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Front cover:
SmartValve™ installation at NGET substation,
Penwortham, UK. See pp 13- 15. (Photo: Smart Wires)
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Transmission & distribution
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Smart Wires: using power electronics to unlock grid capacity
NGET in the UK is expanding its use of Smart Wires’ modular power flow control technology
Rewiring Germany for the energy transition
HVDC links to be deployed in north/south power transmission corridors will be crucial to the success of Germany’s energy transition
TenneT’s new 2 GW standard for HVDC offshore wind connections
Towards standardised 2 GW offshore wind HVDC connections
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A smart meter for direct installation on the MV distribution grid The Soraytec Smart Meter (SSM) is directly connectable to medium voltage power lines
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Switchgear The case for clean air
Fluorinated gases must be eliminated entirely from switchgear argues Ulf Katschinski
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Smart grid
Enel takes the initiative on smart meters…and flexibility labs Enel has been a pioneer in the development of smart meters and flexibility services
Improving the performance of existing wind farms
A continuing focus for innovation in wind O&M 45
Waste and biomass enfinium selects HZI for Skelton Ratcliffe regenerated, as EfW facility Why 40 modules are better than one
46 Boiler technology
Specifying fan packages for power generation applications Some perspectives from New York Blower Co
technology ready for the future High-hydrogen multifuel boiler for Petronas
H2
www.modernpowersystems.com | October 2021 | 3 combustion – proven
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Middle East focus Multi-terminal HVDC interconnection
$12 billion agreements signed for ASU/ gasification/power JV in Jazan
On the way to 5 GW at the MBR solar park 36 Digitalisation
Extracting the value of digital transformation in power generation Digital transformation is much talked about but there’s a long way to go
AI based IoT security “Intelligent illumination for IoT cyber defence” 41 O&M and upgrade
Armenians warm to VVER-440 life extension
Vessel anneal completed at Armenia’s VVER-440
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