1+ hour, 49+ min ago  (998+ words) In the nuclear energy sector, cybersecurity is inextricably linked to day-to-day operations. It directly impacts physical safety, system reliability, and regulatory compliance, which makes it a persistent challenge to protect highly sensitive systems without interrupting the work required to keep…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (273+ words) This is a one-line diagram of a medium voltage (MV) power distribution system. Source: Sree Lakshmi Vineetha Bitragunta IDMT and relay coordination curves showing faster tripping at higher fault currents and proper grading between downstream and upstream devices. Source: Sree Lakshmi…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (341+ words) Electricity management is undergoing a fundamental shift. The traditional model of one-way power flows is giving way to a dynamic system shaped by distributed assets and active consumer participation. Renewables are proliferating, distributed energy resource (DER) adoption is accelerating and…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (335+ words) A few key characteristics of a smart cybersecurity defense approach include: Is all of this AI really necessary in today's power infrastructure? The hard truth is that utility systems are at significant risk of cyberattacks due to the convergence of…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago  (86+ words) The power industry's trusted source for generation technology, O&M, and legal & regulatory news for coal, gas, nuclear, hydro, wind & solar power plants; power jobs Soluna Holdings, a developer of data centers powered by renewables, is set to break ground…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago  (617+ words) America's power producers face growing pressure to do more with less. A rapidly evolving grid, increasing demand, aging infrastructure, and policy uncertainty have created a system where traditional approaches to reliability are no longer enough. The North American Electric Reliability…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (114+ words) Honeywell announced the company is supporting the commercial and industrial sector with the group's Ionic Modular All-in-One, a compact, end-to-end battery energy storage system (BESS) designed for ... Honeywell announced the company is supporting the commercial and industrial sector with the…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (606+ words) Whether working on oil refineries, thermal plants, or electrical generation facilities (Figure 1), consultants are being asked to provide more proof, more quickly, with more accuracy. The question is: how? The answer increasingly lies in digital tools that streamline field documentation,…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (286+ words) In a special edition of The POWER Podcast, released in collaboration with the McCrary Institute's Cyber Focus podcast, POWER's executive editor, Aaron Larson, and Frank Cilluffo, director of the McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security and Professor of…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (547+ words) At a remote substation in the Midwest, I watched recently as a team of cybersecurity specialists gathered not to fix a breach but to simulate one. The substation'a medium-impact test site built by one of the nation's largest utilities'has become…...