Field Technologies News

51. Colorado Springs Utilities' Customers No Longer In The Dark When The Lights Go Out, Thanks To GE Smart Grid Technologies 5/22/2009
    GE recently announced that it has completed the installation of smart grid technologies to help Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) overcome the two major challenges of power interruptions: restoration and customer communications.
52. AMSC Signs Contract With ACCIONA Energy For New Wind Turbine, Low-Voltage, Ride Through Solution 5/14/2009
    American Superconductor Corporation, a leading energy technologies company, recently announced that it has received an order worth more than $10M from ACCIONA Energy, a division of ACCIONA SA and a world leader in renewable power, for its new Dynamic VAR Ride Through (D-VAR RT) solution.
53. Trilliant Supplies Smart Metering Solution To Electricity Supply Board (ESB) Ireland 5/8/2009
    Trilliant Incorporated, today announced that it is delivering a Smart Meter system to ESB Networks, the owner and operator of the electricity distribution network in the Republic of Ireland, including the introduction of smart meters to ESB consumers
54. NIST Announces Three-Phase Plan For Smart Grid Standards, Paving Way For More Efficient, Reliable Electricity 4/22/2009
    As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to moving the nation toward energy independence, the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced recently a three-phase plan to expedite development of key standards for a Smart Grid, a nationwide network that uses information technology to deliver electricity efficiently, reliably, and securely.
55. PSE&G Extends Offers To First Of 900 People To Work On Electric And Gas Infrastructure Projects 4/22/2009
    With recently approval of its plan to invest $694M in accelerated electric and gas infrastructure projects, Public Service Electric & Gas Company (PSE&G) began to hire the first of 900 new utility and contractor positions to be created during the next two years.
56. American Superconductor Receives Wire Order For First Superconductor Power Cable To Be Deployed In Korea's Commercial Grid 4/21/2009
    American Superconductor Corporation, a leading energy technologies company, recently announced at Hannover Fair 2009 that LS Cable Ltd. (LS Cable) has ordered approximately 80,000 meters (50 miles) of 344 superconductors, which is AMSC’s proprietary brand of second generation (2G) high temperature superconductor (HTS) wire.
57. Electric Power Research Institute Selects JCP&L For Smart Grid Demonstration 3/26/2009
    Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) has been selected as a smart grid demonstration host site by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), an independent, nonprofit organization focused on research and development related to the electric power industry
58. S&C Installs Smart Grid Storage Management System For Xcel Energy Wind-To-Battery Project 3/23/2009
    Integrating variable wind and solar power production with the needs of the power grid is an ongoing issue for the utility industry.
59. Siemens Introduces Powerful Wind Turbine For Low To Medium Wind Speeds 3/20/2009
    At the European Wind Energy Conference (EWEC) in Marseille, Siemens Energy announces the arrival of the SWT-2.3-101 which is ideally suited to sites with low to medium wind speeds
60. Southern California Edison To Deploy AMSC's Smart Grid dSVC Solution In Its 'Circuit Of The Future' 3/11/2009
    American Superconductor Corporation, a leading energy technologies company, recently announced that it has received an order from Southern California Edison, an Edison International company, for its pad-mounted Distribution Static VAR Compensator ("dSVC") solution.