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First Quarter 2011 Market Trends Digest Packed with New Research Findings. Now Available on-line!

Here is our first quarter line-up for our thousands of readers of “MTD” from around the world

Market Trends Digest – The “Dean” of smart grid Journals
The Newton-Evans team has developed the articles for the 1st quarter 2011 edition of one of the earliest and most widely praised smart grid journals – Market Trends Digest – launched in 1991 and continuing to add readers in 2011.

CAPEX 2011
The new Market Trends Digest edition features highlights from our new 1st quarter 2011 study of spending on smart grid components from around the world. The 2011 CAPEX study will also be available shortly – on 1 April – with many pre-publication subscribers eager to review this report, the fourth in our “tracking” series of informative planned spending reports on smart grid.

2011 Substation Automation Research Series
Next is an in-depth article of highlights from our newest studies of substation automation. The 2011-2013 study series contains four volumes of research, and is available for purchase on the web site, by email request, or by telephoning the Newton-Evans staff. The series has been well-received by the initial round of subscribers and sponsors.

IEC 61850: Is It Finally Coming of Age in North America, Or Not?
The next three articles cover new findings for projecting North American acceptance of IEC 61850. Titled “The Future Role of IEC 61850”, this article documents some of the progress finally being made with regard to this international standard.  Next, we identified several North American regional
“centers of excellence” when it comes to IEC 61850 developments as highlighted in the second of the 61850 articles. Finally, a profile of one of the larger G, T&D services companies leading the 61850 charge with extensive training, testing and support services – Toronto-based Kinectrics, Inc.