Substation Relay Protection Training - This 12-Hour, instructor-led, live online course is designed for engineers and technicians from utilities or industries who participate in the design, ...

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - University of California, San Diego electrical engineers have created experimental solar cells spiked with nanowires that could lead to highly efficient thin-film solar cells ...

- How does lightning kill? How does it injure people? About 10 percent of people struck by lightning actually die. In the United States, this amounts to about 60 people (taken over a 30-year average) ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Targeting more federal money to support the auto industry, the House approved an expansion of government-led research into making cars and trucks more fuel-efficient. The House plan ...

OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS - -- Black & Veatch, a leading global engineering, consulting and construction company, recently announced the findings of its 2007 Strategic Directions in the Electric Utility ...

VIGO COUNTY, INDIANA - Duke Energy urges residential customers to be patient as county and city officials complete safety inspections of flooded properties in southern Vigo County. As of 5 p.m. June 9 ...

SOUTH AFRICA - South Africa's power utility Eskom signed its first Emissions Credits Purchase Agreement ECPA with BNP Paribas under the utility's broader power-saving plans. The agreement would enable ...

TAIWAN - British renewable energy company SeaEnergy said it will build offshore windfarm projects in Taiwan with the Taiwan Generations Corporation (TGC), an energy project development company. Taiwan ...

SAN RAMON, CALIFORNIA - The ZigBee Alliance announced it will incorporate global IT standards from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) into its specification portfolio of low-power wireless ...

LISBON, PORTUGAL - Portugal signed a deal with French carmaker Renault and its Japanese partner Nissan to boost the use of electric cars by creating a national recharging network. The plan aims to ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for decades has generated power for its customers by splitting atoms, burning natural gas and capturing the force of falling water. More recently ...

CALGARY, ALBERTA - In a major step toward advancing knowledge for the capture of coal-related greenhouse gas emissions, TransAlta Corporation and Alstom, a global leader in power generation technology ...