Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) in HVAC systems allow operators to adjust the speed of motors rather than running at full speed continuously. By enabling users to control the speed of fans, pumps, ...

Duke Energy Renewables recently announced it will build a large-scale wind power project in Oklahoma, the company's first renewables project in the state. When built, it will increase Duke Energy ...

An autotransformer is an electrical transformer with only one winding that acts as both the primary and secondary winding. Unlike traditional transformers with separate windings, an autotransformer ...

Algonquin Power & Utilities Empire acquisition expands Liberty Utilities' regulated footprint in U.S., adds Empire District Electric, increases 2,500 MW capacity, boosts dividend growth prospects, and ...

Three former Duke Energy Corp. trading executives were indicted recently for racketeering and fraud in a scheme to boost their annual bonuses by recording losing trades in the wrong accounting book.

Electricity and magnetism sit at the center of how the modern world operates. We rely on them every time a motor turns, a generator produces power, or a transformer adjusts voltage. What makes these ...

Energy management controls are not abstract efficiency tools. They are the mechanisms that determine how real systems respond to change, stress, and imperfect conditions. Long after dashboards stop ...

Kincardine, Canada: Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has announced it has entered into a major agreement with Bruce Power Partnership relating to the facilities at the Bruce nuclear site. Bruce Power is ...

A personal fall protection arrest system (PFAS) is comprised of three vital components: an anchorage, body wear (full-body harnesses), and a connecting device (a shock-absorbing lanyard or ...

-- The first new power plant built in the Northwest in several years officially entered into commercial operation July 29, initiating deliveries of much-needed power to the Pacific Northwest and ...

Utilities increasingly combine drone inspection findings with AI Wildfire Detection strategies to better understand ignition exposure across distribution feeders. Physical defects such as damaged ...

Drone utility inspection is the use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and inspection drones to inspect power lines, substations, towers, vegetation corridors, and other grid infrastructure so utilities ...