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At its heart, the Smart Grid remakes the delivery of electricity. It adds intelligence, telemetry, and communications to every part of the grid. This section will let you quickly find the business and technical information you need on all aspects of electric power transmission and distribution.
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As the Smart Grid unfolds, utilities face pressing challenges they've never seen before. How do you grapple with technologies, programs and services that are brand new — and get it right the first time? Click inside for a new service to help utilities prepare for Smart Grid deployments, and to do it with less time and money. |
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Texas has quite a lot more wind power than it can use, and a San Francisco-based transmission line developer wants to build a 400-mile transmission line to send some of it to states that aren't so fortunate. |
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Grid-scale storage may not be widespread enough today to defer new transmission, but KEMA storage expert Rick Fioravanti argues it’s an angle worth exploring. As new technologies emerge, it may be closer than you think. |
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Canadian electric vehicle fleet systems integrator Rapid Electric Vehicles is building fully electric Ancillary Power Vehicles for the U.S. Army to use in a multi-faceted microgrid research and development program. The vehicles are designed to reduce the high economic and environmental costs of fossil fuels and to provide fast backup power in emergencies. |
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Global spending on new transmission and distribution equipment and services will reach $107 billion this year, according to a recently released market report. |
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Today's electric grid is too unreliable and vulnerable to suit the Defense Department. So the DOD and partners are planning a microgrid demonstration project that will incorporate Smart Grid technologies to improve efficiency and security. |
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LumaSense Technologies, a temperature and gas sensing solutions provider, has acquired fiber optic sensing technology from Opsens, Inc. The acquisition gives LumaSense a broader range of fiber optic technology to help utilities better manage transformer reliability. |
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A group of designers thinks the way to combat NIMBY attitudes about transmission towers is to make them look like giant people. And Crayola commemorates a solar plant behind its headquarters with a new shade of — what else could it be? — green to add some color to the occasion. |
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If the Center for Energy Workforce Development has it right, 40% to 60% of the energy utility workforce could be eligible to retire in 2012. And according to the NREL, one of the leading barriers to renewable energy and energy-efficiency growth today is a shortage of training and skills. Put it all together and it’s a remarkably grim forecast for an industry undergoing a massive and demanding transformation. That’s why the DOE’s Applied Energy Office is asking for your help. It has posted this RFI seeking input from stakeholders on scope and priorities for its education and workforce development activities. There’s no money involved; just a chance to do your bit to make the world a cleaner one. |
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GE has acquired SNC-Lavalin's Energy Control Systems, which improves the efficiency and reliability of power delivery. The Energy Control Systems software provides continuous monitoring and analysis and helps pinpoint possible power problems before they materialize. |
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With all the stimulus money (and press) focused on smart meters last year, you might think AMI is the only way to start a Smart Grid initiative. But Jesse Berst points to evidence the tide is turning and that grid applications may prove the quickest way for some utilities to demonstrate benefits. Click for his analysis. |
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An EPRI evaluation of portable electronic devices (PEDs) such as the iPod Touch or the Android has found that PED technology will present significant opportunities in the handheld meter/diagnostic device arena and will subsequently become a major component of the Smart Grid sensor market where data needs to be streamed, stored and selectively uploaded from a remote location to a centralized location. Click to download the executive summary. |
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After updating you on Cisco and GE Smart Grid strategies in recent posts, today Jesse Berst zooms in on IBM, which he’s calling the Smart Grid’s first and only super integrator. Do you agree? Click inside for a quick look at Big Blue's far-reaching role in our ecosystem (and a chance to nominate IBM strategies you want to know more about). |
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ABB enters the record books with the completion of the first ultrahigh-voltage direct current transmission line to operate commercially. The line, located in southeastern China, spans 1,240 miles between Xiangjiaba and Shanghai, making it the longest and most powerful transmission link in the world. |
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On-Ramp Wireless and Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories successfully completed a field test demonstrating that wireless sensors can be connected throughout the electricity distribution grid, significantly reducing the time needed to isolate, repair and restore service to customers. |
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AT&T has agreed to offer Petra Solar's interactive solar electric systems which incorporate solar power generation and Smart Grid technology in one system. The offering will allow utilities to meet Renewable Portfolio Standards while investing in Smart Grid technologies. |
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Wind energy projects have been stalled or derailed by a lack of transmission capacity, but a new report says it's not always necessary to build new transmission lines. Instead, existing technologies can increase capacity with little or no change to existing transmission systems. |
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Washington, D.C.'s Howard University is getting an unusual endowment from Pareto Energy: it's very own microgrid. |
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SVC Light with Energy Storage is a dynamic energy storage solution which combines SVC Light performance with the latest battery storage technology. It provides a new dimension in developing smart grids and cost effective, environmentally attractive, and high quality services for existing networks. SVC Light® is ABB's high performance STATCOM (static synchronous compensator). It can provide instantaneous and continuously variable reactive power in response to voltage fluctuations, thereby enhancing grid stability.
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High-voltage electricity transmission systems all over the world are getting a massive infusion of cash. After years of neglect, transmission infrastructure investment is expected to top $600 billion over the next 10 years, according to Pike Research. |
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AT&T and CURRENT Group have joined forces to provide utilities with Smart Grid solutions designed to improve and enhance grid performance and asset management. |
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GridPoint, Inc., an established leader in smart energy solutions, announced today that its load management solution is being utilized by Hoosier Energy to reduce peak demand, make more efficient use of power supply resources and better control energy costs for its member electric distribution cooperatives. GridPoint’s centralized solution enables Hoosier Energy to aggregate and manage commercial and residential load served by its cooperatives, and provides individual co-ops the ability to execute targeted demand response events. |
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With all the Smart Grid standards now in the works, which ones are most essential? Smart Grid expert Dr. Dale McMullin argues that a single set of standards for geospatial interfaces and encodings deserve a spot on your "pay attention" list. Find out why. |
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Broadband over powerline (BPL) has died a dozen deaths in the Smart Grid space, yet continues to dig itself out of each grave. In this article, former AEP executive and early BPL advocate Bruce Renz argues that its rightful role is in the transmission system. Click inside to see if you agree with him – and then vote in our Quick Poll regarding BPL prospects. |
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Electric Power Research Institute researchers have come up with a prototype for a wire crawling robot that can keep tabs on dangerous conditions that could affect electricity transmission lines. Click inside; you've got to see this. |
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in Europe the transmitter of the power and the supplier are split now but i think the really democratisation means also that people will become independant and the question is if this already takes ...