Substations

Technology providing distributed active control can benefit both agriculture customers and the utilities that serve them.

California utility formulates a plan to eliminate the use of SF6 in all high-voltage gas-insulated equipment.

TEPCO decommissioned 20 transformers with a service life of between 30 years and 50 years to evaluate the level of deterioration as a result of aging.

Comparison of the findings of Newton-Evans studies on adoption of IEC 61850 by North American and international electric utilities

Two new high-voltage greenfield substations will soon be constructed in Wyoming, and a third existing substation will be upgraded to provide grid support for the addition of more than 1,000 mW of new generation capacity being added to the...

ABB has commissioned two digital substations located in Tolve and Vaglio, part of the Basilicata region in southern Italy. The substations will integrate and transmit electricity generated by local wind farms to homes and businesses in the region...

The sticklers remind us that the primary system, including breakers, surge arresters and transformers, cannot to date be made digital.

Smart grid technologies such as digital substations give utilities enhanced abilities to adapt to and create new opportunities from such change.

Substations are now evolving from the traditional concept of protection and control to fully digital solutions

The resilience matrix has provided TVA methodologies to understand severe storms and plan for future events.