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Fluor Completes High Priority Power Line in Puerto Rico
Fluor Corp. confirmed last month that the company, working under its contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), has completed a high priority 38kv power line near San Juan. This will allow...
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PG&E Expands Commitment to Energy Storage
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) strengthened its commitment to a clean energy future with the presentation of six energy storage contracts totaling 165 megawatts (MW) to the California Public...
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Featured Poll: Are Pole-Mounted Utility DERs a Good Idea?
A handful of utilities have used their utility distribution poles to mount solar panels and energy storage systems. Rising interest in the use of distributed energy resources (DERS) could result in an...
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Whitefish Energy Completes Work In Puerto Rico
Whitefish Energy has completed the projects to make important transmission line and electrical grid repairs in Puerto Rico. As the first contractor to get to the island following the destruction of...
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PJM Board Authorizes $318 Million In Transmission Upgrades
The PJM Interconnection Board has authorized $318 million in electric transmission projects to ensure efficient and reliable power supplies for the 65 million people PJM serves. It also approved the...
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PG&E Proposes Clean Energy Alternative to Aging Fossil Fuel Plant in Oakland
PG&E’s proposal is to upgrade existing substation infrastructure and develop new clean energy resources in OaklandPacific Gas and Electric Co. has announced a proposal that, if approved, would...
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Bureau Veritas, Avitas Systems to Create Inspection Services Driven by Analytics
Bureau Veritas and Avitas Systems will transform industrial inspection with predictive analytics, robotics, and AI across industries, focusing short-term on electric power and utilitiesBureau Veritas...
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Using Reclosers as Sectionalizers: A Conceptual Overview
A major recent development is the hybridization of a recloser to include sectionalizer functionalitySwitchgear application hybridization is an emerging field of deployment for distribution network...
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National Grid Orders Transformers for HVDC Link Between England and France
The order includes the supply, installation and commissioning of the transformers for the Sellindge converter station in EnglandSiemens will deliver four transformers, each with a capacity of 400 kV...
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Michigan Energy Companies Partner to Showcase Careers in Energy
Careers in Energy Week gives nearly 200 students across Michigan real-life career experienceDTE Energy, Consumers Energy and the Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL) partnered to provide Michigan...
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The Internet of Things is Changing the Way We Live — and the Grid
Being the conservative utility engineer that I am, I decided to do a pilot project.I have finally joined the Internet of Things (IoT). It’s not that I don’t have a lot of digital tech-toys around the...
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Know Your Surge Arresters
Whether you’ve converted over to digital or you still have conventional control and communication systems in your high-voltage substation, you depend on surge protectors to minimize the incidence of...
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Grid Modernization in Hawaii
Many labels are being used to describe the technical evolution of electric utilities as multiple simultaneous changes are occurring across the industry.“Smart Grid” is a term that initially tried to...
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Safety First: Linemen Learn Tips to Protect Their Crews
By sharing personal stories, videos and statistics, speakers drive home the importance of following rules and focusing on safety.As a young journeyman lineman, Thad Adams survived an electrical contact...
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Hybrid Solar Collector Generates Electricity and On-Demand Heat
The ultra-high-efficiency novel hybrid solar converter has a double-mirror designA project team led by GTI to develop a hybrid solar collector that simultaneously generates electricity and...
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Global Solar Photovoltaic Installations to Exceed 100 Gigawatts in 2018
Strong demand for solar power in China in the first half of the year is expected to push total installed capacity to 108 gigawattsLargely driven by an improvement in the outlook in China, global...
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Entergy Louisiana to Begin Approximately $100 Million Reliability Project
Transmission project positions Jefferson Davis Parish for economic growthEntergy Louisiana, LLC will ring in the New Year in Jefferson Davis Parish with the start of an approximately $100 million...
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Contracting Agreements Announced for Ontario East-West Tie Transmission Project
Leaders from across many northern communities last week came together on Fort William First Nation territory to witness the signing of a contracting agreement for the Ontario East-West Tie Line Project...
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Dominion Energy Adds 81 MW of Solar Energy to South Carolina's Electric Grid
Dominion Energy has announced that two South Carolina solar energy projects – including the largest such project in the Palmetto State – have entered service."Dominion Energy is pleased to bring this...
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T&D World Minute with Rick Bush: STATCOMs
Today let’s chat a bit about STATCOMs.As a former lab rat, I love seeing devices in the field so I jumped at the chance when Oncor’s Jim Greer invited me to tour the ABB Statcom installed in the Dallas...
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