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Alabama smart grid projects
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The Southern Company Services distribution and transmission automation
The Southern Company's smart grid project involves integrated upgrades of the distribution, transmission, and grid management systems throughout their large service territory. Major efforts include automation of major parts of the distribution system, automation of selected transmission lines, and new equipment for many substations. This project centers on deployment of new distribution technologies that intend to improve power factor at delivery, thereby increasing the effective usability of existing electricity generation. This reduction in line losses may lead to the deferral of new generation capacity investments and associated reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The distribution automation equipment in this project also aims to enhance system reliability through better protections and faster response to outages while simultaneously lowering cost for operation and maintenance of the system by human operators. Get details >>
South Alabama Electric Cooperative smart meters
SAEC is installing smart meters on its electric system beginning this year. The new automated meter reading program offers numerous benefits to our members, including automated readings, daily readings, reading verification, voltage and outage information and faster restoration. Get details >>
Pioneer Electric Cooperative AMI
Beginning in January 2011, Pioneer started replacing members' electric meters with newer, technologically advanced meters. The metering system combines wireless and power line carrier (PLC) technologies. Cooper Power Systems was selected by Pioneer for the project for its extensive advanced metering infrastructure deployment experience and wide range of technology choices. The AMI network will connect the cooperative to their member-owners which are located primarily in rural areas of the nine Alabama counties that make up their service territory. Get the details >>
Alabama energy news and trends
Duke, Con-Ed, Alabama Power, Northeast Utilities Meet to Discuss Smart Grid Distribution Automation Strategies
On November 2-3 2011, leading utilities will gather in Raleigh, NC, to discuss the latest developments in smart grid distribution automation. Read more at Bradenton.com >
Broadband Stimulus Winner North Alabama Electric Cooperative Selects ADTRAN Solutions for Fiber-to-the-Home Deployment
ADTRAN, a leading provider of next-generation networking solutions, announced that Broadband Stimulus winner North Alabama Electric Cooperative has selected ADTRAN’s flagship product, the Total Access® 5000 Multi-Service Access and Aggregation Platform (MSAP), Total Access 300 Series ONTs and a full suite of NetVanta® routers and switches. These solutions combine broadband and smart grid architectures to deliver business and residential services for unserved and underserved areas in Northern Alabama. Read more >>
Key to Obama's clean energy goals already in Alabama
Talk in Washington about getting more of the nation's electricity from clean, renewable sources used to bring a collective sneer from Alabama politicians because the state is neither sunny nor breezy enough to contribute much to the wind and solar power equation. But when President Barack Obama said he wanted to broaden the definition of what is clean to include hydropower and nuclear, the sneer disappeared. Read more from The Birmingham News >
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University of Alabama awarded NSF grant for smart grid research
Dr. Shuhui Li of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alabama Tuscaloosa was awarded a $ 475,675 per year three year grant by the National Science Foundation to develop smart grid technology. Read more from Examiner.com >>
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