by jeremy | Oct 20, 2021 | Renewables, Synchromerger, Industrial, Synthesis, Cable condition monitoring, Case Studies
CASE STUDY – THE REACTION PROJECT, LEVENMOUTH 2020 1 Offshore wind generation is subject to harsher conditions than onshore wind, which puts a great deal of pressure on the reliability of critical infrastructure. With the increase in the number of offshore wind farms...
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 Debbie Deak | Oct 13, 2021 | Technology and products, Renewables, Videos
Synaptec’s technology is a platform technology for instrumentation of power systems. An operator can mix and match a range of sensors on that network – current, temperature, strain and vibration. This means the network is adaptable and extendable. Learn...
by jeremy | Oct 13, 2021 | Technology and products, Renewables, Videos
Operators around the world re trying to find out how best to digitalise substations. Synaptec worked on the FITNESS programme with Scottish Power Energy Networks to reduce a substation by 25% by eliminating tonnes of copper wiring and having everything...
by jeremy | Oct 13, 2021 | Industry challenges T&D, Power Grids, Renewables, Industrial, Videos
The existing level of deployed technology today, to use an analogy, would be a doctor using a stethoscope which provides an occasional sample of the heartbeat of the system. The latest generation of montioring devices based on synchrophasers provides quite a...
