PLC (Power Line Communication) works on that exact idea, enabling communication using the existing power lines that carry electricity to homes. While the significantly lower infrastructure cost is ...

The University of Washington's 28th annual Dempsey Startup Competition awarded $87,000 to student entrepreneurs and celebrated HashiCorp's founders.

If you have paid close attention to power lines, you might have noticed metal spring-like structures close to the transmission towers. These spring-like structures are known as lightning arresters ...

Still, the fires keep coming. The 2023 fire in Maui that killed 102 people was caused by "reenergization" of broken power lines during high winds that showered sparks into dense, dry vegetation.

Drones that charge right on the power lines they inspect is a promising concept, but comes with plenty of challenges. The Drone Infrastructure Inspection and Interaction (Diii) Group of the ...

Among the things some people worry about is living near power lines. Not just because of the obvious danger if a live wire were to break and fall into a yard or on a house, but because they're ...

The company finished burying 2,500 miles of the most outage-prone power lines ahead of the hurricane season Average outage time for customers served by buried power lines has fallen from 11 hours ...

The two hurricanes that blasted through Florida over the past month left a trail of destruction, but they didn’t leave a clear answer on whether burying power lines will prevent serious damage ...