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Digitally Transform Grid Analytics with Drone Inspection and AI

Digital transformation has revolutionized the utility industry in recent years, and the integration of drone technology and artificial intelligence (AI) is no exception. Utilities are beginning to leverage the power of drone inspection and AI to improve grid…

OptelosApril 28, 2023

Grid Asset & Workforce

First Steel Towers Erected for Australia’s Largest Transmission Project

The project is expected to provide cheaper, more reliable, and sustainable energy to Australian households and businesses. Australia’s largest transmission project, EnergyConnect, has achieved a significant milestone with the erection of the first of 1,500 steel towers…

UAI StaffApril 28, 2023

Asset & Workforce Grid Strategy Technology

Duke Energy Begins Operation of 11-MW Battery Storage System in North Carolina

The new battery storage system uses lithium iron phosphate chemistry, has a system rating of 11-MW/11-MWh, and covers approximately one acre of physical space. Duke Energy has begun the commercial operation of an 11-MW battery storage system in…

UAI StaffApril 27, 2023

Asset & Workforce Customer Grid Strategy Technology We Are UAI

Q&A with UAI: Digital Transformation, Data and Analytics in the Utility Space

Within the utility sector, data used to be primarily collected for reporting purposes, but it is now starting to be used as a driver for decision-making. The DIREXYON team recently sat with Gina Weber, Managing Director for Energy Membership…

Sophie Furnival, (Direxyon Technologies)April 25, 2023

Grid Asset & Workforce

Consumers Energy to Install Over 120 New Automatic Transfer Reclosers to Reduce Power Outages

The 2023 Automatic Transfer Recloser (ATR) deployment plan is part of the company’s overall strategy to enhance the electric grid’s reliability and make it more resilient. Consumers Energy has revealed plans to install 123 new automatic transfer…

UAI StaffApril 25, 2023

Grid Asset & Workforce Technology

How Can Utilities Implement DERs in their Capital Planning?

There was a point last summer, as unprecedented heat gripped California and wildfires raged through the state, when it seemed that the power grid might collapse. It didn’t — but only thanks to efforts by local utilities and communities…

Sophie Furnival (Direxyon Technologies)April 12, 2023

Strategy Asset & Workforce

Building Resilience in Utilities: The Why, the What and the How

Change is the only constant. Yes, it’s a cliché. But old clichés tend to bear some element of truth. How do organizations plan strategies of resiliency within an inherently unstable environment? These days, an organization’s ability to…

Sophie Furnival (Direxyon Technologies)April 11, 2023

Asset & Workforce Grid Technology

Why is More Sustainable Asset Management for Utilities Important?

Modern society is more dependent on power grids than never before. From cars and buses to buildings, the shift from fossil fuels to electric energy carries enormous promise for a greener future. And utilities will play an essential…

Casey WerthApril 4, 2023

Technology Asset & Workforce Strategy

Graph Database Technology Can Solve Vexing Utility Data Management Issues

Utilities are undergoing an unprecedented transformation due to changing generation technologies, the introduction of energy storage systems, distributed energy resources and major shifts in load due to electrification. These challenges are occurring simultaneously with the introduction of sophisticated…

Manuel Zubiaur Carrasco and Brandon DoebeleApril 4, 2023

Grid Asset & Workforce Technology

Reaction and Reliability: How Data Analytics Support the Grid in Dynamic Times

In early March, the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agreed to collectively monitor and consult on what they called “electric sector resource adequacy and operational reliability (together, reliability) at a time of significant…

Ian JonesApril 3, 2023

Grid Asset & Workforce Strategy Technology

AI at the Edge

Utilidata has announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to create a new module with the purpose of providing real-time artificial intelligence (AI) at the edge of the grid. The new module will be powered by the NVIDIA Jetson™ edge…

UAI StaffMarch 31, 2023

Grid Asset & Workforce

FirstEnergy installs new high-voltage wires in Ohio and Pennsylvania to support grid reliability

FirstEnergy, an Ohio-based energy company, is upgrading high-voltage transmission lines in Ohio and Pennsylvania to improve the reliability, resiliency, efficiency, and operational flexibility of the transmission system in the areas. These upgrades are part of its multi-year…

UAI StaffMarch 30, 2023