How many times have we heard the power grid is in transition or grid-wise technology is transforming the industry? These terms and others like them come up regularly as we struggle with all the ...

Significant advances in high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission are in step with rapid changes to energy systems worldwide. Shortly after POWER magazine began publication in 1882, the ...

How will 2023 change the power grid and its modernization goals? That’s a big question that’s being discussed around the watercoolers as we leave 2022 behind. It doesn’t take a crystal ball to realize ...

DULUTH, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--To help ensure a reliable and resilient grid that can expand in the future, Minnesota Power this week outlined planned upgrades to its high-voltage, direct-current ...

This FOA will invest in R&D to support continued innovation and cost reduction for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) voltage-source converter (VSC) transmission systems. This investment is intended ...

The U.S. electric grid is a complex web of interconnected power lines. It functions remarkably well, considering that it is a constant work in progress. Yet, what has served adequately in the past may ...

Modeling specialist Vibrant Clean Energy (VCE) has proposed a transmission “overlay” for the contiguous United States, with about 210 underground high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission lines, ...

Four New England States – Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, and Rhode Island – recently submitted a concept paper to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposing to build up to three new high ...

SunZia, a massive wind power and transmission line project in the US Southwest, is now ready to start construction. The project is made up of two arms: SunZia Wind and SunZia Transmission. SunZia Wind ...