An Asian or African Palmyra palm (borassus flabellifer) has an average height of 20m, and is highly drought and cyclone resistant.
Industry–academia partnership to bring storm outage predictions to utilities
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, today announced an exclusive long-term partnership with the University of Connecticut, and Eversource Energy to combine the companies’ storm outage prediction technology to create one, more precise and accurate model.
Schneider Electric launches ArcFM Mobile 3.0, the utility-scale mobile GIS software
The enterprise services-oriented technology scales to gigabytes of data and thousands of users to support the largest of utilities as well as the smallest.
Were any of your turbines hit by lightning? This system has clues
Lightning is the leading cause of turbine blade damage, and often the leading cause of unplanned turbine outages.
Schneider Electric offers free 7 day weather warning
It’s never too early to start preparing for this dangerous threat to your community. Schneider says it can help with its powerful solution.
Protect people with advanced weather tools, says Schneider Electric
Support targeted operations with customized patented alerts delivered to your team’s mobile devices.
Schneider Electric suggests trying its patented weather alerting system
Schneider Electric is offering an enhanced free trial and upgrade offer for their patented weather alerting system. Its alerts enable users to make proactive decisions concerning incoming weather threats. “With up-to-the-minute, location-specific information, the teams can make the best decisions regarding lightning threats to the safety of gate and parking attendants and when extreme heat will warrant…
New multi-function meters measure and ensure reliable power distribution
The PowerLogic PM8000 series from Schneider Electric is highly accurate, extremely reliable, and offers unmatched in flexibility and usability. Compliant with stringent international standards that guarantee accuracy, these meters are ideal for ensuring the reliability and efficiency of a distribution line. PM8000 meters combine accurate three-phase energy and power measurements with datalogging, power-quality analysis, alarming,…
Schneider Electric Smart Grid Lab is officially open
Schneider Electric, Ryerson University, and the Ontario Ministry of Energy announced the official opening of the Schneider Electric Smart Grid Laboratory (SESG Lab) at Ryerson’s Centre for Urban Energy (CUE) in Toronto. The facility, Canada’s first university-based smart grid laboratory, is now available to partners and collaborators seeking to test new products or operational strategies,…
Schneider Electric Weather has released its Winter Weather Outlook and the snapshot is…
Schneider Electric Weather provides prediction services geared to energy providers that outlines for their customers, and the general public, the intensity of forthcoming storms. The forecasts are specific, down to taking into account the foliage on the trees and the projected impact of snow, wind, and ice storms on the surroundings. Here are a few…
Trends in repair services 2014
After a wind tech identifies an ailing component on a turbine, the natural reaction is to replace it with a recommended version from the OEM. But when they stop supporting a turbine or a complex outsourced component, maintenance crews are forced to look elsewhere. Those OEM business decisions have initiated the rise of repair services.…
Wind Talk: How to work around horrible weather
You’ll be forgiven for thinking Mother Nature does not much like wind turbines and their maintenance crews. Consider that strong winds present a danger to those working at height and ice is hazardous on blades. Lightning, however, is the biggest weather threat to wind turbine O&M crews. To work around high winds, ice, and storms,…