by Saqib Saeed | 2021, December, 8 | HVDC, Infographics, Saqib Saeed
Historically, the Americas region has been lagging with respect to other key HVDC markets such as Europe and China. However, there are several HVDC projects in the pipeline in this region. The infographic below shows the planned HVDC projects (capacity) in the region...
by Saqib Saeed | 2021, August, 20 | Articles, Energy Storage, Rida Arshad
The utilization of renewable generation is limited by the amount and duration for which energy can be stored on the electricity grid. A greater penetration of renewables (greater than 80%) will require the deployment of LDES. New electro chemistries may lead to a...
by Saqib Saeed | 2021, March, 17 | Articles, Saqib Saeed, Transformers
In the United Kingdom, as in most places, the electricity distribution network was built to have electricity flow one way, from power stations to customers. As the UK moves to net zero emissions there will be an increase in distributed generation and this will require...
by Saqib Saeed | 2021, January, 29 | Articles, Commercial Vehicles, Energy Storage, Industrial Automation, Off-Highway Vehicles, Power Electronics, Power Quality, Reactive Power, Saqib Saeed, SVCs/STATCOMs, Switchgear, Transformers
Summary Share of Generation from coal saw a substantial decrease in 2019. T&D losses decreased by 0.9 %, accounted for 7.6 % of total demand in 2019. Interruptions in the flow of electricity through interconnections between UK and EU is not expected in any post...
by Saqib Saeed | 2020, December, 16 | Saqib Saeed, Transformers
Large Power Transformers (LPT) are of critical value to both the electric power transmission and the distribution grid. (see Fig. 1) These transformers are unique in their design, tailored to specific customer use, and are uniquely vulnerable to schedule slippage...
