S&C’s Brad Roberts to Speak at USMA Educational Conference

Posted on May 10, 2012
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Brad Roberts, S&C’s Power Quality Products Director, will be presenting “The Role of Energy Storage in Smart Grid Utility Networks” at this year’s USMA Educational Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz.  This presentation, which takes place on Monday, May 21, from 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m., will review energy storage solutions that can help utilities address increased renewable energy penetration along with a changing load profile.  Roberts will look at examples of new storage devices ranging from small 25 KW Community Energy Storage (CES) units to larger systems (2 MW and greater) in the grid today that are changing the way grids are managed.

You can visit the USMA website to register for this conference and get more information.

Posted in Energy Storage, Grid Optimization, Microgrids/Islanding, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid

S&C Enhances Security of Smart Grid Controls With McAfee Solutions

Posted on May 9, 2012
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CHICAGO, May 9, 2012 – S&C Electric Company, a smart grid leader shaping the future of reliable electric delivery, today announces an agreement to bundle application control software from McAfee into S&C’s PC-based control platforms. This bundling will allow S&C to enhance the security and protection of its control platforms that use commercial, off-the-shelf operating systems.   Continue reading →

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New S&C Smart Grid Products Help Utilities Improve Grid Reliability, Efficiency

Posted on May 8, 2012
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S&C Electric Company, a smart grid leader shaping the future of reliable electric delivery, today launches new solutions to help utilities realize a self-healing smart grid, in conjunction with the IEEE PES T&D Conference and Exposition. These products help reduce outage time and give utilities better grid management capabilities, ultimately improving the reliability and efficiency of power delivery for customers. Continue reading →

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S&C Energy Storage System Supports Microgrid at California Jail

Posted on May 2, 2012
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S&C Electric Company, a global leader in smart grid solutions and renewable energy integration, today announces the completion of an energy storage project at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, Calif.  The new energy storage solution features S&C’s PureWave® Storage Management System and helps integrate on-site renewable energy sources and storage at the facility.  The battery storage capabilities enable the jail to purchase power during non-peak hours from the local utility and store the reserves—a process that will end up saving the jail nearly $100,000 dollars per year. Continue reading →

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S&C is Selected by EDF Energy Renewables to Supply Equipment for UK Grid Compliance at Fallago Rig Wind Farm

Posted on April 30, 2012
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S&C provides its largest European reactive compensation project to optimise major UK onshore wind farm for compliance with the National Grid

S&C Electric Europe Ltd has won the multi-million pound contract to supply reactive compensation to EDF Energy Renewables’ Fallago Rig wind farm, one of the UK’s largest onshore wind farms. The site in the Scottish borders will consist of 48 turbines providing 144MW of renewable electricity, which can power around 90,000 homes and will form a major step forward in meeting the Government’s renewable energy targets. Continue reading →

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S&C Electric Company, EPB and the U.S. Dept. of Energy Reach Smart Grid Installation Milestone

Posted on April 24, 2012
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Chattanooga boasts the most automated smart grid of its size in the U.S.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., April 24, 2012 – Today S&C Electric Company, a global leader in smart grid solutions, and EPB, one of the largest publicly-owned providers of electric power in the country, celebrates the final IntelliRupter® PulseCloser installation as part of Chattanooga’s smart grid project. Continue reading →

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