In modern society, the reliable and abundant supply of electricity for mass consumers is often taken for granted. The industry in charge of supplying the end consumers is often under significant ...

Liberalization of electric power markets has forced power plant operators to achieve the highest availability at the lowest costs. Long unavailability periods, such as those caused by severe failures ...

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a historical milestone for the power industry, GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions (NYSE-GE) unveiled the world’s first 420 kV, 63 kA g³ gas-insulated substation (GIS) ...

In the spring of 2002, an electric utility was upgrading a substation in the southwestern United States. Although the job seemed typical to the electricians hired by the utility from an outside ...