More than 10,000 proposed solar, wind, and battery projects are currently waiting in line to connect to the U.S. electric grid—more than enough to hit a target of 90% clean energy by 2035. But many of ...

The U.S. power grid has hit an inflection point, and how we respond will determine if we sink or swim, writes contributor ...

The author recently installed a complex solar-battery system. Learn how solar inverter is connected to the grid and how each inverter functions when connected or not connected to the grid. Welcome to ...

A virtual power plant (VPP) is a network of decentralized, small- to medium-scale power generating units, flexible power consumers, and storage systems that are aggregated and operated as a single ...

Johanna Mathieu works for the University of Michigan. She has received funding from the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, ARPA-E, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. She is affiliated ...

Willing to let your utility borrow your thermostat? It could help save billions of dollars in infrastructure costs while lowering your power bill. Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led ...

It hasn’t been that long since humans figured out how to create power grids that integrated multiple generators and consumers. Ever since AC won the battle of the currents, grid operators have had to ...

NRG Energy. CenterPoint Energy. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, better known as ERCOT. Various corporations affiliated with the Texas power grid are household names in Houston. But what do ...

Picture this scenario: At 2:37 a.m. during a storm, lightning strikes a distribution feeder line in rural Wisconsin. A massive power surge races through the distribution network. Instead of triggering ...

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Bjorn Sturmberg received funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (grant number 2019/ARP061). The views expressed in this document do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian ...

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