Smart Wires Receives Order for a Second Largescale Project with ISA Transelca
May 26, 2022 Smart Wires announced it has received a purchase order from ISA Transelca for a grid expansion project in the Atlantico region in Colombia. The project will enable an additional 300 MW of renewables to reliably connect to the grid by June 2024. This project will consist of Smart Wires’ technology — SmartValveTM — […]
Grupo Energia Bogota Improves Supply of Electricity In Caribbean Region And Unlocks 252 Mw Capacity Using Transformational Technology
March 10, 2022 Español Disponible Grupo Energía Bogotá (GEB) is improving the supply of reliable, affordable electricity to Colombian consumers by using SmartValve™ technology in the Caribbean region of their network. This marks the second installation of SmartValve in Colombia, with more projects to be delivered in 2022 to further strengthen the national transmission network. […]
‘Working Smart to Get to Net Zero’ Project Announced as C21 2021 Energy & Environment Winner
February 11, 2022 National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET), Smart Wires and Omexom have been jointly awarded the Collaborate to Innovate (C2I) 2021 Energy & Environment award by The Engineer for the ‘Working smarter to get to net zero’ projects. The award recognizes the collaboration between National Grid and global power technology company Smart Wires on […]
APG and Smart Wires Sign Cooperation Agreement for Innovation Projects to Optimize the Load Flow in the Transmission Grid
January 27, 2022 APG is the first enterprise that has tested the new rapidly deployable mobile solution with SmartValve™ technology in a pilot project. Wien (OTS) – The Austrian transmission system operator Austrian Power Grid (APG) has signed a cooperation agreement with Smart Wires. Smart Wires’ innovative technology will be used to evaluate how the […]
Smart Wires Accelerates Progress towards a Clean Energy Future across North and South America
December 21, 2021 With ambitious targets of zero net carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 and substantial reductions in CO2 emissions by 2030, there is growing recognition of the value that grid enhancing technologies provide. As national efforts to modernize the grid intensify, leading transmission system companies across North and South America are introducing or expanding […]
NSW-Victoria Interconnector Receiving Increased Electricity Flows Due to Advanced Smart Grid Technology Installation
December 21, 2021 Cross border interconnection capability has been increased, and extra capacity unlocked, due to the installation of innovative power flow control on a key interconnector between New South Wales and Victoria. In what is one of the first installations of its kind in Australia, Victorian transmission system operator AusNet Services deployed SmartValve™ technology […]
Transformational Power Flow Control Technology Unlocks Cross-Border Electricity Capacity in Southeastern Europe
OCTOBER 21, 2021 A transformational grid enhancing technology, SmartValve™, has been successfully commissioned in Greece, marking the second deployment of power flow control technology by IPTO. By intelligently controlling the flows of power across the network, this technology can unlock available cross border interconnection capacity between Greece and Bulgaria. The project is part of the […]
Power Flow Project Extension to Unlock Further 500 MW of Capacity on Electricity System
Oct 14, 2021 NGET owns the cables and substations that form the electricity transmission system in England and Wales and is using innovative new technology to make the most of its network, avoiding the need to build new infrastructure and contributing to the UK’s net zero ambitions. More renewables connecting to the network, the phasing […]