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December 2013
ABB's Power Update

Ready to roll: training for disaster recovery

Electric utilities have spent billions of dollars and made huge strides toward strengthening their systems against natural disasters, as well as man-made attacks. However, the fact remains the geographic and physical nature of these networks makes them vulnerable targets. The second line of defense, therefore, is rapid recovery from an outage, which is the goal of the Rapid Recovery Transformer (RecX) program. >> Read more about this exciting project in this Transmission & Distribution World article
HVDC
Achieving major breakthrough in DC

Direct current (DC) power, already experiencing a renaissance, has been bolstered by a technology breakthrough - a "hybrid" dc breaker. The problem until now has been that there was no way to create a grid using DC technology, only point-to-point connections. Ironically, a grid is what is needed to effectively balance supply and demand and ensure reliability. This exciting technology will make it possible for the power industry to build a DC grid, a much more highly efficient and stable power infrastructure that will meet many of renewable energy's major challenges for grid integration and interconnection. >> Read article

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Renewable energy
Renewable energy design considerations

As more renewable energy sources come online, they will take on greater and greater importance in the overall generation mix. It is therefore vital to properly address design and performance issues during the development of the projects. We must also build our understanding of the engineering challenges that affect the performance of these distributed energy resources. Discover some of the most common sources of system disturbances and equipment failure in that can occur in renewable facilities. >> Download white paper

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Arc flash protection
New technology is helping improve arc flash safety

Arc flashes are a result of a fault in an electrical system where a high voltage shorts rapidly to ground. The resulting arc plasma can exceed temperatures of 35,000 °F and the energy released can vaporize copper conductors, melt steel barriers, and create an explosion as the plasma expands outwards with extreme force. Workers and operators in the vicinity of these arc faults are exposed to explosive, high temperature forces which can lead to serious injury or death. Discover the most recent developments in arc flash mitigation. >> Read article

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Smart Grid
One year later, Sandy drives grid resiliency...and highlights an uncomfortable question

The silver lining in Sandy's cloud was a renewed focus on grid resiliency. The question: who will pay for it? The one-year anniversary of superstorm Sandy prompted the usual flurry of discussion over Whether This Could Happen Again and what should be done to ensure This Never Happens Again. Find out what utility leaders and industry experts had to say at a grid resiliency panel discussion. >> Read article

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White papers
Head smart: Strengthening smart grids through real-world pilot collaboration

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Videos
Ventyx Asset Health Center Chalk Talk
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Educational opportunities
Smart grid webinar series

Protective relay school webcasts

High voltage service dead tank breaker hands on training
December 17-19; Greensburg, PA		   Venxtyx webcasts

Best practices for high-performing wind farms webinar series
 
Events
Electric Energy Storage Conference
Jan 14-16; San Diego, CA

Distributech
Jan 28-30; San Antonio, TX		   Life of a Transformer
Feb 3-4; Orlando, FL
 
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