Power Grid
Want to walk the DTECH show floor without taking steps?
Factor This content director Paul Gerke leads you on a first-person stroll through the expo hall at DISTRIBUTECH 2025 in Dallas, Texas.
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Power Grid
Putting smart grid tech to the test: DTECH attendees check out custom Sentient Energy lab in Texas
Dozens of utility representatives attending DTECH received a tour of Sentient’s custom testing facility in Frisco, Texas.
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Power Grid
DTECH 2025 kicks off in Dallas with Utility University classes, technical tours, and more
DTECH 2025 (formerly known as DISTRIBUTECH, the premier annual event for transmission and distribution, is now underway in Dallas, Texas, with a huge array of…
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Renewables
Getting ‘forever chemicals’ out of the chips race – This Week in Cleantech
This Week in Cleantech is a podcast covering impactful stories in clean energy and climate in 15 minutes or less, featuring John Engel and Paul…
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Emergency powers to restart coal plants? – This Week in Cleantech
This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate in 15 minutes or less featuring John…
How Hitachi Energy is navigating an ‘energy supercycle’
Hitachi Energy executives share insight into the status of the global supply chain amidst an energy transition, touching on critical topics including tariffs and artificial…
‘Impossible to predict’ – RWE trims US investments by nearly $11B
International energy company RWE plans to cut its U.S. investments by one-fifth, citing the unpredictability of renewable projects under President Trump.
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Judge blocks Trump administration from terminating $14 billion in ‘green bank’ grants
The order by U.S. District Judge Tonya Chutkan prevents — for now — the Environmental Protection Agency from ending the grant program, which totaled $20…
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‘Solar for Y’all’ faces hazy future in Louisiana
The future of millions of dollars in funding to help low-income Louisiana residents access solar energy has grown increasingly uncertain as the Trump administration attempts…
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AI will forever change the energy industry workforce, and that’s not a bad thing
Schneider Electric’s Hany Fouda shares how his company is implementing AI and how new technologies are impacting the workforce.
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Save the IRA! Tax credits enable hundreds of millions of dollars in new clean energy investments supporting distributed generation
IRA tax credit provisions are enabling massive clean energy investments, despite uncertainty surrounding the survivability of the legislation.
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PGE touts ‘record high’ production at Clackamas River hydro facilities after modernizations
Investments in the powerhouse appear to be paying off, helping meet growing demand and modern standards for safety and the environment, PGE said.
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CorPower Ocean partners with Norwegian university for AI-based wave energy project
CorPower Ocean has secured financial backing from Vinnova, Sweden’s national innovation agency, to adopt AI and test its ability to drive performance and control in…
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Utilities committee weighs proposals to harness more hydropower for Maine
As Maine has honed in on solar and offshore wind to fulfill its clean energy goals, Republicans have introduced multiple bills this session to move…
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Critics warn staff cuts at federal agencies overseeing US dams could put public safety at risk
Trump administration workforce cuts at federal agencies overseeing U.S. dams are threatening their ability to provide reliable electricity, supply farmers with water and protect communities…
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Jan Lüder appointed as new chief of Voith Hydro
Technology company Voith Group has announced that Jan Lüder has been appointed president and CEO of Voith Hydro and member of the Corporate Board of…
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GE Vernova tackles grid reliability and digitization challenges at DISTRIBUTECH 2025
GE Vernova launched new whitepapers at DISTRIBUTECH 2025 to help utilities tackle grid reliability, cybersecurity, and digitalization challenges.
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Newest collaboration between Hitachi Energy and AWS targets cloud-based grid solutions
Hitachi Energy and AWS will collaborate on asset and work management software delivery, offering solutions to address rising energy system complexity.
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Sense and Landis+Gyr Announce collaboration on 1MHz processing for the Revelo grid sensing platform at DISTRIBUTECH
High sampling rates are feeding a new class of AI models, which the companies say can operate efficiently within the meter itself.
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Eaton’s new ‘breakthrough’ AI-powered solution could help utilities strengthen wildfire prevention efforts
The new Eaton HiZ Protect solution is intended to addresses a long-standing challenge for electric utilities: accurately and quickly detecting and mitigating high-impedance (HiZ) powerline…
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PG&E launches ‘first of its kind’ virtual power plant program
SAVE is a demonstration VPP in which PG&E provides participating aggregators, including Sunrun and SPAN, with week-ahead hourly signals informed by grid needs.
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Upcoming
Mar 26
Power Grid
Realizing autonomous energy systems with generative AI Tackling an increasingly complex energy grid with minimal human intervention
This panel will explore the intersection of generative AI (GenAI)and autonomous energy systems (AES) in tackling increasingly complex energy landscapes. As renewable energy sources, electric…
Sponsored By:
Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services
Upcoming
Mar 26
Power Grid
How Alectra Energy Solutions and Caterpillar helped a Large Manufacturer Solve Their Rising Energy Costs Through Assets, Technology and Financial Structuring.
March 26th 2ET- Join Caterpillar’s Stephanie Baughman and Dean Musser as they shine the spotlight on a project that did just that, bringing together the expertise of an equipment and technology provider and a local utility affiliate to deliver near-term and future energy cost savings to a large industrial customer.
Sponsored By:
Caterpillar Inc.
Caterpillar Inc.
Upcoming
Mar 27
Power Grid
Modern Grid Operations’ Dependence on Advanced Planning
The electric grid is becoming increasingly complex with higher penetrations of distributed energy resources (DERs), hyperscaling demand driven by large loads from the use of…
Sponsored By:
EPE
EPE