Industry Highlights

Could so-called grid enhancing technologies represent the saving grace of the energy industry?  According to a new report from The Brattle Group, the answer is a resounding “yes”!  But what [...]

According to a decent number of industry experts, so-called bioenergy is something that will likely play an integral role in the future of our overall energy system.  That said, there are an [...]

Imagine a windmill that does not require blades to generate power.  Now imagine a windmill that doesn’t even rely on blowing wind to function properly.  Yes, it seems far-fetched, but bladeless [...]

U.S. electric utilities have dramatically increased the amount they invest in the electric transmission system.  According to new data published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration [...]

More and more electric utilities are contracting with companies that specialize in storm assessment services in order to provide a lifeline when outage restoration efforts overwhelm internal [...]

The energy landscape is clearly evolving, but most of the country’s aging substations have remained relatively unchanged.  This is a problem because substations serve as hubs that connect supply [...]

Japan’s 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster is the “gift” that keeps on giving – experts predict the Fukushima cleanup will take at least another 30 years to complete.  And this is despite the fact [...]

The expansion of smart meters, or advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), is ramping up.  As such, there seems to be a number of smart meter trends vying for attention.  What follows is an [...]

Can studying the behavior of sea mussels really help optimize wind farm engineering solutions?  According to researchers at Nottingham University in the U.K., the answer is a resounding yes! How [...]

My friends at Energy Central published an interesting article on the virtues of so-called “macrogrids.”  It’s essentially a concept that deploys technologies and processes designed to improve [...]