Editing Power engineering (section)

==Fields==

[[Electricity generation]] covers the selection, design and construction of facilities that convert energy from primary forms to electric power.

[[Electric power transmission]] requires the engineering of high voltage transmission lines and substation facilities to interface to generation and distribution systems. [[High voltage direct current]] systems are one of the elements of an electric power grid.

[[Electric power distribution]] engineering covers those elements of a power system from a substation to the end customer.

[[Power system protection]] is the study of the ways an electrical power system can fail, and the methods to detect and mitigate for such failures.

In most projects, a power engineer must coordinate with many other disciplines such as civil and mechanical engineers, environmental experts, and legal and financial personnel. Major power system projects such as a large generating station may require scores of design professionals in addition to the power system engineers. At most levels of professional power system engineering practice, the engineer will require as much in the way of administrative and organizational skills as electrical engineering knowledge.