American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) has announced it has received its first order for a D-VAR system to meet dynamic reactive compensation requirements for a 220 kilovolt (kV) power transmission grid in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China. Reactive power compensation is necessary to stabilise
UPS Systems is supplying two methanol fuel cells to npower renewables for prime power in a portable wind monitoring application. The fuel cell installation is due for completion in January 2009, in order for npower renewables to undertake its first deployment of
Scorpion Power Systems has provided six generators to electrical cable producer, Prysmian, for six new mobile high vacuum cable oil degasification plants, which are to be used to degasifiy cable electrical insulating oils. Previously, Prysmian had used a power take-off system to
The change from the existing HID lamps to Megaman's 200W CLUSTERLITES at Gatwick Airport's North Terminal, has helped to significantly reduce energy consumption and maintenance costs. Gatwick is the busiest single-runway airport in the world, the second largest airport in the UK
EA Technology has launched a new monitoring system designed to prevent up to 85% of failures in gas insulated switchgear (GIS) sets, which are typically used in strategically important substations. Called the PD Monitor GIS, the system works by continuously locating, measuring
New from EA Technology Instruments, the Polarity Test Kit enables engineers to identify live low voltage (LV) conductors accurately and in complete safety. The kit comprises two parts – a Polarity Test Pen plus a Test Pen Checker, which automatically confirms the
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