Colin Parris is CTO & SVP of GE Digital, a global leader in digital technology and empowering digital transformation efforts at scale. Have you ever spun a toy top or been on a bicycle as it sailed ...

As we move away from large power plants with massive rotating turbogenerators, there will be problems with maintaining lock-step grid system frequency stability. Wind turbines have much less ...

In simple terms, inertia refers to the energy stored in the rotating masses of synchronous generators, typically found in traditional thermal power plants. This stored kinetic energy acts as a cushion ...

If you’ve ever played with tops, you know that some spin easily while others wobble. Ever wonder why? The answer has to do with rotational inertia, a property shared by all rotating systems. Sometimes ...

Obviously, the penetration of renewable energy in the power system is significantly increasing. However, the renewable energy does not have rotation inertia and damping characteristics of traditional ...

Liverpool (AFP) – Britain's energy operator is betting on an age-old technology to future-proof its grid, as the power plants that traditionally helped stabilise it are closed and replaced by ...