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    Itron Launches Cloud Computing Platform, Boosting Utility Meter Data Management

    Feb. 20, 2024
    The cloud computing solution is part of Itron’s Grid Edge Intelligence portfolio.
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    Digital Innovations

    Hitachi Energy Launches SAM600 3.0 for Digital Substations

    Jan. 26, 2024
    Digital substations deliver gains in safety, reliability, and productivity for grid operators, reducing overall substation costs
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    HVDC

    SuperGrid Institute to Coordinate the European Project HVDC-WISE

    Oct. 27, 2022
    This new project will foster the development of large HVDC-based transmission grid infrastructures, to improve the resilience and reliability of existing electrical systems and...
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    Depending on photovoltaic (PV) penetration, native substation loading and clouding patterns, power flow can change direction (from forward to reverse power and vice versa) in a matter of minutes.
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    Advance the Distribution Grid with Synchronized Measurements

    Sept. 13, 2022
    Emerging challenges on the distribution grid are driving the need for new and improved solutions that use synchronized measurement technologies.
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    Technology And The Human Factor

    Jan. 21, 2022
    With all the attention focused on our infrastructure, Dynamic Line Rating technology appears to be an ideal solution for increasing the nation’s transmission capacity with little...

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    Brazil's Taesa Commissions Upgrade of HDVC Converter Station

    Nov. 9, 2023
    The Garabi converter station enables power exchange between Argentina and Brazil, which is normally not possible as Argentina's power system operates at 50 Hz, and Brazil's operates...
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    Hitachi Energy Updates Asset Performance Solution

    Oct. 23, 2023
    The release expands Hitachi’s asset health prediction offering and expands with two additional APM modules – Lumada APM reliability and Lumada APM optimization.
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    HVDC

    Minnesota Power Secures $50 Million From U.S. DOE To Modernize HVDC Transmission System

    Oct. 23, 2023
    Minnesota Power will work on features to replace aging infrastructure and modernize terminal stations of its 465-mile transmission line from Center, North Dakota to Hermantown...
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    Caithness Moray HVDC link, Blackhillock. Courtesy of Hitachi Energy
    Transmission Reliability

    Superhighways Are Supercharging The Transmission Grid

    Sept. 27, 2023
    Technological advancements can make the electricity supply more resilient.