By Hans De Keulenaer / Published on Wed, 2008-06-11 00:00
By Sompop Pattanariyankool and Lester B. Lave
Northeastern United States whose capacity factors are 29-34%, we calculated the optimal size of the transmission line connecting the wind farms to distant customers. For a distance of 500 miles, the optimal transmission capacity is about 86 %; for a 1,000 mile separation, the optimal transmission capacity is 75 %. Building a line at full capacity would increase transmission cost almost 15 % while transmitting only about 4% more electricity to the customer.
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By Hans De Keulenaer / Published on Thu, 2008-01-03 14:22
By D Ilisiu
Transelectrica is the Romanian Transmission and System Operator (TSO). In the company's activities, the Power Quality aspects are very actual and important.
First part of the paper contains the standards and technical requirements regarding the Power Quality aspects included in Romanian technical code of the Electricity Transmission Grid. The reference concerns only the high voltage grid.
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By Stefan Fassbinder / Published on Mon, 2006-11-06 16:30
Contact of a high-voltage off-load open-air switch, colloquially called dustpan, by Zollern, exhibited at Hanover Fair 2005.
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