At my previous full-time role I worked on a simulator for just these sorts of black start events. The US has come very close to having regional outages of this scale several times in the last decade, and our black start capability is largely untested to my knowledge (by which I mean largely untested in real-world scenarios).
Spain is about to face the challenge of a “black start”
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/why-restarting-a-power-grid-is-so-hard/
#ElectricPower #power #PowerGrid #BlackStart
#electricpower
Mike Cannon-Brookes, the CEO of Atlassian and Australia's fifth-richest person, is struggling with the conflict between his role as a climate activist and his actions as a tech mogul. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/03/21/world/billionaires-private-jet-angst/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #climatechange #ai #tech #electricpower #mikecannonbrookes
From CNN: Israel cuts electricity to last facility in Gaza receiving Israeli #electricpower
Israel cuts electricity to last facility in #Gaza receiving Israeli power
#palestine
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/09/middleeast/israel-electricity-gaza-intl-latam
I'm a former worker for one of the major electric power utilities in the Pacific Northwest. If that company lost 20% of its workers all at once, there sure as hell would be an effect on its ability to provide reliable service and to maintan its part of the grid.
But Trump and Musk don't care about small details like this.
#FederalLayoffs #Trump #Musk #ElectricPower #BonnevillePowerAuthority #PNW
Electric power series, five images of electric power lines and substation are now available exclusively on the Alamy stock photo agency in the Specials gallery, part of the TechNewsLit portfolio.
https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/1317563/specials.html
#Photography #StockPhotos #ElectricPower #Substation #Alamy #AlamyExclusive
https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/1317563/specials.html
#Photography #StockPhotos #ElectricPower #Substation #Alamy #AlamyExclusive
Electric power series, five images of electric power lines and substation are now available exclusively on the Alamy stock photo agency in the Specials gallery, part of the TechNewsLit portfolio.
https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/1317563/specials.html
#Photography #StockPhotos #ElectricPower #Substation #Alamy #AlamyExclusive
🚗⚡ ¡La leyenda del R5 Turbo regresa en 2026 con 500 CV y tracción trasera! El Renault 5 Turbo 3E no pide permiso, pide asfalto. 🚀 #Renault5Turbo3E #ElectricPower
¿1300 CV eléctricos? BMW M lo está haciendo posible. Descubre cómo redefinen el concepto de deportividad. ⚡🚗 #BMWM #ElectricPower
Three-phase to four-phase with a double Scott-T setup! #electricalengineering #electricpower #electricity
All electricity infrastructure would be better if accompanied by amazing murals.
#Oaxaca #DayOfTheDead #Mexico #Skull #Mural #ElectricPower
#Oaxaca #DayOfTheDead #Mexico #Skull #Mural #ElectricPower
Part of our energy problem here in the US: you could toast a slice of bread over a small burning stick. Given there's a healthy enough forest nearby, these regenerate and you'd effectively never run out. However, most of us have an appliance that uses so much electric power it'd take an Olympic athlete feverishly running a manual generator for the duration of the toasting process to generate it. We're needlessly substituting an elite energy slave for a stick when we make toast because we can and because the structure of things encourages it.
#economics #degrowth #ElectricPower #EnergyBlindness
#economics #degrowth #ElectricPower #EnergyBlindness
PG&E #DiabloCanyon #NuclearPlant will still be operating in 2025 despite planned closure, and these #Decommission cost over runs likely to raise #ElectricPower costs for #California #consumer power bills even as the #PowerCompany looks to put in place shut down workers
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article290239429.html
I provided engineering guidance in similar termination installation (without the rain/drip things on each cable) for medium voltage motor leas terminations.
At medium and high voltages, those shields and the semiconducting layers help ensure even electrical pressure on the insulation. You need to strip back the layers according to the instructions. Took awhile but I’m confident our team did a good job.
#electricity #electricalengineering #electricpower
The UK officially closes its last remaining coal power plant | Electrek https://electrek.co/2024/09/29/uk-officially-closes-its-last-remaining-coal-power-plant/ #ElectricPower #coalfree #RenewableEnergy
Every sunset is a comparison to the up and downs that accompany our lives. With each day going by, our live shortens until the next day won't come on here earth. After all, it is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream - by one way or the other!
#landscape #sundown #sunset #whenthesungoesdown #home #landlife #borken #farmville #muensterland #silence #stillness #landleben #grace #power #powerplant #electricity #landwehr #electricpower #sun #beauty #dyingday #harmony #ig_nrw_friends #ignrw_friends #ig_nrw #ignrw #weloveborken #halloborken #earthescope #instagram
#landscape #sundown #sunset #whenthesungoesdown #home #landlife #borken #farmville #muensterland #silence #stillness #landleben #grace #power #powerplant #electricity #landwehr #electricpower #sun #beauty #dyingday #harmony #ig_nrw_friends #ignrw_friends #ig_nrw #ignrw #weloveborken #halloborken #earthescope #instagram
How quickly is CenterPoint overhauling its natural gas infrastructure?
#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Infrastructure #News #CenterPointEnergy #ElectricPower #NaturalGas #NaturalGasPipeline
Recently Completed Geophysical Survey Will Help Protect Critical Infrastructure From Geomagnetic Storms And Space Weather
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https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/recently-completed-geophysical-survey-will-help-protect-critical <-- shared technical article
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[my other ½ is a space weather scientist, until I knew her I was not fully aware of all the risks and associated hazards associated with space weather]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #spaceweather #power #telecom #critical #infrastructure #risk #hazard #geomagnetic #geomagneticstorm #geomagnetism #minerals #geothermal #mining #earth #electricpower #powergrid #impacts #conductivity #USMTArray #magnetotellurics #geology #rocks #geophysics #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #array #USA #hazardanalysis #powersystems #transformers #powerfailures #lossofpower #blackouts #overloads
@USGS @NSF @nasa @EarthScope @NOAA
I know that GE had a similar “arc vault” product they were working on years ago but this looks to have a better footprint and integration into Magnum switchgear.
Dropping the incident energy to around 1.2 calories/cm^2 is huge. #electricalengineering #electricpower #ArcFlash
New: Eléctricas de Medellín Ingeniería y Servicios v #Honduras #ICSID Case No. ARB/24/24
July 2, 2024 - The Secretary-General registers a request for the institution of #arbitration proceedings
#ElectricPower #Energy #FTA #Colombia #ElSalvador #Guatemala #Honduras 2007
https://icsid.worldbank.org/cases/case-database/case-detail?CaseNo=ARB/24/24
Congrats to Reverion for winning the Presidential Entrepreneurship Award at our #Entrepreneurship Day! 👏The #startup developed a high-efficiency #powerplant that generates #electricpower from #biogas and produces #hydrogen from surplus energy: http://go.tum.de/703276
📷S.Kissel
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