Shifting Australia to a low-emissions energy system is a big challenge. Much has been said of the need to change the electricity generation mix, from mostly fossil fuels to mostly renewables. Yet our ...

The Power Line is a newsletter series that reviews key stories in the electric power sector—ranging from grid reliability, transmission issues, and emergent technology and business models. The Power ...

The transmission valve body is among the most important components of your vehicle's transmission system, yet it often goes unnoticed until something goes wrong. As a key player in the functionality ...

Transmission is suddenly in the limelight. Without it, the United States will be unable to deploy the vast amount of wind and solar power generation projects that the Inflation Reduction Act makes ...

In the push to boost system efficiency, advanced gas turbines are reaching the limits of thermodynamics. Now, attention is being focused on the transmission and distribution system. Losses have long ...

Siemens has launched a new direct-current (DC) transmission system for alternating current (AC) grids of between 30 kV and 150 kV. The medium-voltage system that can bridge distances of up to 125 ...

Minnesota Power, a division of ALLETE, has unveiled its plans to upgrade the high-voltage, direct-current (HVDC) transmission system that transports renewable wind energy from the Bison Wind Energy ...