Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2024 03:39:03 +0000
Mitigating against the risk of hail for solar projects is both extremely complicated and more straightforward than you may think. Natural catastrophes (NatCat), particularly hail, pose a significant risk for […]
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Credit to Author: Christina Hoefer| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2024 15:27:05 +0000
Let’s be honest. Operational technology (OT) security issues are expected. Traditional OT systems were designed for specific functional—operational—purposes. Plus, they were designed to last for many decades. The power grid, […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 12:33:24 +0000
Risks posed by geomagnetic disturbance (GMD) and electromagnetic pulse (EMP) events add challenges to an already complex power system environment. But they remain crucial to address. How prepared is the […]
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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 23:04:16 +0000
Wildfires have had a devastating impact on California and on the state’s largest utility company, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E). PG&E’s equipment has been linked to several major wildfires in […]
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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 15:09:17 +0000
The energy sector recorded three times as many operational technology (OT) and/or industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity incidents as the next closest vertical, according to a study conducted by the […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Renny Vandewege| Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2023 04:15:45 +0000
Power companies must respond to outages caused by extreme weather events. Having accurate predictions concerning the severity of impending storms can ensure companies are prepared with the right resources on
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 08:06:14 +0000
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Catastrophic wildfires have devastated California in recent years. This article seeks to outline a plan wherein neighboring utilities can send energy to support a utility that has shut down critical paths during wildfire mitigation efforts. On the morning of Nov. 8, 2018, the Camp Fire erupted 90 miles north of Sacramento, California (Figure 1). This fire […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 00:37:14 +0000
Hurricane season is underway and summer heat already has arrived in many areas, which again puts the spotlight on utilities, the power grid, and disaster response plans after a series of major weather events and wildfires caused outages and other disruptions in the U.S. and Caribbean in recent years. “We’re seeing these events occur, and […]
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