by Saifa Khalid | 2022, May, 18 | Articles, Switchgear
Major economies in the Middle East (Saudi Arabia and the UAE) are divesting from the O&G sector and making big investments in diversifying the economy. Huge investments for the development of infrastructure in the region are planned, which, in turn, will be...
by Saifa Khalid | 2021, October, 28 | HVDC, Infographics, Saifa Khalid
With a global increase in energy demand, there is an apparent trend shift in the power grid with emphasis on decarbonization and digitization. Consequently, we see the growth of intermittent distributed energy resources. This trend shift is causing HVDC to become one...
by Saifa Khalid | 2021, September, 21 | Articles, HVDC, Saifa Khalid
In 2020, coal production in the U.S. declined 24% year over year accounting for the lowest coal production since 1965 (per . Electricity generated from renewables has been growing and surpassed generation from coal in 2020. President Biden has set a target to install...
by Saifa Khalid | 2021, March, 24 | Articles, HVDC, Saifa Khalid
The imposition of global lockdowns to curtail the spread of pandemic in 2020 significantly reduced the electricity demand. According to International Energy Agency (IEA), electricity demand dropped 2% making it the largest drop in demand in the last 50 years and far...
by Saifa Khalid | 2021, January, 4 | Articles, 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...
