When power outages occur — whether they’re due to natural disasters or other causes — you may hear unfamiliar words and terminology as officials explain the situation or provide updates. To provide ...

As decision-makers look for practical and worthwhile ways to improve substation monitoring, they often turn to heat-vision applications, such as infrared thermography. Such methods allow people to use ...

Following a Christmas Eve fire at the Olievenhoutbosch Substation, the Tshwane metro and metro police have intensified ...

Contractors test voltage using “hot sticks” atop a lift at substation N on Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., June 2, 2022. (U.S. Space Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Quijas) For many ...

Nearly every forecast for U.S. power demand indicates a significant acceleration due to well-documented trends, ranging from electrification of the transport sector to construction of power-hungry ...

On a sweltering July day this past summer, straphangers trying to get home on the J train were left to sweat it out on the platform. A 60-year-old power transformer in the subway system’s ...

Each 2 train’s trip between Harlem and the Bronx is powered by a ramshackle electrical room maintained by an MTA manager who uses unorthodox tricks of the trade to keep its antiquated technology ...

In the US alone, more than 55,000 substations and 7 million miles of high voltage transmission and distribution lines transmit more than $400 billion of electricity each year. Many of the substations ...

Keeping substation equipment clean is a critical step in protecting performance, extending asset life, and preventing costly outages. As South Africa’s power demand grows while infrastructure ages, ...

Like many North Carolinians, you may have never considered electric substations before last week’s attack in Moore County. Their thickets of metal coils, bars and boxy transformers blend into ...