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ABB's Monthly Newsletter: Products, services, people, technologies & events
April 2011 |
Feature
Connecting large-scale renewable energy resources to the grid just got easier
ABB held an official groundbreaking ceremony for its new high voltage and extra high-voltage transmission land cable facility in Huntersville, North Carolina on April 4, 2011. The factory will supply advanced high-voltage power transmission cables that offer an alternative to overhead lines, and others that are particularly suited to connecting large-scale renewable energy resources like wind farms and solar power installations to the grid. >> More Info
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ABB breaks ground for a new high voltage cable factory in North Carolina press release |
Highlights |
Substation Automation |
Reliable networking: Impact of modern communication technology on system reliability
The IEC 61850 standard was introduced to standardize the communication for substation automation so that all devices, no matter their origin, could communicate using a standard protocol. But does it fulfill the stringent reliability requirements needed to ensure constant power supply in transmission and distribution grids? >> More Info
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Battery Energy Storage System |
How the Golden Valley Electric Association is using battery energy storage systems to weather the cold
Alaskan winters are cold. Where temperatures can drop to minus 50 °C, power outages are very bad news indeed. A reliable supply of electricity is given a high priority when your water pipes can freeze solid within hours if the power goes down! One way to prevent this from happening is to have an emergency power source feed energy into the grid until back-up generation is available. Read more for an economical and ecological alternative to 'spinning reserve'. >> More Info
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Cyber Security |
Security in the smart grid
It's easy to find news reports about the smart grid, and one of the media's favorite topics surrounding this topic is security - cyber security in particular. It's understandable—the grid as we know it today already relies on a wide variety of digital devices and computerized controls to keep the lights on. The grid of the future will only be more "wired" (or wireless, as the case may be), and the combination of those systems with public communications infrastructure creates the potential for unauthorized access. The question then becomes, how do we protect such a vast system from hackers, criminals, disgruntled employees and others who would do harm to the grid? >> More Info
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Transformers |
Optimize your transformer design
These online tools help you select the most optimal design of a transformer based on shortest payback period. The total ownership cost calculator calculates the present value no-load losses ($/watt) and load losses ($/watt), which added to the transformer purchase price is total ownership cost over the lifetime of the transformer. The payback calculator helps you select the most optimal transformer design. To read more about these tools or to start using them today, please click on the link below.
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