Sargent & Lundy grid professionals will share insights on improving reliability and resilience to help meet rising energy demand and advance industry standards and best practices at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power & Energy Society Substations Committee Annual Meeting, held June 8-12 in Denver. The firm is a gold sponsor of the conference, which brings together industry leaders from around the world for presentations, tutorials, and meetings that help shape the future of substation design.
Sargent & Lundy Senior Project Engineer David Lewis is the vice chair of the G0 Substation Grounding and Lightning Subcommittee. During the weeklong conference, the subcommittee will discuss design standards and guidelines for substation safety, including grounding, lightning protection, earth resistivity, and arc flash prevention.
Firm Senior Manager Andrew Steffen will participate in a tutorial on the use of STATCOMs, for transmission systems and large-load applications such as data centers. The tutorial will focus on planning considerations for determining functional network and performance requirements at various stages of a grid-forming STATCOM project.
Sargent & Lundy is a leader in grid modernization and substation design with decades of experience in SCADA and telecommunications, security, and storm hardening. The firm’s professionals help clients solve complex challenges with deep technical knowledge and a commitment to quality.
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