Siemens Equipment Improves Transmission Capacity in Indian High-Voltage Grid
The Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution Group (PTD) has received an order from the Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL; New Delhi, India)...
Consortium Details Construction of DC Tie
When New Century Energies and Northern States Power merged in 2000, the new company, Xcel Energy (Minneapolis), made a commitment to connect the two systems...
Xcel Energy to Install 3M's ACCR Breakthrough Bottleneck Solution
3M's new Aluminum Composite Conductor Reinforced (ACCR), an overhead power conductor that doubles the electrical transmission capacity of conventional...
A Smarter Approach to Resolving Power-Line Noise
Although the problem has been around since the dawn of radio communications and broadcasting, power-line noise issues are A on the rise. The proliferation...
Topology Considerations in Transmission Line Design
Normally, the horizontal and vertical spacing between the phase conductors on a transmission line is decided by the minimum clearances required between...
BPA to Use Implosive Devices to Construct New Transmission Line
The Bonneville Power Administration will detonate state-of-the-art implosive devices to connect conductors on the new Grand Coulee-Bell 500-kV transmission line...
Minnesota to Invest $1 Billion in Power Grid
Minnesota’s power grid is about to undergo a major overhaul. It’s been over 20 years since the state has seen a major upgrade to its system, and the goal of the upgrade is to prevent future blackouts and keep up with the high demand of Minnesota’s power customers...
California Public Utilities Commission Approves New Transmission Line
A new transmission line that will provide added electric reliability and meet growing demand for electricity in San Francisco and the Peninsula was approved by the California Public Utilities Commission...
Spain: Endesa and REE Speed Up the Development of Electricity Transmission Infrastructure
Endesa and Red Electrica de Espana (REE) have agreed to work together more closely to drive the development of electricity transmission infrastructure...
United States: DOE Seeks Public Input on Designation of National Interest Electric Transmission Bottlenecks
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) requested public comments on issues relating to the identification, designation and possible mitigation of National...
International Focus: Asia and Australia Invest in T&D
Although load growth in Asia remains the highest in the world, distribution of energy resources in many of the continent's large countries is remote from...
STATCOM Postpones the Need for 161-kV Line
Leake is a 161/46/13.2-kV substation located close to the southern border of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA; Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.) supply area...
India: Six Wind Zones, One Tower Configuration
In the late 1990s, the introduction of six wind zones in India created expectations that, for optimized designs, different swing angle-clearance combinations...
Idaho Power Participates in BPL Technolog Trial
IDACOMM (Boise, Idaho, U.S.) in partnership with Idaho Power Co. is in the final installation stage of a broadband over power line (BPL) technology trial...
United States: Entergy Awards Siemens Three Transmission Projects
Entergy Corp. has awarded three high-voltage transmission projects to Siemens Power T&D Inc. (Raleigh, North Carolina). The new installations will help...
Overcoming the Challenges Of a Critical Line Relocation
Utility engineers have been faced with the challenge of finding ways to get more out of their lines and existing facilities without spending large sums...
United States: ACC Approves 500-kV Lines in Arizona
The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC; Phoenix, Arizona) voted unanimously to confirm a certificate of environmental compatibility for the Palo Verde-to-Pinal...
Southern China: GE to Increase Capacity of Southern China Power Grid
GE Energy (Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.) will provide two 500-kV series compensation systems to the China Southern Power Grid Co. to increase the power transfer...
California Bulks Up to Provide More Transmission Capacity
The Path 15 upgrade in California represents the first public-private partnership organized to improve a transmission system that has become seriously...
Storks and Transmission Finding a Middle Ground
Storks and the transmission of electrical energy may appear to be completely unrelated topics. However, in Portugal, the nesting habits of these large...
Libya: Nexans Wins a Euro 100 Million Contract to Supply Libya with High-Voltage Power Transmission Links
Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has signed a contract worth euro 100 million with General Electric Company of Libya (GECOL) to provide...
Singapore: Pirelli Subsidiary to Reinforce Singapore's Power Transmission Network
The Singaporean power utility SP PowerAssets Ltd., a subsidiary of Singapore Power, has awarded Comergy Ltd., a subsidiary of Pirelli Energy Cables and...
Spain Commissions 400-kV XLPE Cable System
On Feb. 12, 2004, the commissioning tests on site of Spain's first 400-kV XLPE cable system were completed successfully. It was supplied and installed...
Canada/United States: National Energy Board of Canada Rejects Proposal to Build Transmission Line to United States
The National Energy Board of Canada has denied an application by Sumas Energy 2 Inc. (SE2; Bellingham, Washington) to construct the Canadian portion of...
United States: LIPA Buys D-VAR Transmission Grid Reliability System
The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA; Uniondale, New York) has purchased a Dynamic Volt-Ampere-Reactive (D-VAR) reactive power compensation system from...
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