Beta in the News

Check out what others are saying about Beta and our projects in the following articles from the high-voltage industry, our partners and the news.

World-Class Sawmill Being Built Near DeRidder, LA

May 14, 2023

DERIDDER, La. – Canfor is investing $160 million in a new state-of-the-art greenfield sawmill complex in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. The facility is Canfor’s first Louisiana investment, first U.S. greenfield project and 16th U.S. operation.

Engineering Technology Symposium Showcases STEM Careers for High School Students

October 20, 2022

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Department of Engineering Technology welcome about 70 high school students from around the area to the fifth annual Engineering Technology Symposium where they discussed STEM (science, technology, engineering & mathematics) careers, introduced students to industry partners and discussed skills necessary to pursue lucrative careers in high tech manufacturing.

GE’s FACTS technology helps the City of Los Angeles move closer to its renewable energy goals

September 14, 2022

GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business [NYSE:GE] has been contracted to provide its unique and innovative Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) to help the City of Los Angeles, California, meet its renewable energy goals.

Winds of Change Revitalize West Texas

September 1, 2021

The plains of West Texas for years have been featured as the backdrop for numerous Hollywood movies, whether the plot centered around the region’s oil wells, its cattle ranches, high school football or dusty baseball fields, all with sweeping vistas stretching to the horizon...

Powering The Sunshine State’s Capital

January 1, 2021

The capital of the Sunshine State, Tallahassee, Fla., just became more sustainable with the addition of another solar farm—Tallahassee Solar II at the Tallahassee International Airport. The 320-acre, 42-megawatt (MWac, MW) solar farm completed in January is the second phase of the City of Tallahassee’s sustainability and clean energy generation project at the Airport...

450 MW High Lonesome Wind Farm Up and Running

December 26, 2019

Enel Green Power North America Inc., the U.S. renewable subsidiary of Enel, has started operations of its 450 MW High Lonesome wind farm in Upton and Crockett counties in Texas – the largest operational wind project in the group’s global renewable portfolio...

Innovation Spotlight: SynCons

May 20, 2019

SAN CLEMENTE, CA — Have you ever wondered how we maintain reliable energy service to our customers, even as we integrate a growing amount of solar and wind energy that is often intermittent and variable? One technology that makes it possible is called synchronous condensers...

Glendale Water & Power installs storage system next to substation

July 11, 2017

California public power utility Glendale Water & Power has successfully installed a new two-megawatt battery energy storage system, or BESS, next to the utility's newly upgraded Grandview Substation. The BESS can now instantaneously respond to shifts in systemic load, "providing GWP with an unprecedented capacity to regulate its transmission," the utility said on July 11...

Glendale Water & Power installs battery energy storage system

July 11, 2017

Glendale Water & Power successfully installed a new 2 MW battery energy storage system next to the newly upgraded Grandview Substation. The energy storage system can now instantaneously respond to shifts in systemic load, providing GWP with an unprecedented capacity to regulate its transmission...

The New Grandview GIS Substation Is Better

March 9, 2017

Glendale Water & Power’s first air-insulated Grandview substation was built in 1930 and had been serving more than 1000 residential customers and 400 industrial and commercial customers in the Grand Central business district of the San Fernando Corridor in Glendale, California, U.S. However, the municipal-owned utility’s Grandview substation did not have capacity for the expected load growth in this part of Glendale, and its air-insulated switchgear (AIS) occupied a lot of precious real estate...

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