Existing electromechanical grid assets respond too slowly, are too centralized, and can only be used a few times a day. As a result, grid optimization is limited, and there is exposure to equipment damage, service level violations, and curtailment of distributed generation. Distribution grids face a range of difficult of voltage problems:

Leveraging a centralized asset data architecture with enhanced software tools and targeted integration can augment traditional asset management business processes. Integration of real-time condition data coupled with configuration and asset demographic data can provide asset managers with the necessary IT/OT data to prevent costly catastrophic substation and distribution asset failures while optimizing future maintenance processes.

The U. S. Commercial PV Market has seen installed costs decrease 13.3% in 2012, largely due to module price declines.  Enhanced returns on U. S. Commercial projects require looking beyond the module to all components within the system for cost reductions and energy harvesting enhancements.  Power-One has commissioned a study with an industry leader in system design to compare the current predominant system architecture using 600V centralized inverters versus an approach based on the latest technology 1000V commercial string inverters.  The study reveals that savings in capital costs can reach as high as 7% using 1000V commercial string inverters.

Please join Nexant, Greentech Media, PacifiCorp, and Santee Cooper as we discuss best practices for effective energy efficiency program design.  The changing landscape of demand side management (DSM) and energy efficiency programs requires utilities to leverage a combination of industry best practices and innovation in technologies to successfully plan, design and deploy DSM programs.  Join us for this one hour webinar to learn about:

Greentech Media is hosting a webinar that will focus on the strategic considerations and real world applications of microgrids. The discussion will highlight both the design and installation requirements to implement a state of the art microgrid power system and will examine two implementation case studies from The Naval Facilities Engineering Command  (NAVFAC) and The University of California, San Diego (UCSD).  Webinar highlights include:

M2M technologies have the potential to greatly reduce emissions while also representing the creation of an almost $1 trillion per year industry by 2020. Ranging in application from agriculture to infrastructure, M2M can help us meet the dual challenges of climate change and resource scarcity. What are the challenges to realizing the potential for these technologies to radically improve energy efficiency and drive economic growth? Join this webinar to learn how businesses are creating dynamic partnerships to use data and sensors in ways that result in impressive results.

What does 2013 hold for the smart grid market?  As the industry continues to evolve rapidly, a vibrant ecosystem of vendors is competing for a share of the estimated USD $500 billion global utility to be spent on smart grid initiatives by 2030. Traditional utility solution providers, tangential entrants into the industry and pure play smart grid vendors are all converging around the smart grid value proposition over the short, medium and long term.

The Utilities industry is beginning to be impacted by the digital revolution that is rapidly transforming many industries across the globe. This revolution significantly impacts the consumers and the employees of the Utilities by influencing the customer experience related initiatives of these companies. For their consumers, it is related to service quality and customer care and for their employees, it is about empowering them to enhance the level of customer experience. The additional complexities related to market deregulation and smart grid also influence how to address the demands of the digital consumers.

Residents and businesses rely on utilities to respond to power outages quickly and restore power as fast as possible. Despite the scale of damage caused during storms, like the recent Hurricane Sandy, utilities, government officials and environmental organizations universally noted the smart grid’s benefits to accelerate power restoration.

The annual market for transformer monitoring hardware in the U.S. is forecasted to grow drastically from $113 million in 2012 to more than $755 million in 2020. Utilities across the U.S. are beginning to turn to transformer technologies to improve distribution reliability and efficiency as well as customer service and operating costs. Data from the field is the foundation of the smart grid and is quickly becoming the new currency of asset management as the industry evolves toward the implementation of asset health programs. Digitizing monitoring of substation transformers and the placement of low-voltage sensors on secondary transformers are providing intelligence to enable advanced smart grid applications and lower operational costs through more targeted maintenance work.

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