by Qutab Baig | 2021, April, 30 | Qutab Baig, SVCs/STATCOMs
Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) is one of the most sophisticated technology under the umbrella of Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS). The technology is attractive choice due to its faster response and smaller footprint as compared to Static VAR...
by Kamil Maqsood | 2021, April, 27 | Energy Storage, Kamil Maqsood
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 has substantially increased the production in the country to the extent that from 2017 onwards it has become a net...
by Muhammad Abdullah | 2021, April, 26 | Industrial Automation
Inspection and maintenance of the electric power grid can be a risky, time consuming and sometimes an inaccessible task. As mentioned in the previous article, which focused on robots, drones and transmission lines, robots can minimize human interaction with High...
by Muhammad Abdullah | 2021, April, 26 | Industrial Automation
Inspection and maintenance of the electric power grid can be a risky, time consuming and sometimes an inaccessible task. With recent advancements in the field of robotics, there’s a move to address this concern, and new designs are being introduced. Robots and drones...
by Aleezeh Shahid | 2021, April, 13 | Aleezeh Shahid, Switchgear
According to a recent study published by the American Association for Advancement of Science, data centers consumed close to 205 TWh of electricity in 2018 or 1% of total global electricity consumption. On the other hand, the amount of computing carried out in data...
