Itron Inc. has announced the release and commercial availability of its Distribution Asset Analysis Suite (DAA), a modular suite of four asset load management and capacity planning tools for energy ...

When comparing the kilovolt-amp demand loading on Southern Company substations with the actual connected transformer nameplate kVA, it was apparent that, on average, the distribution transformers were ...

New Novel Real-time Transformer Load and Voltage Monitoring Applications Help Utilities Plan for and Manage the Impact of Distributed Energy Resources on the Distribution Grid These distributed ...

Each turbine in a wind farm is equipped with a step-up transformer, which boosts (steps up) turbine generator output voltage from a few hundred volts to the collector system’s medium voltage ...

U.S. electricity consumption continues to increase almost 2% annually. As the load growth spurs calls for new power plants and transmission lines, it’s easy to forget the impact of the additional ...

When you think of wind farms, images of majestic towers with huge spinning blades spanning the horizon probably come to mind. Designers are not immune to this impulse, as their primary focus is on the ...

Last month's Code Calculations article covered transformer calculation definitions and some specifics of delta transformer calculations. This month we turn our attention to the differences between ...

Solid-state ac supplies replace motor-generator and tap-changing transformers to offer the same tests at the push of a button • Solid-state ac-power sources combine the variable-frequency and ...

A current transformer (CT) is a simple, practical and inexpensive means of detecting the presence of AC current. Detecting load current rather than applied voltage is a superior method of determining ...