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Natural gas: Electricity sector’s best bet as a transition fuel
Historically, U.S. has been a net importer of natural gas (except for few years) but the recent advancements in the natural gas extraction methods...
Emergence of Robotics for Substation Maintenance & Wind Industry
Inspection and maintenance of the electric power grid can be a risky, time consuming and sometimes an inaccessible task. As mentioned in the...
Emergence of Robotics & Drones for Transmission Line Maintenance
Inspection and maintenance of the electric power grid can be a risky, time consuming and sometimes an inaccessible task. With recent advancements in...
Use of MV Switchgear in Data Centers
According to a recent study published by the American Association for Advancement of Science, data centers consumed close to 205 TWh of electricity...
Developments in the HVDC market in 2020
The imposition of global lockdowns to curtail the spread of pandemic in 2020 significantly reduced the electricity demand. According to...
Recovery possibilities of T&D sector in countries facing dual crises.
Covid-19 struck early in 2021 and affected the entire world. With little information about the disease and with no vaccine available, countries...
UK Transition from DNO to DSO model amidst changing grid landscape
In the United Kingdom, as in most places, the electricity distribution network was built to have electricity flow one way, from power stations to...
Texas Power Grid Failure: Timeline of Events & Possible Grid Changes Ahead
The recent Texas power failure has exposed the vulnerability of not just conventional power generation but renewable generation to frigid temperatures.
UK’s Power Grid: Possible Consequences of Brexit
With the end of the Post-Brexit transition period on 31st December (2020), eyes have focused on the United Kingdom’s electricity grid and how it will function and adjust with the change.
Future Prospects of Victoria’s Renewable Energy Targets
In the state of Victoria, the Renewable Energy (Jobs and Investment) Act (REJI) of 2017 was updated in 2019 with the renewable energy targets of 25 percent by 2020, 40 percent by 2025 and 50 percent by 2030.
Overview of Storage Market in Europe
Over the last decade, to cope with increasing environmental pollution, there has been a shift of the world’s energy production to less polluting forms of energy. Other sources of energy, such as coal and nuclear energy, have begun to lose momentum since there are other better alternatives that reduce the greenhouse gas emissions without compromising on the yield of energy.