Think Grid Magazine
Foreword by Stéphan Lelaidier, Alstom Grid R&D Vice-President 
“Think Grid is Alstom Grid’s magazine dedicated to innovation. It presents aspects of the diverse expertise, vision and technical leadership of Alstom Grid R&D community in a manner that is appealing to both experts and non-experts. Since its launch in 2007, Think Grid highlights the latest innovations and projects that make Alstom Grid one of the world wide leading companies, an expert in electrical grid performance.”
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20/01/2012
When the German Alpha Ventus wind farm project began in 2007, there was scant prior knowledge to build on. Two years of experience and innovativedesign features for offshore power transformers have paved the way for the fastgrowing industry.
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20/01/2012
Vincent Maret of the corporate Research& Innovation department of Bouygues
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19/12/2011
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19/12/2011
MAIN FEATURE CHAPTER III MAKING ENERGY AVAILABLE TO ALL, TODAY AND TOMORROW A prize-winning breakthrough By-pass switch for HVDC applications Alstom’s ARC technology centre in Villeurbanne, France, in cooperation with the HV circuit breaker manufacturing unit on the same site, has developed a by-pass switch specially d
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08/11/2011
Around 50 billion devices of various kinds could potentially be connected to each other worldwide by 2020 according to one
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08/11/2011
Alstom Grid///Winter 2011 41 The task of maintaining power system security is one of the vital concerns facing transmission system operators. In highly competitive and deregulated electricity markets, transmission companies also have to ensure system reliability and high transmission performance levels. Higher system l
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14/09/2011
Alstom Grid///Spring-Summer 2011 41 Alstom Grid can draw on more than 70 years’ experience in the development, manufacture and operation of mechanical spring operating mechanisms for high-voltage circuit breakers. Since the very first spring operating mechanism (the FK 2) was introduced in 1934, marking the start of a
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14/09/2011
44 Alstom Grid///Spring-Summer 2011 Cross-perspectives Start-ups as seen by academia, business and venture capital. Working with start-upsFor what types of novelty or technology are start-ups particularly good? My experience of start-ups covers my past R&D roles as a researcher and manager in the power sector, as an ac
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12/07/2011
Alstom Grid has recently delivered an SVC that is operated mainly in power oscillation damping control mode. When system transfer conditions allow, the SVC may also be used as a reactive power reserve.
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12/07/2011
Networks have 40- to 50-year life spans, but needs and regulations change faster than that. So what are planners to do? This is where uprating and upgrading step in.
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