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March 2014
ABB Power Update

The new black start

System restoration from black-start generation resources requires advance planning, careful coordination, and close communication. The more widespread the area affected, the greater the need for prioritized synchronization among generators, transmission providers, load-serving entities and system operators. Anything that can limit the outage extent or ease return to service should be considered, including using voltage-sourced converters (VSCs) for their dynamic voltage support, controllability and ability to connect asynchronously to adjacent grids or with intact islands within the larger system. Strategically placed and intelligently controlled transmission elements with VSCs can offer system operators additional flexibility during network restoration. >> Read more
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POWERful evolution: Reliability roundtable

Old infrastructure, new legislation / regulations, an aging and retiring workforce, distributed generation, declining revenues and increasing costs are just some of the factors adding to a significant evolution of the power industry. One of the new disruptive challenges facing utilities today revolves around reliability and what will be the new standard of reliability in the future, such as storm response and recovery, critical power and managing reliability demands cost effectively. Discover insights to this issue from Gary Rackliffe, ABB’s VP of Smart Grids for North America, and Brad Luyster, ABB’s VP of Microgrids for North America. What do you want to know about improving reliability or how to mitigate other disruptive challenges? Join ABB at the IEEE PES T&D conference in Chicago in booth #6725, where we will have ABB Smart Squad experts, including Brad and Gary, “on tap” at our Smart Bar throughout the duration of the show. >> Read more  

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Smart grid
Rural utilities look toward brighter future with smart grid technology

Smart grid technology is driving operational, economic and environmental benefits for rural utilities across the United States. With smart grid technology in place, rural utilities are saving time, money and resources. They also are enhancing customer service by enabling their members to make more intelligent energy usage decisions. Part of their success can be attributed to the deployment of a flexible communication network—one that can support multiple applications that will serve the needs of utilities and their customers for decades. >> Read more  

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Ventyx
The emerging boom in utility-wide asset analytics

How does a utility figure out which of its millions of distribution grid assets are about to fail, and how do they determine how costly or dangerous those breakdowns are going to be? How can utilities decide which of a thousand different options for asset maintenance, replacement and procurement strategies is the best -- not just this year, but 10 years later? These are the kinds of enormously complicated questions that big data analytics can start answering for utilities. Analytics software has already been put to use to manage generation and transmission assets for utilities, now, with the proliferation of smart grid endpoints in the distribution grid, these platforms are starting to reach the edges of the grid as well. >> Read more  

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Tropos Wireless Communication Systems
Working without wires

While wireless networks have not traditionally been considered a good fit for substation communications, wireless can offer significant economic advantages when modernizing existing substations. The cost of wired solutions is often prohibitive, due largely to the expense of trenching. Wireless communication, which requires no trenching, is typically a more cost-effective way to install a network during a substation retrofit. In fact, the cost of an entire wireless installation can be less than half the cost of trenching (for a wired network). >> Read more    

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