Liberalization of electric power markets has forced power plant operators to achieve the highest availability at the lowest costs. Long unavailability periods, such as those caused by severe failures ...

Management and maintenance personnel at power generating facilities face the same challenges operating their plant’s electrical distribution system as other large industrial plants-shrinking resources ...

GE’s g³ 420 kV gas-insulated substation (GIS) circuit-breaker prototype demonstrates that g³ technology can be used at Europe’s highest voltage level, as well as other global voltage levels The use of ...

GLOVERSVILLE - Mention a circuit breaker and you would might think of the electric panel in your basement or garage. If the lights in one room go out, you check the circuit breaker to see if one of ...

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a historical milestone for the power industry, GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions (NYSE-GE) unveiled the world’s first 420 kV, 63 kA g³ gas-insulated substation (GIS) ...

Megger will host a free PowerTest 2010 pre-conference “Best Practices Circuit Breaker and Substation seminar” on Sunday, Feb. 14, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency in Long Beach, California.

A damaged circuit breaker in Met-Ed’s south Hamburg substation caused the outage Wednesday afternoon that left 5,624 customers without power in northern Berks County, according to the utility company.

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