Microgrids have long been viewed as bespoke energy systems mostly deployed by universities, hospitals, and corporations looking to ensure power reliability and reduce costs. Widespread outages caused ...

Australia’s big clean energy projects get a lot of attention, from giant solar farms to the Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro scheme. So ...

The modern United States runs on an invisible machine of wires, transformers, data centers, and control rooms. If that machine failed all at once, life would not simply get less convenient, it would ...

We need to modernize the grid in ways that truly meet the needs of our economy. ​Incremental change is not enough. Bolder ...

Distributed energy resources are advancing the cause of a more resilient and reliable power supply for utilities, homes and businesses, and more. Distributed energy resources (DERs) have become a ...

AI is using a lot of electricity. Energy leaders explain how efficiency, advanced cooling, and flexible data centers can help meet rising electricity demand.

Constant access to electricity is something most people take for granted. Air conditioning, Wi-Fi, and computers — just a few of the daily comforts that support work and relaxation — all depend on a ...

Transmission lines connecting data centers in Loudoun County, Va. Most of the time only about half of America’s power grid’s capacity is in use. The U.S. is entering a new era of energy demand. An ...

Power-grid frequency reflects the balance between electricity supply and demand in a power system. Measuring the frequency and its variations allows monitoring of the power balance in the system and, ...

The GW Ranch project approved on 8,000 windswept acres of West Texas will look like many of the other data centers that have sprung up across the country to support Silicon Valley’s ambitions for ...