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There are more than 50 types of transmission lines in use, with even more in the R&D stage. The goals are reductions in line loss and line faults and greater overall grid reliability and efficiency. An increasing number of transmission line applications incorporate high-temperature superconducting technologies. New types of composite conductors are being developed to retain their strength and be more resistant to degradation at high temperatures. What’s more, this sector is seeing some exciting new wide-area management systems (WAMS) and other applications built on top of data from synchrophasors. Some are even proposing an “air traffic control system” for the national grid. Keep up to date with changing transmission technologies by scrolling down.
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Maybe we're reading more into it than we should, but there seems to be a lot of money going into transmission projects across the U.S. right now. The latest: ABB's $90 million order from American Transmission Company to improve grid stability in Michigan. Click for more on this and some additional examples of how our aging, outmoded power grid is finally getting some much-needed attention.
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SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst shares a glimpse of a new state-of-the-art transmission control center, which he sees as a view into the future – and the future of distribution operations as well. Click inside to find out why.
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While power has been restored after a massive blackout cut power to more than a million customers in the San Diego area and parts of Arizona Thursday afternoon, FERC, other federal and state agencies and the affected utilities are investigating the cause. Could smart grid technologies avert such disasters in the future? We think so.
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Siemens Energy and RuggedCom have deployed an ultra-fast distribution automation feeder system to improve service reliability for the only hospital serving Virginia's eastern shore. The system offers an impressive array of detection and protection features. Read about them inside.
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Researchers at North Carolina State University have come up with a "smart transformer" that could be a key component in the smart grid transformation of our electrical system, even though it may be years before it's ready for grid-scale duty. Read the story for more, and to find out why SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst thinks the traditional approach may not be the right one for bringing technologies like this online.
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Three new studies paint a promising picture of smart grid growth in the next decade. Click to see what the research gurus predict for the T&D equipment, home energy management and smart meter markets.
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| ABB unveiled a new family of products at the 2011 Hanover
Fair in Germany that are designed to strengthen the power supply in electricity networks and industrial plants. As this video showcases, the PCS100 family is based on a low-voltage converter and advanced software. It can be adapted to a range of applications, from enabling wind parks to feed power into the grid at the appropriate frequency to connecting various energy storage technologies to the network.
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ABB will acquire specialist software provider Insert Key Solutions, a move intended to create a broad set of solutions for asset and work management, maintenance optimization and equipment reliability.
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To take full advantage of smart grid technologies and renewable energy will require expansion of the nation's transmission system and a new report from Pike Research says high-voltage DC transmission will be one of the most important high-growth sectors in this market.
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Transmission owners are already implementing advanced power electronics for a variety of applications. Now some are taking it a step further to strengthen their systems and account for variable power flows that result from wind and solar penetration. KEMA's Siri Varadan explains why there's never been a better time to investigate what advanced power electronics can achieve.
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| Developed by Hydro-Quebec, LineScout is a high-performance robot that uses leading-edge inspection equipment and advanced maneuverability technology to complete detailed and comprehensive inspection of energized transmission lines. LineScout can navigate line obstacles such as spacer dampers, insulator connections, and aircraft warning indicators. Hydro-Quebec and BCTC received a 2010 Edison Award for their partnership on the field deployment and enhancement of LineScout.
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| Standard & Poor's Associate Director Gabe Grosberg discusses the factors influencing the credit quality of U.S. electric transmission companies in this CreditMatters TV segment. He also provides S&P's outlook for the sector, which includes an increase in investment and competition.
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| Regional transmission operator PJM Interconnection is moving ahead with a program to beef up the digital intelligence of the country's largest electric transmission system by installing more advanced monitoring equipment. A $14 million DOE stimulus grant is covering half the cost of the synchrophasor deployment project.
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| This article underlines the potential advantages of an EPRI designed, first-of-its-kind DC superconducting cable that could be built with currently available materials. The new cable, which incorporates the best features of traditional and advanced bulk power transfer technologies, could be just what is needed to handle the changing transmission demands of the future.
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| A University of Houston researcher is working on a Smart Grid technology with high-temperature superconducting wire that could transmit as much as 10 times more power than copper cables.
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