Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 15:34:32 +0000
LUMA, Puerto Rico’s electric power transmission and distribution system operator, has struggled to restore power to some of its customers in the wake of an outage that left the entire […]
The post Restoration Efforts Continue Following Complete Blackout of Puerto Rico’s Power Grid appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:10:15 +0000
Transformers have been the backbone of power grids for over a century, but today’s demands for renewable energy, electric vehicles, and smarter grids are exposing their limits. Enter solid-state transformers—compact, […]
The post The Solid-State Shift: Reinventing the Transformer for Modern Grids appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 23:01:01 +0000
50Hertz, the transmission system operator (TSO) for eastern Germany, has awarded its Ostwind 4 project to GE Vernova, in consortium with Drydocks World, a DP World company that provides marine […]
The post 2-GW Offshore Grid Connection Takes Shape in the German Baltic Sea appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:08:31 +0000
You don’t need me to tell you how artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting the power grid; you can just ask AI. Claude, an AI assistant created by Anthropic, told POWER, […]
The post Why Data Center Developers Should Think ‘Power First’ appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 10:27:12 +0000
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued a G4-level severe geomagnetic storm watch, urging the North American power grid to prepare for a powerful coronal mass ejection (CME) […]
The post Severe Solar Storm Threatens Power Grid Amid Hurricane Helene, Milton Recovery appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:07:39 +0000
The beleaguered Texas power grid could get some much-needed help from the proposed Southern Spirit transmission line, except for a monkey wrench thrown into the works by state legislators in Louisiana.
The post Isolated & Alone, Texas Power Grid Shivved By Louisiana Lawmakers appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Read moreCredit to Author: Gisela Glandt| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 18:02:13 +0000
Utilities are in a tricky spot. While reliability is one of three key focus areas for utilities as they navigate the clean energy transition, along with decarbonization and affordability, it’s […]
The post Virtual Power Plants: An Untapped Resource for Improving Grid Reliability appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:04:25 +0000
Rapid growth in the U.S. data center market is ushering in a new era of power demand and testing the ability of electric utilities to keep pace with this surging […]
The post Data Centers Might Be Catalyst for Modernizing U.S. Power Grid appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:46:56 +0000
Vietnam Electricity Group’s Ho Chi Minh City Power Corp. (EVNHCMC) deployed a distribution automation system that facilitates automatic—and very quick—fault detection and handling with a success rate of
The post Vietnamese Distribution Grid Automation System a Winning Project appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 19:26:32 +0000
The U.S. transmission and distribution (T&D) network is reliable and well-maintained, but as renewable energy continues being added to the grid, and demand increases due to growing data center needs […]
The post Strengthening America’s Electric Power Grid: How the Government and Industry Are Improving T&D Systems appeared first on POWER Magazine.
