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ABB wins large power transmission order from China’s State Grid

ABB has won a large order to supply converter transformers and high-voltage equipment for an 800 kilovolt (kV), ultrahigh-voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission link, owned by the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), in China’s Shaanxi and Hubei provinces,...

World first Siemens Gamesa begins operation of its innovative electrothermal energy storage system

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has begun operation of its electric thermal energy storage system (ETES). During the opening ceremony, Energy State Secretary Andreas Feicht, Hamburg's First Mayor Peter Tschentscher, Siemens Gamesa CEO Markus Tacke and project partners Hamburg...

GE Upgrades Hydro Quebecs Montagnais Substation to Meet Growing Transmission Needs

GE's Grid Solutions business was awarded a contract to perform key upgrades on Hydro Quebec's Montagnais substation's protection and control systems. At the end of 2018, GE successfully completed upgrades to three 765 kV Fixed Series Compensation (FSC) banks at...

ABB to showcase future of safe, smart and sustainable electrification at CIRED 2019

ABB, the world’s leading supplier of distribution solutions for today’s power grid, l presents leading-edge digital grid technologies at CIRED in Madrid, the foremost bi-annual electric distribution conference and exhibition event. ABB’s exhibition (booth #G11) is showcasing some of its...

ABB to accelerate the digital transformation of power grids

As a technology leader in enabling digital distribution grids, ABB launched two new solutions at the International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution (CIRED), on June 3-6, 2019 in Madrid, Spain. The solutions include MicroSCADA X, ABB’s industry-acclaimed power and...

Power2drive Europe 2019: E-Mobility on course to become Mass Market

Power2Drive Europe, the international exhibition for charging infrastructure and e-mobility, was held in Munich as part of the innovation hub The smarter E Europe for the second year in a row in 2019, with even more impressive figures than...

CellCube to bring grid scale vanadium battery to South Australia

Renewables firm Pangea Energy and vanadium battery producer CellCube have signed on to build a 50-MW storage system alongside a solar farm in South Australia. Construction of the 50-MW/200-MWh grid-scale battery is expected to begin before the end of the...

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