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Photovoltaics Evolve Amid Cost Challenges  
Design News, November 2011
By Molex
The solar photovoltaic (PV) market has evolved over the past five years to its current state of proliferation of producers, overcapacity, and a drive to differentiate similar panel products through aesthetics and "nice to have" add-on features.

Floating wind farms  
International Power Engineer, November 2011
The technology used in offshore oil and gas extraction is now making wind power installation in deeper waters possible.

Predictive Maintenance That Works  
Power, November 2011
Dr. Robert Peltier, PE
Thermographic analysis is a nondestructive testing (NDT) technique that uses infrared (IR) scanners, similar in appearance to video cameras, to detect differences in surface temperatures and to highlight those differences in color images that are displayed on a video screen.

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Fluke enhances 430 Series II Power Quality Analyzers
Enhancements include a function that directly measures energy wasted in electrical systems due to power quality issues and calculates the cost.

E-Mon announces D-Mon Smart Meters
Submeters include built-in communications providing 38 metering parameters of energy information and protocol options for integration into building automation systems.

HMS puts Netbiter in the cloud
The Netbiter remote management solution enables users to monitor and control machinery such as power generators, tanks, wind turbines and building applications from a standard web browser.

Other Product Announcements

• GE enhances Proficy Historian
• Invensys updates Foxboro I/A Series System
• Emerson introduces Rosemount 708 Wireless Acoustic Transmitter
• Honeywell announces MeterSuite metering solution
• ProSoft releases Modbus TCP/IP to IEC 61850 Gateway
• MatrikonOPC enhances OPC Server for GE Turbines
• ECD introduces Triton DO9 Dissolved Oxygen Analyzer
• Endress+Hauser Introduces CNGmass Coriolis Flowmeters

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Eaton announces catalog App  
PowerEdge mobile application provides real-time access from an Apple iPhone or iPad to Eaton's electrical catalogs, videos, and training.

NEMA Publishes Electrical Standards and Products Guide  
Guide is a comprehensive listing of NEMA electrical standards as well as an extensive directory of manufacturers and their products.

Three-Volume Study of Electric Power Smart Grid Developments  
Transmission & Distribution, August 2011
Newton-Evans Research published its newest three volume study of smart grid research topics. The study is based on inputs from utilities, regulators and industry equipment manufacturers, systems integrators and consulting firms, as well as highlights from recently completed Newton-Evans studies.

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Building Your Own 20kW Hydroelectric Power Plant
Design News, November 2011
By Joel Froese, Red Bank Hydro
A PLC, sensors and I/O from AutomationDirect control this home-built hydroelectric plant, which will provide a complete return on investment after only eight years.

Doing More With Less To Achieve Energy-Management Results 
Maintenance Technology, November 2011
By Dan Brown, Cascade Energy, Inc.
Rising energy costs are moving energy management into a new era of sophistication, capturing substantial savings for companies large and small. Here's the approach Cascade uses to help its clients' operations become more efficient.

Top Plant: Plum Point Energy Station  
Power, October 2011
The new 665-MW Plum Point Energy Station is energizing the Arkansas Delta--but first, the plant's construction team had to overcome a number of significant challenges related to building a facility in the New Madrid fault zone.

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The Changing Energy Landscape: A How-To Guide  
Automation.com, November 2011
By SMC
Machine builders, manufacturers, and all compressed air users can decrease energy costs by following the steps outlined here.

Building Distributed Monitoring and Control Systems With LabVIEW  
By National Instruments
November 2011
This paper examines the benefits of creating distributed monitoring and control systems as well as the fundamentals of building these systems. Engineers can use the concepts presented in this paper to design reliable, high-performance systems that can easily integrate with future technologies.

Increasing the Value of Automation for Industrial Infrastructure Projects  
By Tim Sweet, Honeywell Process Solutions
This white paper discusses the use of modern automation technology to support industrial infrastructure projects in the world's developing regions. It describes the latest innovative strategies for automating balance-of-plant units and other supporting assets in new Greenfield facilities.

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New Submarine Electricity Cable Projects to Multiply More Than Five-Fold
Transmission & Distribution World, November 2011
According to Pike Research, submarine transmission cable projects will increase from just over 60 worldwide in 2011 to more than 350 cables by 2020, placing significant pressure on the existing cable industry.

Connecticut Snowstorm Highlights Problem With Utility Companies
Huffington Post, November 2011
By Dave Collins and Susan Haigh
The October snowstorm and Hurrican Irene were highly unusual events that caused unprecedented damage to trees and wires, making the cleanup and power restoration much more difficult and time-consuming compared with other storms. Many utility customers went more than a week without power after both storms.

BPA thwarts metal thieves at substations
Bonneville Power Administration is replacing the solid copper wire used for grounding substation equipment and fencing with copper-coated steel wire that is much more difficult to cut and virtually worthless compared to solid copper wire.

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Balfour Beatty to replace transmission line in Scotland  
Balfour Beatty has been awarded a contract by Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission Limited to replace the electricity transmission line between Beauly and Wharry Burn, Scotland,with a 200km double circuit 400kV overhead electricity transmission line.

Wave Power Key To Island's Energy Goal  
Earth Techling, November 2011
By Pete Danko
Kosrae, one of the four Federated States of Micronesia out in the western Pacific, hopes to get 85 percent of its energy from wave power by 2015, with solar and hydro perhaps contributing the remaining 15 percent. Ocean Energy Industries is supplying the wave device, called the WaveSurfer.

Siemens to provide management solution for EcoGrid EU project  
Electric Light & Power, November 2011
Siemens will contribute an intelligent control system for energy loads in domestic and commercial applications for the EcoGrid EU demonstration project on the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea.

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NERC CIP Compliance Training
February 23, 2012
Location: Tampa, FL, United States
This course, taught by former NERC CIP auditors, will address cyber security solutions and methods to help secure the power grid and meet the NERC CIP standard requirements. Combined, our instructors have nearly 20 years of utility cyber security experience

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Ener.CON Europe 2012
March 15, 2012 - March 16, 2012
Location: Berlin , Germany
Strategic approaches and operational improvements in energy efficiency and savings in plants and facilities (demand side) for asset intensive industries. 17 industrial best practice case studies, 4 World Café Roundtables, Icebreaker & Morning Sessions - Ener.CON Europe - The leading event for improving energy efficiency for asset intensive industries in Europe.

ABB Automation & Power World 2012
April 23, 2012 - April 26, 2012
Location: Houston, TX, USA
ABB Automation & Power World is an annual four day program consisting of educational workshops, technical training, customer case studies, application workshops, and panel discussions. This year's 130,000 sq. ft.Technology & Solution Center features the latest technology by ABB and our technology partners.

Hannover Messe 2012
April 23, 2012 - April 27, 2012
Location: Hannover, Germany
Boasting eight flagship trade fairs with exhibitors and trade visitors from all over the world, HANNOVER MESSE will once again confirm its unique global standing in 2012. It remains without rival as a showcase of industrial technology, with more world firsts on display and more integrated solutions than elsewhere.

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