During the 2005 U.S. hurricane season, power outages were widespread, calling a great many diesel generators into service. While most started and delivered much needed power to their facilities, many ...

[This article was first published in Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin, which was then called Army Logistician, volume 2, number 4 (July–August 1970), pages 18–21. The text is reproduced as ...

In the world of data centers, ensuring a facility will be online 99.999 percent of the time, is everything. Access to power is the number one priority when developers are trying to figure out where to ...

Only a few years ago, traditional logic for generator sets (gensets) held that diesel meant reliable and inexpensive but also noisy, loud and messy. Natural gas meant expensive and temperamental but ...

As a tool you generally break out in the event of an emergency situation, a generator is expected to have a certain degree of reliability. Otherwise, what would be the point of something that's ...

There's that relief that follows when power goes out and the sound of a generator kicks on. In just a few seconds, your lights are back, your A/C and fridge are up and running, and you don't have to ...

Salem 1 is one of three reactors operated by PSEG Nuclear at its Artificial Island nuclear generating complex here. The site is the second largest commercial nuclear facility in the U.S. The diesel ...

Power shortages may force Loudoun County’s data centers to rely on their fossil fuel backup generators this summer. That could be more challenging than many in the industry anticipate. Virginia’s ...

Today’s electrical grid delivers reliable electricity to millions of homes and businesses. However, electrical failures that affect large geographic areas do happen on a recurring basis due to ...

With the certainty of grid-supplied power diminishing, as powerfully shown by the August 14 blackout, power quality is more critical than ever. You can turn to generators as a source of backup power, ...