Ameren Missouri is making critical upgrades to aging substation components in Webster Groves. These improvements include the ...
Substations are often at the heart of a utility’s transmission and distribution system, but if they are not properly maintained, a company can experience a loss of power reliability and possible ...
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 ...
Designing a substation using old-school techniques eats up labor hours like a 747 sucks up jet fuel. It is just amazing so many companies still subscribe to those same labor-intensive approaches that ...
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 ...
A new substation and transmission lines have been approved for Edmonton, which will expand the growing city’s electricity ...
“It depends.” When a disaster like Hurricane Florence strikes, that’s often the answer from transmission experts when asked how long before electricity is restored to a substation affected by ...
Xcel Energy has donated substation equipment to South Plains College that will be used by students training in the college’s Electrician and Power Transmission Technology program. The equipment ...
The risk of blackouts and brownouts (a fall in voltage, typically causing lights to dim) are increasing on the power distribution grid due to ageing infrastructure and a lack of automation systems ...