Open Directory - Science: Technology: Energy: Electricity Generation and Distribution
See also: - 11kV distribution equipment for monitoring faults on overhead and underground systems, switchgear monitoring and control, automation systems. - Brings electrical utility industry professionals together to identify and address technical issues that are critical to their organizations. Includes publications and mission statement. - Summary of data on the California Energy Crisis in electricity, natural gas, and gasoline. Many energy site links, including conservation sites. - Real-time power capacity and use graphs for deregulated electricity markets in the United States. Includes net import or export situation. - Department of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory concerned with transmission technology and reliability. Includes program description, facilities overview, news and contact information. - Flow management and data acquisition solutions. Specialist in the field of electric energy. Products and services for the measurement of power consumption. - Large database of real-time power and gas market information, principally for North America. - Provides background reports in the power generation, transmission and distribution sectors. Although targeted principally at the broad category of energy i.e. includes gas, oil, and coal. - Describes concept of recovering diesel oil from a plant's present heavy fuel and burning the resulting extra heavy fuel. - Tutorial provided by Dexter Hansen providing information on the requirements and safety concerns for electric power generator installations. Covers commercial or residential use. - Project to modernize the US electric grid system and create a collaborative network. Includes mission statement and member list. - Photographic tour explains all of the equipment that brings the power to your home. - Research center for the Canadian electric utility describes its activities in high-voltage and thermomechanical technologies, and power system simulations. - Responsible for providing technical support, testing, and diagnostic services for hydroelectric power plants. Describes these areas of activity and provides online technical manuals and other publications. - Portal offering current news and information on power generation and distribution. - The Minisub is a Canadian Standards Association (CSA) approved substation which combines padmount transformers with SF6 switchgear technology. - The research and development division of Electricite de France, EDF, the French electric utility. - The rural electricity program of the United States Department of Agriculture. Contains extensive drawings, designs and descriptions of power distribution networks. - Offers single wire earth return, a method of distributing electric power that is particularly cost effective for rural areas. - SGS has provided the annual SGS Transmission Reliability Benchmarking Study since 1995. The 2001 Study has 30 US systems, comprising 50% of the US grid. Participation is available to all transmission owners or operators in the US and worldwide. - Provides information about the Smart Grid, defining terminology, jargon, and acronyms for general business and consumers. - A concept for a heat pump that may be useful for electricity generation. The concept allegedly has a French Patent. - Tutorial with the theory of operation, different types and home uses. - Describes how skid mounted oil mini-refinery units at upstream crude oil production sites can supply heavy fuel to local power plant and diesel oil to remote small gensets. - Provides notices, major orders, and energy information for the electric, gas, oil, and hydro industries. - Small Hydro Power Plants and power distribution - design, rehabilitation and upgrade, optimization: VALid Technologies has customized solutions for improvements to control and protection concepts and other aspects of small hydro power plants.
