Lightning protection and grounding system analysis encompasses the study of how electrical discharges from the atmosphere interact with man-made structures and their earthing arrangements. At its core ...

The rapidly developing industry of renewable power generation can be compared to an hourglass. Inexhaustible supplies of free resources — sun and wind — are converted into a corresponding outflow of ...

The share of wind power in total electric power generation is expected to increase, and with that comes a requirement for this carbon-free source to be more reliable. The most important component of a ...

Electrical substations utilize direct lightning stroke shielding to help ensure proper operation, and to prevent costly damages and extended outages. While modern substation designs and equipment make ...

What is ground-fault protection? The answer depends on whether you are talking about ground-fault protection of equipment or ground-fault protection of people. Just because ground-fault protection is ...

There was a recent lightning incident where fifty people were hurt while standing on wet soil at the moment of a nearby lightning strike that caused an electrical current to flow through the ground.

Okay, I've found out from PolyPhaser that the lightning arrestors on the network referred to in this thread I posted recently were *not* installed correctly. The current setup has the towers grounded ...