It is a hospital's nightmare: The power goes out and backup generators don't kick in, leaving critically ill patients without the mechanical help they need to breathe. It happened in New Orleans after ...

In the nearly monthly power outages like the one over the weekend, the Madison County Emergency 911 can lose radio signal due ...

Oct. 30, 2012— -- Paramedics and other medical workers began to evacuate patients from New York University Langone Medical Center due to a power outage caused by Tropical Storm Sandy, followed by ...

Another generator failed at the North Anna plant in Virginia following an August earthquake. Generators have not worked when needed in at least a dozen other instances since 1997 because of mechanical ...

Encouraging results from recent up-tower testing at a wind farm in Oregon indicate that the conductive-microfiber bearing protection ring is preventing generator bearing damage. Designed by the ...

The Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station north of Omaha was taken offline Wednesday morning when the plant’s main generator failed. The Omaha Public Power District called the problem a “lockout” that ...

SHAWANO COUNTY (WLUK) -- Be careful going out onto the Wolf River for the rest of the winter, Shawano County sheriff's officials warn. The sheriff's office says the Balsam Row Road Dam is not ...