Transmission distribution infrastructure distributes electricity to power substations then to electric utility transformers which deliver the power to customers. Electric power distribution monitors reliability and performance with supervisory control and data acquisition systems at electric substations.
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Boliva seizes control of Spanish national grid company
03/05/2012
Bolivia’s president Evo Morales has seized control of the Spanish company Transportadora de Electricidad (TDE) which runs aroun...
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ABB wins $16m industrial microgrid upgrade in Qatar
27/04/2012
Qatalum has awarded ABB an order worth $16m to upgrade the power distribution network at its aluminum smelting site in Mesaieed...
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Scottish-Irish undersea grid is viable and competitive says study
24/11/2011
An undersea electricity grid linking Ireland, Scotland and Northern Ireland is “viable and competitive” and should be built wit...
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Invest in Smart Grids or face blackouts, power firms warned
23/11/2011
Energy companies in Europe and the US face crippling blackouts in the next few years unless they invest heavily in infrastructu...
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Boom in Latin American grid development expected
09/11/2011
India's largest power transmission company, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited is reportedly expanding abroad as part of a...
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Lebanon considers leasing electricity generating ships
28/10/2011
Lebanon’s energy and water minister Gibran Bassil has said that the Cabinet is studying a proposal to lease power-generating sh...
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Saudi Electricity to build new power plant
28/10/2011
A new power plant is to be built in Saudi Arabia by the Saudi Electricity Company. |
Alstom signs transmission deal with China Electric Power
28/10/2011
Alstom Grid has signed a deal with China Electric Power Equipment and Technology Co (CET) to develop Ultra High Voltage Direct ...
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Siemens joins EU Smart Grid experiment
24/10/2011
Technology giant Siemens has joined a consortium to develop a European smart grid that would run on at least 50 per cent renewa...
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UK wind farm transmission licence granted in £105m deal
21/10/2011
A licence to run a transmission link to the Walney 1 wind farm in the Irish Sea has today been awarded in a deal worth £105m ($...
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