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Metso to provide hydro power plant automation in Switzerland
Metso automation systems will be used for the turbine control, sluice gate control, excitation control, vibration monitoring as well as for a power plant/river training simulator. -
Yokogawa to supply WT310 Power Meter to University of Illinois
The Power Meter will be a key test tool for Undergraduate and Graduate testing laboratories in the new Electrical and Computer Engineering Building under development. -
ABB to build substation for soccer World Cup
ABB will design, supply, install and commission a new indoor substation to replace a 40-year-old installation in Grajau, near the Maracanã stadium in Brazil. -
Emerson controls Exelon Generation unit
Emerson replaced aging turbine and balance-of-plant controls with its Ovation expert control system at Westport 5 Generating Station in Baltimore, Maryland. -
Cressall NERS power resistors pass Saudi test
As part of a project to supply Neutral Earthing Resistors (NER) to be used by the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), Cressall has successfully conducted pre-qualification testing at an accredited laboratory CESI in Milan. -
Infrastructure Investments drive High Power AC Drives Business
Investments in infrastructure in many part of the world caused continued demand for high power AC drives. -
ABB to power copper mine in Zambia
ABB will provide a new substation and upgrade an existing one at Africa’s biggest copper mine, being built in the northwestern province of the country. -
PAS opens additional Houston office
The new office is in west Houston. -
ABB supports wind turbine technology at SWiFT facility in Texas
ABB provided three ACS800 wind converters and three matching Baldor induction generators. -
Honeywell Process Solutions Shares Service Risk
By Bill Lydon, Editor At the recent Honeywell User Group (HUG) 2013 conference, Honeywell announced new services under the Assurance 360 program for owners of Honeywell systems. The overall goal of these programs is a reduction of unplanned events, faster problem resolution, and better plant performance. -
Emerson to control hydropower plants in Brazil
Emerson will supply Ovation control and SCADA technology for controls of multiple hydropower plants and a dispatch center to AES Tietê in Brazil. -
ABB Acquires Power-One
Power-One is a provider of renewable energy and energy-efficient power conversion and power management solutions. -
Metso to supply valves for geothermal power plant in Kenya
The valves will control the steamy process flow coming from the boreholes drilled into the ground. -
Hollysys to provide Profibus DCS to power plant in China
The DCS will control more than 13,000 points and ProfiBus will control 3,600 distributed devices for two 1GW ultra-supercritical thermal power generating units at the Fujian Hongshan Thermal Power Plant. -
Schneider Electric buying Invensys?
By Bill Lydon, Editor There has been speculation for a long time that the Invensys automaton business would be sold. Now Schneider Electric has made a 3.3 billion pound ($5 billion) takeover proposal for Invensys. -
Frost & Sullivan comments on Schneider purchase of Invensys
Frost & Sullivan says Schneider stands to benefit the most from the deal, especially in the automation market. -
Emerson controls Arkansas coal plant
The 600-MW plant is the first ultra-supercritical power plant built in the United States. Emerson worked with the SWEPCO team to develop the sophisticated logic needed to integrate controls for the ultra-supercritical boiler into the overall plant automation architecture. -
ETAP Opens Brazil Office
ETAP’s office is located in Ribeirão Prêto, Brazil, and managed by Leandro Toniello, Business Development Manager. -
Cooper Bussmann releases FC2 App for Fault Current Calculations
Available for all Apple iPhones and iPads, and Android mobile devices, the FC2 mobile app quickly and easily determines available fault current levels anywhere in an electrical distribution system. -
US DOE uses Perle Terminal Servers to meet NERC rules
Perle Electric Utility Terminal Servers provide secure remote user authentication and management capabilities for Phasor Measurement Units (PMU’s) that keep the smart grid stable.
