Town of Carolina Beach on LinkedIn: Duke Energy will be replacing power poles along Lake Park Blvd., between… (2024)

This is very on point! This is the biggest part of the issue with going all electric... we are nowhere near capable to provide enough for any one big city let alone a state or region. #electric #utilityindustry #utilities #utilitymanagement #utilitylocating #infrastructure #infrastructures #infrastructuresecurity #infrastructureprojects #infrastructuremanagement

Great article from the WSJ about the importance of utility poles. Nice to see the national press aware of the importance of the space that Osmose and our utility and telecom customers play in every day. #resiliency #energytransition

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Steamification is the alternative

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VIDALIA, Ga.—Electric cars. The solar build-out. Washington’s rural-broadband initiative. Utilities bracing the grid for stronger storms. They all depend on the same thing: big trees.The utility-pole business is booming, thanks to a flood of public and private infrastructure spending. So the hunt is on for the tallest, straightest, knot-free conifers, which are peeled, dried and pressure-treated at facilities such as Koppers Holdings’ pole plant in southeastern Georgia’s pinelands. Employees cruise surrounding pine plantations, marking pole-worthy loblolly and longleaf and making offers. The bigger, the better these days, given how much more equipment and cable poles must hold in the era of fiber optics and electric cars, said Jim Healey, Koppers’ vice president of utility and industrial products.

By restructuring the grid's disturbance reserve in alternative ways, more physical capacity (redundancy capacity) becomes available for regular electricity transport.

Did you know that #geothermal can be used to provide heat to entire neighborhoods? And that there are pilots under way in the U.S. right now? And maybe even near you? (hello Massachusetts!) It's never too late to register for this webinar tomorrow and see what the future of decarbonizing our cities will look like.

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Whether you’re looking for parts, dealing with a large-component repair, or just want to make sure your next outage is smoother and more predictable, GE Power is a full life cycle provider that can make sure your #SteamTurbines operate reliably over the long haul. Our experts can answer your questions because we’ve seen it all.Plan your next outage with GE Power: https://invent.ge/3QEVfMR#FutureOfEnergy #Decarbonization #Electrification #EnergyTransition

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Housebuilding industry held back by electric grid miscalculations, new research shows.Read the full article here ~https://lnkd.in/e9x_c626#hbd #housebuilder #housebuilding #electricity #research #newhomes #infrastructureTurley

Great example of creative thinking re grid stability: invest in distributed resources with home batteries instead of investing more in weather-vulnerable poles & wires. #ClimateEmergency Green Mountain Power proposes energy storage for all Vermonters https://lnkd.in/gvypGdXn