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Alliant Energy Launches Iowa's Largest Solar Facility

Alliant Energy has officially brought Iowa’s largest solar facility online, marking a significant milestone in the state's renewable energy landscape. The 200-megawatt (MW) Pleasant Creek Solar project, located in Linn County, is now operational and supplying clean electricity to Alliant Energy customers. This development underscores the company's commitment to advancing sustainable energy solutions and enhancing grid reliability across the region.

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The Pleasant Creek Solar facility, formerly known as the Duane Arnold Solar project...

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FERC Complaint Targets Duke, PJM Transmission Planning

A coalition of large energy consumers and ratepayer advocates has filed a complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), urging the agency to prohibit transmission owners from independently planning "local" transmission projects exceeding 100 kilovolts (kV). The coalition argues...

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Shipping: Global Trade’s Dirty Secret

Shipping is the backbone of global trade, transporting over 80% of goods worldwide. However, this essential industry is also a significant contributor to environmental degradation, particularly in the context of climate change. The Environmental Impact of Shipping The shipping industry is...
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Energy Storage Cuts Costs for Building Owners

On July 26, 2024, a new report highlighted the growing role of energy storage systems in reducing operational costs for building operators. As electricity prices continue to climb, energy storage has emerged as a strategic tool for managing energy expenses and enhancing building efficiency. The...

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Underground Distribution Sensors

Exploring the benefits of wide-area monitoring

BY TED MYERS, On-Ramp Wireless

The average citizen and business experiences over 120 minutes of electricity outage duration a year. This has a significant societal impact costing 10s to hundreds of billions of dollars annually. Furthermore, the measure of customer outage time—Systems Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI)—is on an upward trend as a result of aging infrastructure and other factors.

Recognizing the need to improve electric distribution system reliability, and the associated benefit to the United States, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has a stated goal to achieve a 20 percent reduction in SAIDI by 2020. The DOE is working with industry, national labs, universities and other groups to research, develop and demonstrate commercially viable solutions to modernize the grid and deliver the true measurable benefits of the Smart Grid.

Though many grid assets are still above ground, many electric utilities are...

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Cable Testing Comes of Age - One Cycle at a Time

Field Testing of MV and HV cables has come a long way in recent decades. Gone are the days of old, when the traditional DC (Direct Voltage/Current) hipot was the recommended method for testing these modern cables that form the critical backbone of the distribution electrical power network....

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Safety in Underground Power Systems

Protecting utility personnel working below ground BY MIKE DOHERTY, PowerTel Utilities Contractors Limited "Safety” in “underground systems” has different connotations for different sectors depending on the tasks performed. “Qualified electrical workers” can have...

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Transforming power grids for an efficient future

With a fast-growing global population and increasing levels of industrialization, demand for electricity is expected to soar 60 percent between now and 2040. That means power grids will be called on to transmit more power, more efficiently. And to do so, they’ll have to adapt to an evolving...