Latest Electric power distribution Stories
GREENSBURG, Pa., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- West Penn Power, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp (NYSE: FE), announced today that its spend of approximately $110 million in 2013 is designed to further enhance the electrical system and reliability in its 24-county service area. Major projects scheduled for this year include transmission improvements, building new circuits, replacing underground cables, inspecting and replacing utility poles and ongoing vegetation management...
FARMINGTON, Conn., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Demand for grid energy storage will see nearly a 3,954 percent, jumping from $2.8 billion to $113.5 billion in 2017. Representing close to a 5,694 percent increase in capacity, grid storage will reach 185.4 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of capacity compared to 3.2 GWh in 2012. Even as the grid storage sector approaches maturity, bankruptcies, fires and geographical shifts have been rampant. As the market continues to expand, partnerships...
Employee Volunteers Roll Up Their Sleeves Across National Grid Service Area, Inspired by Environmental Stewardship NEW YORK, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 600 National Grid employees will join forces with local communities to beautify parks and clean-up areas in need of attention all across the company's U.S. service area as part of Earth Day 2013. The company and its employee volunteers will take part in a dozen local projects and events across Massachusetts, New York...
ST. LOUIS, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Anderson Municipal Light and Power has announced plans to implement the TWACS power-line communications system from Aclara Technologies LLC to read electric meters. The utility will employ the system to reduce costs and improve service to the almost 60,000 residents of Anderson, Ind., a city about 25 miles northeast of Indianapolis. Aclara® is a leader in Intelligent Infrastructure solutions and part of the Utility Solutions Group of ESCO...
KEMP, Texas, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Larson Electronics Magnalight rolled out the MGL15-480-120-10X120 portable power distribution panel on wheeled cart. This power distribution panel system transforms 480 Volts to ten 120 amp GFI outlets. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130416/DA95300) Configured to roll around on a wheeled, dolly cart style configuration, Larson Electronics Magnalight began shipping the MGL15-480-120-10X120 portable power distribution panel....
--Deployment follows successful pilot-- RALEIGH, N.C., April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Elster today announced that the City of Georgetown, Texas has chosen EnergyAxis(®) for its system-wide, multi-utility meter replacement project. After a successful pilot, Georgetown will deploy Elster's EnergyAxis solution throughout its service territory and install 21,000 Elster water meters and 21,000 Elster electricity meters. The turnkey project is expected to be completed by May 2013....
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Echola Systems extends its line of smart power distribution products with a new 380V Direct Current (DC) smart-switched Power Distribution Unit (PDU) for green data centers. Echola Systems' DC series, SPDU-D3xx, PDU leverages its patent pending shared hybrid relay switching technology to switch high voltage DC power safely. It also facilitates safe installation of equipment by switching outlets to off at the time of installation, thus...
Global energy leader E.ON selects Ventyx software for strategic smart grid initiative to support region's growing demand for reliable and sustainable power ATLANTA, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ventyx, an ABB company, today announced that world-leading energy service provider E.ON has selected a comprehensive set of Ventyx software solutions to underpin its new smart grid control center in Sweden. E.ON is one of the world's largest investor-owned power and gas companies, serving...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens Smart Grid Division and Teradata (NYSE: TDC) today announce a global strategic cooperation in the field of big data. Through this collaboration Siemens Smart Grid further optimizes its portfolio of solutions which will provide energy utilities with a much higher level of transparency on the status and activities in their networks. This will enable the customers of Siemens Smart Grid to improve reliability of their...
A recently added market report by Transparency Market Research on “Power Rental Market - Global Industry Analysis, Market Share, Size, Growth, Trends And Forecast, 2012 - 2018” is now available for pre-order. To browse the report, visit http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/power-rental.html Albany, New York (PRWEB) April 13, 2013 Many companies that deal in a wide variety of industries are using power rentals to fulfill their temporary power requirements. These companies hire a...
