Powerlink Queensland will use a helicopter to string the conductor wires onto the new Nebo to QR Bolingbroke transmission line from late September to early November. Powerlink Chief Operating Officer ...

FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. — The temperature was hovering around 12 degrees Thursday morning as Cody Cannon hovered about 140 feet above the ground. Cannon, an aerial lineman with Haverfield Aviation, was ...

FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. — The temperature was hovering around 12 degrees Thursday morning as Cody Cannon hovered about 140 feet above the ground. Cannon, an aerial lineman with Haverfield Aviation, was ...

A pair of companies is using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for powerline construction. Sharper Shape, a drone-based automated inspection provider, and SkySkopes, a professional UAS flight operator, ...

Drone technology is relatively new – but the clear success of drone implementation has led to rapid adoption in the energy industry. Leading commercial drone manufacturer MMC has now completed over ...

Help wanted: Must be willing to dangle from a helicopter while installing power lines and related devices. Work in winds up to 30 mph. Airborne linemen fitting that job description and their pilot ...

The 500-kilovolt lines are being threaded through Segment 7, a 9-mile stretch of the utility’s Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project. That portion runs from the 210 Freeway to the 60 Freeway. “We ...

On 15th Mar., 2017, top industrial drone manufacturer MMC had power line stringing project for EGAT (Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand) in Thailand. That’s another successful transnational ...

Seeking to keep up with development of the Marcellus Shale and the changing power generation landscape, PPL Electric Utilities requested approval to build 725 miles of new transmission line stretching ...

FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. — The temperature was hovering around 12 degrees Thursday morning as Cody Cannon hovered about 140 feet above the ground. Wonder what it's like to dangle from a helicopter while ...