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ABB commissions three 765kV substations for Power Grid Corp. of India

May 11, 2012 The projects form part of PGCIL's plans for building a strong national grid by 2012. From the current inter-regional power flow capacity of 27,950 MW, the utility aims to take the capacity up to 80...

IEEE announces new smart grid standard, three in pipeline

May 11, 2012

IEEE-SA has published IEEE 1591.1- 2012 - Standard for Testing and Performance of Hardware for Optical Ground Wire

Smart Energy Collective initiates design of five smart grid projects

May 11, 2012

The signing follows a successful preparation period, and marks the start of the actual design phase of the five trial test sites

GE opens Customer Application Center in Nevada

May 10, 2012 Customers will tour the facility and experience the complete Bently Nevada product portfolio installed in a real-world industrial environment to simulate the most demanding applications across the ...

SPX to provide condensers for 1.3 MW gas-fired power plant

May 10, 2012

SPX Corp. announced that its Thermal Equipment and Services segment won a contract to supply an air-cooled condenser for a new 1.3 GW natural gas-fired, combined cycle power plant

EnerNOC signs energy efficiency contract with San Francisco utilities commission

May 10, 2012

EnerNOC will work closely with building construction stakeholders to ensure that the city of San Francisco's new buildings operate efficiently and to the owners' specifications

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