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Surging solar curtailment wastes power across Europe as grids fail to cope

European Solar Curtailment accelerates this spring as rapid PV additions outpace grid capacity, forcing record output cuts across Germany, the UK, and France, and raising…
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Schneider Electric to Deploy SF6-Free Switchgear with Southern California Edison

SF6-Free Switchgear will be deployed by Schneider Electric and Southern California Edison to accelerate substation…
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California and Oregon Coastal Communities Grapple With Offshore Wind

Coastal communities in California and Oregon are weighing the impacts and benefits of offshore wind…
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BC Wildfire Service warns of elevated risk; wildfires threaten overhead lines

BC Wildfire Risk 2026 elevates concern for overhead lines and distribution assets as drought, low…
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Data centre buildout forces new policy focus on who pays for transmission upgrades

Data Centre Transmission Cost Policy leads Canada to require developers to fund generation, transmission, substations…
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Middle East conflict reshapes energy investment, accelerating renewables push

Middle East Energy Investment is shifting as Strait of Hormuz disruptions refocus energy security, pushing…
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Canadian Government Boosts Funding for Grid Reliability Projects

Federal funds now support Alberta grid modernization and smart technology projects to improve electricity reliability…
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Saint John Energy Opens Plug-In Labs, Canada's First Utility Smart-Grid Sandbox

Saint John Energy Plug-In Labs launches a governed smart grid sandbox using a digital twin…
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Latest Electricity Today Magazine Articles

AI Integration in Transformer Oil Diagnostics: A New Era for Dissolved Gas Analysis

AI Integration in Transformer Oil Diagnostics: A New Era for Dissolved Gas Analysis

Transformer oil is more than an insulating and cooling medium. It is also a detailed

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AI Integration in Substations: From Data Collection to Intelligent Decisions

AI Integration in Substations: From Data Collection to Intelligent Decisions

Modern substations generate enormous amounts of data. Protection relays record events and waveforms, monitoring systems

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Smart Grid and Substations: Where Grid Modernization Takes Shape

Smart Grid and Substations: Where Grid Modernization Takes Shape

The smart grid is often described in terms of smart meters, customer apps, and distributed

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Power Transformer Monitoring and Communications: Protecting the Grid’s Most Critical Assets

Power Transformer Monitoring and Communications: Protecting the Grid’s Most Critical Assets

Large power transformers are among the most expensive and least replaceable assets in any electrical

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Intelligent Substations: The Digital Foundation of the Modern Grid

Intelligent Substations: The Digital Foundation of the Modern Grid

For most of the last century, the electrical substation was a place of copper, relays,

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Optimizing Distribution Reliability Through Recloser Testing

Optimizing Distribution Reliability Through Recloser Testing

Reclosers play an important role in distribution system reliability by detecting fault conditions, interrupting current,

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