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Blocking Bolts: Blade Coating Steps Up Lightning Protection

Blocking Bolts: Blade Coating Steps Up Lightning Protection

Arctura signs a technological license agreement with Mankiewicz to introduce lightning protection coating for wind turbines.


tech insights Mar 18, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Profile: NREL’s Genevieve Starke Talks Wind Models, Role Models

Profile: NREL’s Genevieve Starke Talks Wind Models, Role Models

Genevieve Stark plans the future of wind energy as a research engineer with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Recently, she told EEPower…


Yokogawa’s Wind Farm Solution: Driving Japan’s Offshore Energy Evolution

Yokogawa’s Wind Farm Solution: Driving Japan’s Offshore Energy Evolution

Yokogawa's cutting-edge approach to wind farm monitoring and management is the realization of a decarbonized society.


News Mar 13, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Hitachi Energy, TransnetBW Team Up for Supercapacitor Grid Deal

Hitachi Energy, TransnetBW Team Up for Supercapacitor Grid Deal

Hitachi Energy partners with TransnetBW to advance renewable energy growth and grid resilience with supercapacitors.


News Mar 12, 2024 by Jake Hertz
AI-Enabled 3D Models Tackle Critical Challenges for Utilities

AI-Enabled 3D Models Tackle Critical Challenges for Utilities

AI tools simulate the effects of extreme weather events, pinpoint vegetation risks, and reduce time-consuming manual surveys across utility networks.


News Mar 11, 2024 by Shannon Cuthrell
 Next-Gen Smart Grid Products Revealed at Distributech 2024

Next-Gen Smart Grid Products Revealed at Distributech 2024

The power distribution industry got together in Orlando, and EEPower was on site to give you an insider view. Here are a few of the innovative…


AI, ML Add Resilience, Safety to Aging Power Grid

AI, ML Add Resilience, Safety to Aging Power Grid

The aging power grid faces threats from extreme weather. Scientists from Argonne National Laboratory spoke with EEPower about using artificial…


Minesto’s Tidal Kite Sends Megawatts to Island Grid

Minesto’s Tidal Kite Sends Megawatts to Island Grid

Minesto's Dragon 12 enables seamless megawatt-scale tidal energy generation in the Faroe Islands.


News Mar 05, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Engineering More Efficient Solar Cells: Perovskite and TPVs

Engineering More Efficient Solar Cells: Perovskite and TPVs

Latest advancements in perovskite manufacturing and thermophotovoltaics promise to advance how solar technologies capture and convert light and…


Empowering Grid Stability: OpenADR’s Impact on Power Outages

Empowering Grid Stability: OpenADR’s Impact on Power Outages

After 23 years, the OpenADR protocol has evolved into a method to reduce energy consumption and avoid rolling blackouts.


Engineering Feat: World’s Longest Onshore Wind Turbine Blades

Engineering Feat: World’s Longest Onshore Wind Turbine Blades

China’s SANY Renewable Energy has crafted the world's longest onshore wind turbine blades, offering a number of unique features.


News Feb 29, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Harnessing Hydropower Inertia for Improved Grid Stability

Harnessing Hydropower Inertia for Improved Grid Stability

Oak Ridge National Laboratory has introduced an algorithm to assess the behavior of pumped storage hydropower systems. The method could make…


tech insights Feb 22, 2024 by Jake Hertz
How Lewis Latimer Electrified the 19th Century World

How Lewis Latimer Electrified the 19th Century World

Summary: Latimer’s innovative creations helped bring light to millions. This Black History Month spotlight reviews his work beside luminaries…


Turning Tides: Innovative Tidal Power Plant to Energize Remote Island Grid

Turning Tides: Innovative Tidal Power Plant to Energize Remote Island Grid

A bi-directional turbine system will harness ocean tides to power a remote island grid in the Philippines.


News Feb 19, 2024 by Shannon Cuthrell
Exploring Bifacial Solar Panel Advantages From Every Angle

Exploring Bifacial Solar Panel Advantages From Every Angle

Most solar panel installations only include horizontal panels, but bifacial vertical solar panels could offer distinct advantages because they can…


News Feb 16, 2024 by John Nieman
Small Modular Reactors Demand Advanced Data-Acquisition

Small Modular Reactors Demand Advanced Data-Acquisition

Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)are revolutionizing power generation and industrial applications…


Converting Gas Turbine Fleets for Ammonia Combustion

Converting Gas Turbine Fleets for Ammonia Combustion

GE Vernova and IHI Corporation will develop a two-stage gas turbine combustion system that generates power with 100% liquid ammonia.


News Feb 15, 2024 by Shannon Cuthrell
Up in the Air: The Future of Great Lakes Wind

Up in the Air: The Future of Great Lakes Wind

What will it take to bring wind power to the Great Lakes? EEPower spoke to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory about how lake-based wind…


How Does Weather Affect PV System Degradation and Performance?

How Does Weather Affect PV System Degradation and Performance?

Researchers collected data on an unprecedented sample size of solar systems in the U.S., yielding some interesting findings on extreme weather and…


Trenchless Distribution Tech Speeds Line Undergrounding

Trenchless Distribution Tech Speeds Line Undergrounding

Federal funding supports trenchless technologies designed to hasten the construction and installation of electric power distribution lines.


News Feb 09, 2024 by Shannon Cuthrell