For decades, U.S. electricity demand was steady, allowing utilities to plan gradual growth and maintain the grid with modest ...

From distant power plants to city skylines, electric transmission lines carry the energy that keeps modern life running. This ...

When you have a bunch of 230 kV transmission lines running over your property, why not use them for some scientific experiments? This is where the [Double M Innovations] YouTube channel comes into ...

From its factory a mile from the Pacific in Huntington Beach, California, TS Conductor makes 1,000 miles a year of new-fangled, revolutionary high voltage power line. That might sound like a lot, but ...

It’s no secret that power grids around the world need to expand to accommodate more renewable energy and the so-called “electrification of everything.” The latter, of course, refers to the growing ...

Heimdall Power's Neuron sensor, about the size of a bowling ball, monitors the temperature and conditions of electric power transmission lines. As utilities scramble to meet fast-growing U.S. power ...

Electricity is the movement of electrons between atoms. Its "discovery" is credited to a host of people, not the least of whom is an American legend, genius, and one of its founding fathers, Benjamin ...

LENOX — They say lightning never strikes the same place twice. At the Electric Power Research Institute’s Transmission and Distribution Laboratory, lightning strikes as many times as it likes — just ...

If you have paid close attention to power lines, you might have noticed metal spring-like structures close to the transmission towers. These spring-like structures are known as lightning arresters, ...