by Aleezeh Shahid | 2021, March, 19 | Aleezeh Shahid, Transformers
Covid-19 struck early in 2021 and affected the entire world. With little information about the disease and with no vaccine available, countries dealt with the pandemic in different ways and most tried variations on lockdowns. These lockdowns had the most effect on...
by Saqib Saeed | 2021, March, 17 | 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 Kamil Maqsood | 2021, March, 8 | HVDC, Kamil Maqsood, Power Electronics, Power Quality, Reactive Power, SVCs/STATCOMs, Switchgear, Transformers
Frigid temperatures in Texas last month pushed almost 4 million people into darkness as the electricity grid collapsed. This spurred debate and stirred controversy globally in the energy sector regarding the cause behind such widespread power outage. Initially,...
by Saqib Saeed | 2021, January, 29 | 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 Kamil Maqsood | 2021, January, 13 | Commercial Vehicles, Energy Storage, EVSE, HVDC, Industrial Automation, Kamil Maqsood, Off-Highway Vehicles, Power Electronics, Power Quality, Reactive Power, Service, SVCs/STATCOMs, Switchgear, Transformers
President Elect Joe Biden is set to take oath on 20th January,2021, and although his win was confirmed on January 6th, the senate’s control was undecided until the recent victory of Senator Jon Ossof and Senator Raphael Warnock, both Democrats, in the Georgia run-off...
by Saifa Khalid | 2021, January, 4 | Commercial Vehicles, Energy Storage, EVSE, HVDC, Industrial Automation, Off-Highway Vehicles, Power Electronics, Power Quality, Reactive Power, Saifa Khalid, Service, SVCs/STATCOMs, Switchgear, Transformers
Globally there is a growing consensus to move towards less carbon intensive power generation in a bid to tackle pollution and environmental concerns. This consensus is reflected in the decline[SS1] [KM2] of coal consumption in 2019, although there are disparities...
