Infrastructure
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U.S. Grid Interconnections: How They Operate and Why Reliability Matters
WASHINGTON, July 13 — The North American power transmission grid is not a single national network but a…
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Russia Oil Exports Hit by Energy Infrastructure Attacks, Economy Feels Pinch
MOSCOW, July 13 — Against the backdrop of continued Western sanctions and shifting global energy alliances, Russia’s petroleum…
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Stavropol Krai: Key Hub for Russian Energy and Military Logistics
STAVROPOL — A strike on an oil depot in Stavropol Krai on January 29, 2025, marked one of…
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Dam Projects Displace 15,000, Alter River Ecosystems
WASHINGTON, July 11 — The calculus of American water management has always carried a strategic price. From the…
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John L. Savage designed Hoover Dam and 60 other dams worldwide
WASHINGTON, July 11 — The strategic calculus of American water and power infrastructure owes a significant debt to…
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Hoover Dam and TVA Generated Billions in Jobs and Power
WASHINGTON, July 11 — The economics of hydroelectric power in the United States tell a story of massive…
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TVA Transformed Depression-Era South With Dams and Power
WASHINGTON, July 11 — The Tennessee Valley Authority was created by an act of the U.S. Congress on…
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Engineering the Impossible: How the Panama Canal Was Built
PANAMA CITY, July 10 — The Panama Canal stands as one of the most audacious and strategically consequential…
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Stevens’ Bold Plan Reshaped the Panama Canal’s Fate
WASHINGTON, July 10 — The figure that matters: two years. That is how long John Frank Stevens served…
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Energy Infrastructure Targeted In Modern Conflicts And Wars
MOSCOW, July 10 — The targeting of energy infrastructure has re-emerged as a central tactic in modern conflict,…
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Transcontinental Railroad Created National Market, Spurred Western Industry
WASHINGTON, July 10 — The transcontinental railroad, that great steel sinew binding the American continent, did not merely…
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Pacific Railroad Acts of 1862 and 1864: How Federal Land Grants and
WASHINGTON, July 10 — The Pacific Railroad Acts of 1862 and 1864 remain among the most consequential federal…
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Xylem, Evoqua, IDE Technologies Lead Water Tech Innovation
NEW YORK, July 9 — $5.2 billion. That single figure tells you where the money is flowing in…
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Richard Glick Shapes Wholesale Power Markets and Grid Reliability
WASHINGTON, July 8 — Richard Glick, who served as Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, remains a…
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U.S. Power Grid Faces Reliability Challenges as Aging Infrastructure Rises
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The United States electricity grid is a sprawling, aging machine, and the numbers tell…
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FDR’s New Deal: Hoover Dam, TVA Transform America’s Rivers
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The strategic transformation of the American landscape during the Great Depression remains one of…
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China’s Three Gorges Dam: 22,500 MW Power, Heavy Costs
BEIJING, July 8 — The world’s largest hydroelectric power station, the Three Gorges Dam on China’s Yangtze River,…
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1930s Mega-Engineering: Hoover Dam and TVA Tamed Rivers
BOULDER CITY, Nevada, July 8 — The Hoover Dam stands 726 feet tall on the Colorado River at…
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Novorossiysk: Russia’s Critical Oil Export Hub Under Threat
NOVOROSSIYSK — The black smoke has long since cleared from the waters off Russia’s largest oil export port,…
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Transcontinental Railroad Cost $115M, Transformed Nation
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The transcontinental railroad cost an estimated $115 million to build. That figure, equivalent to…
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Golden Spike Ceremony Completes First Transcontinental Railroad
PROMONTORY SUMMIT, Utah Territory, May 10 — The golden spike has been driven. On May 10, 1869, at…
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Key Players in Grid Management: RTOs, ISOs, and Federal Regulators
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The architecture of America’s electricity grid is a patchwork of regional bodies, each with…
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U.S. Accelerates Grid Modernization Amid Rising Energy Demands
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The hum of transformers and the crackle of high-voltage lines are the soundtrack of…
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Copper remains the backbone of global electrical infrastructure
CHICAGO, July 7 — The copper inside a new AI data center is disappearing before the servers ever…
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