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  • Equipment Showcase: Environmental Health and Safety

    The safety of workers and equipment is an important consideration for power generation facilities, just as it is for other worksites. Power plants feature multiple pieces of complex machinery that can present

  • The Future Direction of Respiratory Protection

    An estimated 5 million U.S. workers wear respirators. Employers are required to provide National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)-certified respirators using a written respiratory protection program enforced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Design and manufacturing focus on fit, comfort, and ease of use across product lines incorporating advanced technologies, such […]

  • Scotland’s first new power conductor in almost 30 years goes live

    Also the first live installation of 3M ACCR in Scotland 3M, the science-based technology company, and Scottish Power Energy Networks, have announced the successful installation and energisation of the first new live electricity conductor in Scotland in almost three decades.  Using a 3M Aluminium Conductor Composite Reinforced (ACCR), the 275kV single conductor doubles the available […]