Noise generators are very useful devices. They are used in test equipment, random number generators, etc. Usually, designers use special Zener noise diodes (at very low current) and transistors (with ...

A generator in the state’s largest coal-fired power plant that broke down in January will be out of service indefinitely, according to operator Xcel Energy. The state’s largest public utility, which ...

France's nuclear regulator has lifted the suspension of the serviceability certificate for one of the three steam generators installed at unit 2 of EDF's Fessenheim nuclear power plant. The ...

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) on Tuesday called for a federal investigation to determine whether Southern California Edison (SCE) intentionally misled regulators regarding the installation of faulty ...

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is offering safety tips on the use of portable generators during power outages amid winter weather, warning that 100 Americans die each year from carbon ...

Colorado utility regulators want to know why a generator in the state’s largest coal-fired power plant has been shut down for two weeks — and they ordered the plant’s operator to tell them as soon as ...

The cost of electricity is being driven up by some Western Australian power producers breaking the rules and charging more ...

Federal energy minister Chris Bowen says he does not expect any need for forced load shedding, as energy market regulators write to generators to remind them of their need to bid fairly in the energy ...