Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2023 05:11:55 +0000
In this fresh series, POWER’s editors choose a multifaceted topic that may have myriad applications or implications, and ask an array of key industry stakeholders for their perspectives. This month’s
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Read moreCredit to Author: Johan Bjorklund| Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 14:29:56 +0000
Are today’s Distributed Control Systems ready for what tomorrow could bring? Johan Björklund of leading global technology company ABB believes they are. Here he looks at how the DCS is adapting to meet the changing demands of users. Distributed Control Systems (DCS) have been around for nearly half a century. Of course, both industrial processes […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:11:00 +0000
GE has been operating a monitoring and diagnostics center for the power generation sector for more than 25 years. From modest beginnings, the facility now monitors about 1,000 power plants around the world
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Read moreCredit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2022 13:47:07 +0000
In a constantly plugged-in world, people rely on always available and uninterrupted electricity, now more than ever. While the electric industry has invested significantly to meet customers’ demand on the grid, utilities increasingly turn to their customers to provide reliable, cost-effective grid services with customer-sited distributed energy resources (DERs) like energy storage and demand response. […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 13:43:42 +0000
Utilities function in the present but must always plan for the future. That’s even more true today, as the rapid pace of change with power generation technologies, and the transition to cleaner forms of energy, means utilities—whether they deal with electricity, natural gas, water, transportation, or are a municipality that pays attention to all those […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 04:15:00 +0000
A Fault Isolation Service Restoration module, part of an Advanced Distribution Management Solution, has improved grid reliability, and reduced outages and outage durations, for customers of PPL Electric
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Read moreCredit to Author: P.R. Kumar| Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2022 14:10:18 +0000
“Cyber-physical systems” are the next generation of closely integrated physical and cyber systems. Several critical systems such as the power grid, autonomous transportation systems, and process control systems are examples of cyber-physical systems. They are liable to be attacked by malicious agents who can compromise the sensor measurements being used to control them. Indeed, there […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 02 May 2022 04:15:00 +0000
An emerging generation of small modular reactors is encouraging suppliers and regulators alike to consider new digital instrumentation and control approaches. While instrumentation and control (I&C)
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 05:21:10 +0000
Some cybersecurity experts believe hackers today pose a greater threat than ever to power plants and electric grids. Much of the operational technology (OT) used in power stations and throughout the grid was installed at a time when cybersecurity was more of an afterthought than a focal point in the system design. Furthermore, the pool […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Richard Himes| Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2022 04:10:40 +0000
Natural gas electrical generation has increased significantly in recent years due to its cost advantage and reduced carbon footprint relative to coal. Many utilities are shifting to natural gas as a bridge fuel on their path to the ultimate goal of a net-zero carbon future. With the increase in gas-fired generation, the evaluation and demonstration […]
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