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2007 Karapetoff Award
Outstanding Technical Achievement The 2007 Vladimir Karapetoff Award was given to Stanley H. Horowitz, Consultant and Arun G. Phadke of Virginia Tech on March 19, 2008 at Hyatt Regency at Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia, PA. The award is given for their technical contributions to the field of power system protection and control.This major HKN recognition for career accomplishment in the field ... MoreFranklin Institute Award
Virginia Tech engineering professors James Thorp and Arun Phadke are recipients of the 2008 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering for their combined contributions of more than 60 years to the power industry.Specifically, they have collaborated on many advances that strengthen the electric utility industry’s ability to prevent power grid blackouts, or to make them less intense a... MoreGE Digital Energy's breakthrough in networking
GE Digital Energy unveils a breakthrough in networking hardware that can reduce up to 70% of your total communications costs with the introduction of their new Multilin UR Switch Module. A fully managed, embedded Ethernet switch for their flagship Universal Relay (UR), this advanced, 6-port Ethernet Switch eliminates the need for external, rack-mounted switches.More importantly, it significantly r... MoreIEC 61850 Tool - A new version of the IED Scout!
OMICRON electronics released a new version of the IED Scout – an IEC 61850 tool that can be used both in the laboratory or in the field for testing, troubleshooting, commissioning and IED development.IED Scout allows the user to perform different tasks, such as: extract the data model from an IED check the extracted IED data modelcreate an SCL filesubscribe and monitor GOOSE messagespoll da... MoreNew Configuration and Monitoring Tool
AREVA T&D Automation launched MiCOM S1 Studio – a new integrated IED configuration and monitoring tool that will make users’ life easier by providing an intuitive and versatile interface with built-in file management facilities and IEC 61850 support. The MiCOM S1 Studio interface was designed with simplicity and customization in mind. It has a panel-based interface where elements are r... MoreNon-Operational Data Access
Accessing breaker wear, fault records and oscillography from relays is now easier through the use of a set of software tools for the Orion Automation Platform. NovaTech's Orion Software Suite includes tools to: Access relays remotely, through OrionMake Breaker Wear, History and Short Event Summaries available to SCADAAutomatically retrieve, parse and disseminate Full-Length Event Report to enterp... MoreSIPROTEC Fast Bus Transfer scheme solution
Applications of Siemens SIPROTEC Relays have revolutionized the transfer scheme designs. Using only two basic feeder protection relays Siemens can realize for example a Fast Motor Bus Transfer Scheme per ANSI C50.41-2000. Motor Bus systems are critical loads which can not endure long separations from the power supply. In both industrial and utility power plant applications, the consequences of a... MoreTerminal Block and Switch - All in One
SecuControl, Inc. is known for their testblock / testplug system ITS. Now, the company from Alexandria, VA offers a new terminal block with an integrated test access point called Secu Access.Secu Access (SAX) is built for relay testing, meter testing and CT current measurement. It can be mounted on DIN-rail or with screws, making it exceptionally versatile.Secu Access performs both functions of a ... MoreToshiba's State-of-the-Art Line Differential Relay - Now with IEC 61850
Toshiba continues the roll-out of its IEC 61850 product range, with its world-beating current differential protection GRL100 now supporting the global standard for substation communications. GRL100 follows the GRZ100 distance protection, GRT100 transformer protection and GBU100 bay controller, all of which have been certified IEC 61850 compliant by KEMA.Toshiba’s GRL100 is an advanced line d... MoreTechnology News
280 MW Sun Power Plant in Arizona, USA
The Spanish company Abengoa Solar, one of the leaders in developing and building large solar plants, has signed a contract with Arizona Public Service Co. (APS) – the largest energy utility in the state of Arizona (USA), to build a 280 MW solar power plant, scheduled to go into operation by 2011.The solar plant will be located about 100 km west of Phoenix, near Gila Bend, Arizona. It has bee... MoreJapan Launches High-speed Communications Satellite
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the super high-speed Internet satellite "KIZUNA" (WINDS) by the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 14 (H-IIA F14) at 5:55 p.m. on February 23, 2008 (Japan Standard Time, JST) from the Tanegashima Space Center. The launch vehicle flew smoothly and, at about 28 minutes and 3 seconds after liftoff, the separation of th... MoreMind Control of Computers
Emotiv Systems, the pioneer in brain computer interface technology, has revealed the Emotiv EPOCTM, a neuroheadset that allows players to control game play with their thoughts, expressions and emotions. The Emotiv EPOC is the first high-fidelity brain computer interface (BCI) device for the video gaming market and will be available to consumers via Emotiv's web site and through selected retailers ... More
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