power infrastructure

The Power Industry Is Entering a New Era Electricity demand is accelerating faster than many utilities and generators anticipated. Rapid AI adoption, the explosion of data centers, electrification initiatives, and growing industrial demand are placing unprecedented pressure on power infrastructure. In fact, U.S. electricity demand is projected to increase 26% by 2035, while data center […]

One week after a catastrophic fire at the North Hyde electrical substation plunged the UK’s flagship Heathrow Airport into chaos, questions are mounting about what went wrong—and what the incident reveals about the vulnerabilities in Britain’s aging power infrastructure. A massive explosion and fire that erupted around 8:20 p.m., on Thursday, March 20, at the […]

Electric cooperatives across the Southeast describe Hurricane Helene’s devastation as vast and unprecedented, warning that restoring some crucial infrastructure serving the not-for-profit entities’ customers will take a long and arduous process. In a call with reporters on Oct. 1—five days after the massive Category 4 storm made landfall—co-op leaders serving customers in Florida, Georgia, South […]