Three Solutions for Integrating Renewable Energy to the Grid
With Earth Day 2013 this week, we saw renewed focus on what actions should be taken to protect the planet against the effects of climate change. Not surprisingly, increasing global use of clean energy...
View ArticleAnother Way for Power Grids to Beat the Heat? Think Asset Management
As the recent U.S. heat wave led to soaring electricity use—and in some places record-breaking peak demand—many businesses and consumers were asked to conserve power. Such conservation is necessary to...
View ArticleReady, Set, Charge: How Energy Storage Can Make Your Microgrid More Reliable
Energy storage technology has advanced significantly in recent years, with real-world use in a wide variety of applications such as renewables integration, reliability improvements, and peak shaving....
View ArticleHow to Build a Resilient Power System? Start with Resilient Products
In the year since Hurricane Sandy, the electric power industry has focused on the need to build a power system that can withstand natural disasters like hurricanes. Much of this discussion has focused...
View ArticleSnowy Roads? Self-Healing Power Systems Reduce the Impact on Power Restoration
Inclement weather frequently leads to slower travel times as road conditions deteriorate. These road conditions can slow down more than drivers, however. Poor road conditions can also slow power...
View ArticleDistribuTECH 2014 Highlights Essential Technologies for Modern Power Systems
At this year’s DistribuTECH event, energy storage took center stage as attendees talked about one of the biggest grid control challenges facing utilities today: distributed solar PV. Energy storage...
View ArticleTrying to Solve Power System Challenges? See New Solutions at the IEEE PES...
The power system faces major challenges today. Extreme weather is one issue, as many of parts of the U.S. have seen this winter. From frigid temperatures that caused spikes in peak demand, to...
View ArticleApril Showers . . . Bring Power Outages? Not Necessarily
You know the old adage, that April showers bring May flowers. But that’s not all spring weather brings. April showers can result in power outages when these showers are actually storms accompanied by...
View ArticleThe Foundation for Reliable Power? A Reliable Power Grid
Power outages in the U.S. have been on the rise for the past three decades, according to one recent article. The U.S. power grid today loses power 285 percent more often than it did in 1984, costing...
View ArticleCan Your Transformer Protective Device Clear the Most Common Type of Faults?
Protecting power transformers in distribution substations is a critical power system application. Power transformers are expensive assets with long lead times—and the need to remove a power transformer...
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