Electricity Generation and Distribution  

• Energy Market Information - Large database of real-time power and gas market information, principally for North America.
• Energy Sector Management Assistance Program of the World Bank - Provides background reports in the power generation, transmission and distribution sectors. Although targeted principally at the broad category of energy i.e. includes gas, oil, and coal.
• Extra Heavy Fuel in Power Plants - Describes concept of recovering diesel oil from a plant's present heavy fuel and burning the resulting extra heavy fuel.
• Generic Generator (Gen-Set) Installation Manual - Tutorial provided by Dexter Hansen to educate potential users of requirements and safety concerns for electric power generator installations. Covers commercial or residential use.
• GridWise Alliance - Project to modernize the US electric grid system and create a collaborative network. Includes mission statement and member list.
• How Stuff Works: How the Power Distribution Grid Works - Photographic tour explains all of the equipment that brings the power to your home.
• Hydroelectric Research and Technical Services Group - Responsible for providing technical support, testing, and diagnostic services for hydroelectric power plants. Describes these areas of activity and provides online technical manuals and other publications.
• Innovative Power Solutions, LLC - Electronic power systems for the aerospace and defense industries.
• Microturbine Cogeneration - Microturbines provide cogeneration by generating both electricity and heat from one source
• Mini-refinery for heavy fuel oil and diesel fuel - Skid mounted oil mini-refinery units at upstream crude oil production site to supply heavy fuel to local power plant and diesel oil to remote small gensets
• Power Engineering - Portal offering current news and information on power generation and distribution.
• Power Systems Technology - The Minisub is a Canadian Standards Association (CSA) approved substation which combines padmount transformers with SF6 switchgear technology.
• Rural Electrification Using SWER (Single Wire Earth Return) - SWER is a method of distributing electric power that is particularly cost effective for rural areas.
• Rural Utility Service Electric Program - The rural electricity program of the United States Department of Agriculture. Contains extensive drawings, designs and descriptions of power distribution networks.
• SGS Statistical Services - SGS has provided the annual SGS Transmission Reliability Benchmarking Study since 1995. The 2001 Study has 30 US systems, comprising 50% of the US grid. Participation is available to all transmission owners or operators in the US and worldwide.
• Spontaneous Flow Heat Pump - A concept for a heat pump that may be useful for electricity generation. The concept allegedly has a French Patent.
• Superconductivity - Library of online technical documents for electric power applications of superconductor technology, high Tc-conductors and related subjects.
• U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) - Provides notices, major orders, and energy information for the electric, gas, oil, and hydro industries.
• VALid Technologies Sarl - Small Hydro Power Plants and power distribution - design, rehabilitation and upgrade, optimization: VALid Technologies has customized solutions for improvements to control and protection concepts and other aspects of small hydro power plants.
• Viking Energy Resources - Viking Energy Resources helps local governments plan, organize, explain, and deliver the promise of electric deregulation to their communities. We maintain relationships with electric suppliers that supportive of electric industry deregulation.