Category: Solutions

December 10, 2025

Electrical reclosers are essential for protecting distribution feeders from overcurrent events. These events range from wildlife or vegetation contacting a power line, to lightning strikes, or fallen lines. Reclosers clear transient faults—such as a branch touching a line—by…

September 5, 2025

Cable accessories are used to connect, seal, terminate, and insulate power cables from their surrounding environment at the transmission and distribution level. Cable accessories are installed on transmission and distribution power lines connected to distribution networks, substations, renewable…

July 3, 2025

The reliability of the grid significantly influences various aspects of our daily lives ranging from essential services such as hospital, factories, and telecommunications systems to government operations, water production and residential power supply. Instances of system failures and…

June 17, 2025

Demand for electricity has increased over the past decade due to urbanization, data centers, and the increase in electronics availability. The expectation is that the lights will always be on. When distribution is interrupted even temporarily by a…

August 20, 2024

An arc flash is a type of electrical explosion or discharge that results from a low-impedance connection through air to ground or another voltage phase in an electrical system. This phenomenon occurs when an electric arc causes a…

October 19, 2021

This fall, the Bolingbrook, Illinois headquarters of G&W Electric has been bustling with activity, even more than usual. This is due in part to the recently announced microgrid project, which is turning the roof of the Bolingbrook facility…