The AI boom is going to need energy—and lots of it. Early estimates show the data centers behind AI tech will consume as much power as the entire nation of the Netherlands by 2027. But for all the ...
Electrical transformers can take only so much punishment. The devices, which change the voltage running through a power line, have been blowing out from San Jose to Los Angeles in this month's high ...
The consortium developed a new class of transformers that will smooth out the uneven voltages that plague today's grid and prematurely age electrical hardware ranging from light bulbs to motors to ...
ROSEVILLE — California is facing a new energy crisis, and this time, it could impact the state's goal of building more than 2 million new homes by 2030. As new homes are built in California, there's ...
Bay Area projects are now at risk of going under because PG&E can’t get electrical parts. oWow, the developer behind a 19-story apartment highrise at 1510 Webster Street in Downtown Oakland, must ...
In 1831, Michael Faraday wrapped two wires around opposite sides of an iron doughnut and found that if he passed a current through one, it immediately induced a current in the other. Faraday’s law of ...
Unfortunately, not everything in an underground utility system is actually under the ground. What remains visible are metal service boxes situated above ground, on concrete pads, as part of an ...
Violations of the National Electrical Code (NEC) regarding transformers are often encountered while performing electrical plan reviews. There are far too many NEC requirements to explain in just one ...