BIG CREEK, Calif. — Nestled high in the Sierra mountains among the pine and fir trees, a little-known man-made wonder may help resolve a pressing energy concern: how to store wind and sun power that ...

Old-timers returned to a mountain Thursday northwest of Lake Jocassee to revel in the success of an engineering marvel built inside a mountain that uses water to provide electricity for nearly 1,000 ...

Visitors to Duke Energy’s Bad Creek Hydro Station need to enter a sloping tunnel to visit the power plant, which is hidden inside a mountain between two manmade lakes. The tunnel opens into a cavern a ...

Converting mechanical energy to fluid form provides the "muscle" in a fluid-power system. The power source is the key element in a fluid-power system. In a pneumatic system the power source is an air ...

The conventional wisdom among car enthusiasts is that hydraulic power steering is good, and the electric-assist power-steering systems that have replaced it in most new cars are bad. Engineering ...

There is a war of hyperbolic statements among enthusiasts, waged both in the comment sections of websites and in the texts of articles. Not one of worldly significance or anything that’d affect our ...

We love tracking down and giving out tips like these tips to improve Saginaw style and hydro-assist steering systems to optimize your power steering system. The job of your 4x4's power steering system ...