by jeremy | Oct 20, 2021 | Power Grids, Renewables, Synchromerger, Synthesis, Industrial, Cable condition monitoring, White papers
Following a severe blizzard in 1888, Hugh Grant, the Mayor of New York, decided to start a global trend of undergrounding power cables to avoid storm damage. Today, global use of underground power cables in transmission and distribution ranges from 20% of the UK’s...
by jeremy | Oct 20, 2021 | Refase, Mixed circuit protection, Power Grids, Synchromerger, OHL sag, ampacity and dynamic line rating (DLR), Renewables, Industrial, White papers
Synaptec’s distributed sensing platform consists of a compact interrogation device that passively and accurately measures values from up to 50 sensors measuring any combination of current, voltage, strain, vibration and temperature, using a single optical fibre over a...
by jeremy | Oct 20, 2021 | Power Grids, Refase, Synchromerger, Industrial, Digitalising substations, White papers
As the drive towards a decarbonised, decentralised and digitalised energy industry continues, the industry is increasingly focused on digitalising a core element of every grid – the substation. But digitalising a substation is not without challenges. The initial...