The rapidly developing industry of renewable power generation can be compared to an hourglass. Inexhaustible supplies of free resources — sun and wind — are converted into a corresponding outflow of ...

Star Catcher said the successful test marks a major milestone toward building the first in-space energy grid for satellites. Credit: Star Catcher Industries TAMPA, Fla. — Star Catcher Industries said ...

Maintenance and quality assurance are more important than ever in the aerospace industry. Keeping passengers and crews safe requires regular, meticulous ground testing – especially power quality ...

Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing involves simulation of power plant behavior using the actual site-specific power plant controls before the commissioning stage. HIL testing can benefit all project ...

Distributed energy storage (DES) is an enabling technology for the future power grid. Largely consisting of advanced electrochemical batteries, DES systems increase the efficiency of large centralized ...

General Electric (GE) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) demonstrated grid-forming technologies in the Type-3 wind turbine, a step in long-term grid modernization efforts as the rapid ...

INL researchers examine a set of relays that monitor electrical currents, voltages and detect problems like faults or overloads on the electric grid. Modern relays are incorporating artificial ...

U.S. energy needs have changed dramatically over the last few decades, and questions are growing as to whether our grid can manage these new demands. Aside from rising temperatures—the National ...

It’s taken almost 10 years to design and construct, but researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory have now energized and put into service one of the nation’s most ...