Continuous and cost-effective monitoring of the electric transmission and distribution grid is the essential success factor of Smart Grid implementations. Increasing demand for power is forcing power utilities to load power cables to their physical limit, and safety and efficiency concerns are making it more and more critical for operators to understand what is happening [...]

My wife and I want to simplify our life and become as sustainable as possible. We are looking for a few acres 40 minutes or so from Kansas City, some place where we can grow some food and become familiar with the locals who purvey their home grown livestock that aren’t raised [...]

With the opening of the Thanet Wind Farm last month the UK is now the largest producer of wind energy in the world.

The Thanet Wind Farm started sending power to the UK electric grid last week. It sits, at its closest, about 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) off the shore of Foreness Point, which is located [...]