Credit to Author: Paul Fox| Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 17:36:01 +0000
Customers often ask me why an electrical shutdown is needed for a modernization project. Most say they can’t afford downtime. But here’s why a scheduled outage is absolutely necessary. While… Read more »
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Read moreCredit to Author: Simon Mouat| Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2018 11:26:50 +0000
Electric utilities provide vital continuous and critical electricity supply to billions of people across the globe. But some areas face extreme weather: floods, high winds, storms, fires, hurricanes or heat waves. These conditions create exceptional challenges for power supply continuity and can result in widespread damage… Read more »
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Read moreCredit to Author: Julio Cesar Martins| Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2018 12:56:57 +0000
Until recently, electric utilities were heavily dependent on customers for notifications of an outage. Now, using smart grid solutions and self-healing capabilities, utilities can remotely monitor power equipment to: quickly… Read more »
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Read moreCredit to Author: Gael Souchet| Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 19:10:45 +0000
No company likes downtime, but some have far less tolerance for it than others – and are more than willing to pay to mitigate their downtime risk. The job for… Read more »
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Read moreCredit to Author: Vincenzo Salmeri| Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 15:51:22 +0000
For many people across the globe, the year 2017 will be viewed as a memorable one. Highlights included sweeping changes in the political landscape, a near record year for severe… Read more »
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Read moreCredit to Author: Don Strickland| Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2017 20:11:58 +0000
By now hopefully anyone who’s interested has already seen “Stranger Things 2,” season two of the hit Netflix sci-fi thriller. If not, consider this a spoiler alert, stop reading and… Read more »
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Read moreCredit to Author: Patrick Bois| Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 20:35:37 +0000
Extreme weather appears to be all too common of late, with multiple devastating hurricanes and major storms hitting the Caribbean, southeastern U.S. and even Ireland over the last couple of… Read more »
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Read moreCredit to Author: Hans Luppens| Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2017 15:36:52 +0000
Of all the tragic stories that came out of the recent string of hurricanes that hit the southeastern U.S. and Caribbean, one of the worst was the Florida nursing home… Read more »
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