Every December, T&D World counts down the top 10 photo galleries of the year and it's that time again. But this year was different from recent years. In the second half of the year, the industry was working furiously to restore power and rebuild infrastructure from a banner year for hurricanes. Harvey, Irma and Maria are now names that will be remembered like Katrina and Ike.
As a result, our top galleries included images of hurricane and storm restoration. Linemen also dominated our top 10 list with their volunteer efforts and extreme work locations (dangling from helicopters or on the tundra). Engineering made it as well, as readers were interested in underground T&D and HVDC.
Following are T&D World's most popular galleries from 2017....
About the Author
Nikki Chandler
Group Editorial Director, Energy
Nikki is Market Content Director for the Endeavor Business Media Energy group, which includes T&D World, EnergyTech and Microgrid Knowledge media brands. She has 30 years of experience as an award-winning business-to-business editor, with 24 years of it covering the electric utility industry. She started out as an editorial intern with T&D World while finishing her degree, then joined Mobile Radio Technology and RF Design magazines. She returned to T&D World as an online editor in 2002, and took over as managing editor in 2017, then market content director in 2023. She has contributed to several publications over the past 30 years, including Waste Age, Wireless Review, Power Electronics Technology, and Arkansas Times. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.S. in journalism from the University of Kansas.