North Carolina Placed the State’s Largest Battery Storage System in Operation

Duke Energy begun operating the Asheville, NC battery storage system (9MW Samsung System) on August 28, 2020. This is the…

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FBI Discloses Recent Vulnerabilities within the Energy Sector

FBI discloses that threats and vulnerabilities are on the rise within the energy sector allowing hackers remote access to operational…

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The Importance of Construction Permit Inspections

Why Permits Are Required for Construction?   To prevent erroneous construction, or the installation of faulty or incorrect equipment; cities,…

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New Breakthroughs in Window-Type Transparent Solar Panels

The University of Michigan has made some breakthroughs in research and testing that has achieved over 8 percent in efficiencies…

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Another Project Designed by 3 Phase Associates

3 Phase Associates is glad to see the construction begin on another substation design project. This is a 161kV to…

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Major Advances with Motor Control Centers (MCCs)

Importance of Electric Motors Since the invention of electric motors, the processes and efficiencies in the manufacturing and industrial industries…

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Importance of an Adequate Substation Ground Grid Design

by the 3 Phase Associates “TEAM” Importance of Proper Grounding Just as it’s important to ground equipment and panels for…

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The Importance of Arc Flash Analysis

What Causes an Arc Flash? Arc Flash incidents (AFIs) occur from electrical sources and electric potential devices producing electric currents…

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Major Components for Improving Power Distribution Reliability

  by the 3 Phase Associates – Engineering Team Power-Utilities Power Utilities Are Evolving Since the creation of electric power…

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Basics of Designing Power Substations

This is a basic summary and explanation of engineering & design processes used during designing power substations  –  by Matt…

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Best CAD Drafting & Design Practices

Best CAD Drafting Practices Do not show too many details. Too many details can overcrowd the drawing and be just…

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The Importance of Protection & Controls (P&C) and IEDs

Protection & Controls (P&C) Engineering Protection & Controls (P&C) engineering is a division of electrical power engineering that deals with…

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