RWE UK Wind Control Centre launches third party services

RWE Innogy UK’s Wind Control Centre is to offer renewable and cross technology third party services. Operators will be able to call upon the centre’s expertise from September this year. Based in Swindon it operates 24/7 and provides wind farm monitoring and remote trouble shooting services. In 2014, the team managed more than 1GW of […]

New power control centre in NYC ‘to help avoid blackouts’

New York has opened its new $38 million (£22.6m) smart grid and control centre which is expected to help improve grid reliability as well as avoid blackouts in the city. New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) – which oversees the city’s bulk electricity grid and wholesale electricity markets – said its facility in Rensselaer will […]