 has [...]

GE Renewable Energy's Grid Solutions businesshas been awarded a technology-driven grid modernization project by Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited (RRVPL) as part of the utility's roadmap to implement grid [...]

The use of smart grid in integrating electrical and information systems is discussed with regard to industrial network considerations and coordinated automation in electric power transmission and distribution. Other details on smart grid implementation are discussed.

Outlook for 2018-19 Relief and reconstruction from devastation caused by Hurricane Maria in September will dominate political and economic affairs in 2018-19 and beyond. The US government is likely to [...]

Byline: Angelita Gardner-Kittrell When it was time to rebuild a portion of the 115-kV radial Bremo-Cartersville transmission line in Cumberland and Fluvanna counties, Virginia, U.S., Dominion Energy immediately equated the [...]

Byline: Julius Fuks Electric utilities nationwide are investing significant capital in reconductoring aging lines. A new technology invented by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), however, could change the way [...]

Byline: Amy Fischbach â Milan, 18 April 2016 -PrysmianGroup, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, is launching a new breakthrough cable technology for the development of [...]

Electronics has already cut the data cord. Can it now cut the power cord as well? DRONES may one day transform the way parcels are delivered, crops monitored and suspects [...]

Several miles south of Rawlins, Wyoming, on a cattle ranch east of the Continental Divide, construction crews have begun laying down roads and pads that could eventually underpin up to [...]

Fenno-Skan undersea HVDC link carries 500 MW over 200 km A new high voltage direct current (HVDC) link between Finland and Sweden was commissioned during the autumn of 1989. The [...]

Byline: Venugopal Pillai Several conferences held during the mega power T&D exhibition Elecrama 2014 saw the confluence of thought leadership. Speakers unanimously agreed that India has indeed made significant progress, [...]

A commercial-scale development and demonstration high voltage direct current (HDVC) transmission system will be installed in Gotland, Sweden. The HVDC system utilizes power semiconductors to achieve and transmit an active power of 50 MW at a connecting AC voltage of 70 kV and 30 kV. HVDC Light technology, which also functions as a feeder for an AC grid, was combined with underground cable to accommodate power transmission problems., HVDC Light is a new transmission technology that promises to make HVDC (high voltage direct current) - hitherto used almost exclusively for transmitting very high powers over long distances - [...]

Efficient energy transmission and distribution systems are necessary for China to meet its objectives for economic development. While conventional three-phase alternating current transmission offer several advantages, the increasing demand for electrical energy away from the centers of generation has stirred the country's interest to find alternative means of power distribution. A new high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system has been developed to distribute power to the expanding industrial area of Guangzhou. The system employs HVDC technology and digital electronics., When a country has disparate generating capacity spread over an area of what amounts to a subcontinent, a means of distribution other than three-phase ac needs to be considered. A [...]

ABB 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. [...]

Byline: Rick Bush, Editorial Director Transmission & Distribution World editors gathered executive decision makers from four utilities to share their passions in promoting and implementing innovation in the electricity marketplace. [...]

High-temperature superconductivity gets wired at the worldwide market leader. ENVISION POWER LINES, thousands of miles long, transmitting electricity to Europe from hydroelectric plants in Africa, power-transmission reservoirs that hold electric […]

Byline: EPRI, December 2009, Final Report Shortly after the beginning of the 20th century, DC power transmission was replaced by AC in order to achieve efficient transmission of electric power [...]

Byline: Gerry Akin and Art Holland, San Diego Gas & Electric A new 117-mile transmission line now winds through a national forest, traverses an arid desert and climbs through the [...]

Western Area Power Administration has utilized an advanced series compensation system (ACS) in the Shiprock-to-Glen Canyon section of its high voltage transmission system. Like other high voltage lines, the link could only run at 75% of its capacity. The ACS, installed at the Kayenta substation in Arizona, increased the line's capacity by 33%, enough energy to cover costs of the upgrade within four years. Similar systems are expected to be applied throughout the world., The world's first advanced series compensator with controllable series impedance as a flexible AC transmission (FACTS) device has been introduced at Western Area Power Administration's Kayenta substation in Arizona, USA. [...]

ABB has launched SVC Light (Static Var Compensator) with Energy Storage as its latest development within the FACTS (Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems) family. The new technology combines SVC Light [...]

The power generation landscape is undoubtedly - and visibly - changing, with onshore and offshore wind turbines perhaps the most obvious manifestation. In part to facilitate this renewable energy expansion, [...]