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The canceling of a federal loan guarantee for a major power grid project comes despite the White House pledge to expand the ...
American Electric Power Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:AEP) on Wednesday posted stronger-than-expected second-quarter results and ...
The reason for the city’s May blackout is Entergy, which uses its transmission system to prevent competition and maximize ...
Our state's leaders need to think strategically and act immediately. Capitalizing on existing infrastructure will be key.
Modern researchers try to bring to life the idea of a scientist who lived more than a hundred years ago. We are talking about ...
A high-voltage direct current (or DC) transmission system, for example, can overlay the alternating current or AC grid, ...
As utilities scramble to meet fast-growing U.S. power demand, a Norwegian tech startup says it has sensors and software that help increase existing transmission capacity by up to 40% to get more ...
Electric shortages have become more acute; brownouts and blackouts have become common. Look deeper and it becomes clear that the nation’s power grid has not only become less reliable but also ...
A man wearing a protective face mask walks along a trail at Ayala Park near towering electric power transmission lines in Chino on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024.
Currently, most global electric grids are optimized for the transmission of steady volumes of electricity generated by fossil fuels or nuclear power, which can act as the foundation for electrical ...
But right now, the electrical transmission system — the web of big power lines that move high voltage electricity over long distances — isn’t robust enough to make these plans a reality.