Vestas Australian Wind Technology Pty. Ltd. has contracted with American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC) for a grid interconnection system consisting of 24 AMSC D-VAR modules integrated with external smart-switched capacitor banks [read more]
Tres Amigas LLC has appointed Frank Barbera as the company's director of reliability assurance. He will serve as a liaison with U.S. grid interconnections entities and other constituents, and lead [read more]
AREVA T&D has signed a $29 million contract with Canada-based utility Hydro-Quebec for the engineering and installation of two 660 MVAr, 735 kV-rated fixed series compensation system banks at the [read more]
The Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator (Midwest ISO) has begun the installation of 150 synchrophasors, or phasor measurement units (PMUs), to measure voltage and current within the Eastern Interconnection. The [read more]
Tendril is helping Massachusetts-based utility NSTAR with its smart grid pilot program by giving customers in Newton, Hopkinton and Jamaica Plain energy usage information via the Tendril Insight in-home display [read more]
British Gas has chosen Landis+Gyr as its technology partner to supply advanced metering infrastructure for what will be the first commercial-scale smart meter deployment in the U.K. The utility says [read more]
Michigan-based utility Consumers Energy is working with GE on a pilot project demonstrating the integration of WiMax communications tech and smart meters. "This infrastructure solution could be significant in its [read more]
ICx Technologies Inc. has been awarded a $3 million contract from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for the installation of its Callisto Edge remote terminal units (RTUs) in TVA's supervisory [read more]
Oracle Utilities says the Modesto Irrigation District (MID), a utility serving more than 100,000 customers in California, has deployed Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management to support its SMART meter program. [read more]
Silver Spring Networks says it has deployed its Smart Energy Platform as the first phase in a major project in six Western Power service territory areas in Australia. Western Power [read more]
