Handheld smart devices providing custom applications and Internet access at the touch of a virtual button are common today. Hidden beneath their touchscreens is a global network of digital technologies…
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Although the rise in cloud computing promises great efficiencies for data-heavy businesses, including those managing power projects, it also presents some new legal loopholes and hurdles that require attention. A…
Asset “virtualization” extends and combines the technologies of 3-D visualization and virtual reality to a new, practical level for the life-cycle management of power industry equipment. All pertinent data for…
By Kennedy Maize Washington, D.C., August 25, 2011 -- A year ago, a peer-reviewed report in Science magazine concluded that a warmer planet over the past decade has led to…
By Kennedy Maize Washington, D.C., August 1, 2011 -- A recent article in the peer-reviewed journal Remote Sensing raises a profound challenge to the conventional wisdom about global warming predictions…
Xcel Energy’s coal-fired Cameo Station in southern Colorado ran a pilot program from July 2010 to Dec. 2010 that integrated concentrating solar generation until the Cameo plant was retired at…
If you needed additional proof that the power industry is changing, the ELECTRIC POWER keynote and panel discussions over the past few years have provided it—top-of-mind issues have been significantly…
"When I wake up in the morning, I'm surprised I have power." That's what Mike Guthrie, senior information security engineer for Chickasaw Nation Industries (CNI), said at a late April…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – June 14, 2011 – Power Analytics Corporation, the leader in advanced electrical power software solutions, today unveiled Paladin® DesignBase™ 4.0, the fourth generation of its power…
With natural gas serving as the fuel de jour, many utilities and merchant generators will be considering the purchase of new combustion turbines in the near future. If you are…