On a cloudy day in mid-July, a crew of technicians carried a shiny metal orb, about the size and weight of a kid’s bowling ball, under a 110-kilovolt transmission line running near Hamburg, Germany.

Dynamic thermal rating (DTR) of transmission lines offers a transformative approach to managing energy flows by providing real-time estimates of a conductor’s current-carrying capacity based on actual ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about green energy tech that will change your life. Have you ever noticed power lines sagging lower on a hot summer day?

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) recently announced the successful launch of its Dynamic Line Rating (DLR) and Asset Health Monitoring (AHM) technology demonstration, bringing together advanced ...

Great River Energy’s dynamic line rating (DLR) project is the largest DLR deployment to date in the U.S. based on the number of sensors installed. Early results identified a 48.92% increase in power ...

Irish electricity prices are too high, writes Justin Moran of Wind Energy Ireland, and too much wind power is being wasted every year. A new technology – Dynamic Line Rating – could be deployed ...