The novel approach avoids costly and sophisticated equipment, while also enabling automated close-range inspection of transmission lines Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are now widely used for remote ...

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Utilities across the U.S. are installing thousands of miles of 765 kV transmission lines, exceedingly becoming the backbone of our high voltage grid. Driven by rising demand from data centers and AI ...

The Oregon Public Utility Commission has reaffirmed its approval of a nearly 300-mile electrical transmission line that’s set to run from Idaho and carry power across five Oregon counties – despite ...

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This summer, after nearly 20 years of planning, permitting and lawsuits, construction finally launched on a new electrical transmission line set to run nearly 300 miles across five Oregon counties and ...

When the first flashes of fire and billows of smoke grabbed the attention of people living in the foothills of Eaton Canyon in Los Angeles County, residents recorded videos of the same cluster of ...

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm traveled to Wyoming to hail the project and call for faster electric transmission development. RAWLINS, Wyo. — At a groundbreaking ...

The Grain Belt Express line, meant to carry electricity from wind farms across the Midwest, faces an inquiry from the Missouri attorney general. By David Gelles An 804-mile-long transmission line in ...

A stalled transmission line project that Maine voters tried to kill in 2021 has been brought back to life by a state court. The ruling gives climate-conscious state governments across New England a ...

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