by Emma Robinson | May 13, 2026 | Technical Paper, White papers
Is your cable monitoring strategy missing the bigger picture? Partial discharge monitoring is a well-established technique — but it only tells part of the story. With insulation faults accounting for fewer than 25% of HV cable failures, and cable accessories...
by Emma Robinson | Nov 27, 2025 | Technical Paper
CIGRE technical brochure 2025 Authors: CIGRE Joint Working Group C4/C2.62/IEEE Date published: November 2025 Summary This Technical Brochure reviews developments in the synchrophasor measurement technology and standards, presents the trends in system architecture,...
by Emma Robinson | Oct 10, 2025 | Technical Paper, Greenlight, Synthesis
CIGRE Symposium in Montreal 2025 Authors: Steven Blair, Marcus Perry, Linu George, Morris Kelly Date Published: October 2025 Summary Over half of the outage time for high-voltage cables is due to failures that occur in joints and terminations. These weak points are...
by Emma Robinson | Jul 10, 2025 | Technology and products, Technical Paper, Mixed circuit protection
CIGRE B5 Colloquium 2025 Authors: Iain Mckeeman, Elliot Hale, Fraser Cadger, Neil Gordon, Steven Blair Date published: July 2025 Summary Distinguishing between faults on mixed conductor circuits can be challenging when relying only on measurements from within the...
by Emma Robinson | Jun 10, 2025 | Technical Paper, Mixed circuit protection, Renewables
PAC World Conference 2025 Authors: Steven Blair, Synaptec, UK Aneesh Chandran, Synaptec, UK Oyedotun Oyewole, Synaptec, UK Bogdan Kasztenny, SEL, Canada Alexander Tsylin, Ørsted, Denmark Date published: June 2025 Abstract This paper starts with a review of...
by Emma Robinson | May 10, 2025 | Technical Paper, Mixed circuit protection
IEEE PSRC Working Group D45 Technical Report Authors: IEEE PSRC Working Group D45 Date published: May 2025 Introduction Wildfires (bush fires and forest fires) have become more frequent, intense, and damaging in recent years. The impact of fires is made worse by the...
