Fossil fuels have struggled in the cold weather. The eastern half of the US saw a monster snowstorm over the weekend. The good news is the grid has largely been able to keep up with the freezing ...

Last month’s sprawling winter storm from Texas to New England was one of the first multigrid tests in the U.S. for big batteries. They passed. Texas, in particular, benefited from energy storage, ...

Mr. Meyer is a contributing Opinion writer and the founding executive editor of Heatmap, a media company focused on climate change. It might not be obvious, but it has been a bit of a challenge to ...

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AI infrastructure is scaling fast, and its need for energy has moved firmly into the spotlight. News cycles are increasingly dominated by debates about AI’s impact on power systems, consumer energy ...

A group that monitors the U.S. electricity system warns that grid reliability is “worsening” and blackout risks are rising for millions of people. By Brad Plumer Reporting from Washington The ...

In 1843, Congress gave Samuel Morse $30,000 to try to send a telegram from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore. Rather than bury the transmission wires underground, where technical issues would be hard to ...

Global electricity demand is surging, and the grid is struggling to keep up, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Global power demand is set to grow by more than 3.5% ...

Global energy company GE Vernova announced the launch of another offering in the group’s GridBeats portfolio, which features software-defined automation solutions designed to modernize electrical ...

The outlook for electric grid reliability in North America is worsening, as demand may outpace supply in the years ahead, according to a key watchdog. In its annual Long-Term Reliability Assessment, ...