A recent BVLOS lidar operation for a regional electric utility showcases how long-range corridor inspections can be highly cost-effective.

Generator interconnection, the process by which power plants like large solar arrays, wind farms, and utility-scale batteries connect to the electrical grid, continues to be one of the biggest ...

Image art by Paul Gerke via Gemini. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) met this morning to modernize the process of connecting to the U.S. power grid, which is increasingly imperiled by ...

In the U.S., the utility-scale sector has the greatest share of the U.S. solar market, with reports indicating that 70% of all new solar capacity added in 2023 was at the utility-scale level. Not only ...

Hurricane Sandy and subsequent hurricanes that hit the United States often leave many electric utility executives, their customers, local and state government leaders and regulators contemplating ...

Image art by Paul Gerke via ChatGPT-4o. In what appears to be an unwitting ongoing act of self-sabotage that threatens grid reliability in an era of rapid load growth, the United States federal ...

Image art by Paul Gerke via ChatGPT-4o. It’s another great day to own an electricity-generating facility in PJM Interconnection. It’s another rough one for most ratepayers. PJM has announced the ...

Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions developed the 60 MW Palmer Solar Project in partnership with Colorado Springs Utilities, which secured the generating capacity through a 25-year power purchase ...

As with many advanced technologies, proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolysis had its beginnings in the space program. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the first use of ...

The $3.2 billion North Plains Connector transmission project has received Minnkota Power Cooperative as the eighth member of its utility consortium. Minnkota, a not-for-profit electric generation and ...

Duke Energy has brought on line a 50-megawatt, four-hour battery energy storage system (BESS) at its former Allen coal plant on Lake Wylie, serving customers in North Carolina and South Carolina ...

Wisconsin’s first large-scale energy storage project — the Paris Solar-Battery Park in Kenosha County — is now online and powering the grid. The 110-megawatt (MW) battery portion of the Paris ...