Lightning ProtectionProtecting Transformers Protecting Wind Turbines Damages & Costs Avoiding Blackouts Protecting Transformers from Damaging Lightning Strikes- How? A super capacitor could be strategically placed near large transformers, power plants, electrical stations, and grid relay stations, as a DEFENCE. The capacitor would attract the lightning strikes away from the transformers, like a large “lightning rod,” [...]

Lightning ProtectionProtecting Transformers Protecting Wind Turbines Damages & Costs Avoiding Blackouts Wind turbines are tall, isolated towers composed of sensitive electronics, all of which are factors that make lightning a persistent and real threat. A properly installed lightning protection system, however, will intercept the lightning and effectively and safely conduct it to the earth without risking physical destruction to [...]

Lightning ProtectionProtecting Transformers Protecting Wind Turbines Damages & Costs Avoiding Blackouts Lightning Costs and Losses from Attributed Sources   Compiled in April 2008 by the National Lightning Safety Institute: Accurate information about lightning-caused damage is elusive. However, our research suggests realistic U.S. lightning costs and losses may exceed $5 to $6 billion per year. Only [...]

Lightning ProtectionProtecting Transformers Protecting Wind Turbines Damages & Costs Avoiding Blackouts In August of 2019, a major power cut caused by a single lightning strike saw more than 1 million people lose power, and nearly 1,500 trains cancelled or delayed in the U.K. The bolt of lightning triggered an off-shore wind farm and a gas [...]