Many engineers designing transmission structures are recent graduates with relatively few years of experience, and designing these foundations is an “extremely critical part of the integrity of ...

The U.S. power grid has hit an inflection point, and how we respond will determine if we sink or swim, writes contributor ...

Helical anchors are part of the fix in an innovative and rapid response to repair damaged pile foundations in a remote area. In late 2008, on an aerial patrol, three 500-kV towers were discovered with ...

When the transmission lines are finished, it will spark another round of construction—for the wind developers who have been waiting for the lines to be built before building their projects.

Many states in the Northeast have ambitious clean energy goals to help fight climate change. In the coming decades, they plan to add a lot more renewable energy like wind and solar to the grid, and to ...

Her roots date back four generations on this land. “So we’re currently on a 100-acre farm that originally belonged to my great grandparents.” But Joanne Frederick’s best chance of safeguarding this ...

San Diego Gas & Electric on Friday announced plans to build, own and operate a new transmission line that would run about 100 to 150 miles, going between an existing substation in Imperial Valley to ...

Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) is planning to build new overhead transmission lines and upgrade others across parts of Maryland in response to the retirement of a coal-powered electric generating ...

Iowa OKs $221 million high-voltage transmission project, despite injunction, to help power new Cedar Rapids data centers.

A 31-mile transmission line slated to cross farmland and opposed by some property owners in Grant County, Wash., will cost an estimated $86 million, more than double the original estimate. Inflation, ...