California needs a smarter, more flexible power grid — and EVs are actually one of the most powerful tools we have to strengthen it.

The year has ended, but the energy transition keeps chugging along. In 2024, clean energy deployments reached new heights in the U.S., with Texas and California proving that huge amounts of solar and ...

Electric vehicles are being sold as the ultimate solution. Clean transportation paired with grid support sounds perfect, right? Here's the thing though. The reality is way messier than the sales pitch ...

The electricity grid is a real bottleneck for energy in the United States, and it’s not only utilities and grid operators who are struggling. Grid congestion also puts pressure on renewable energy ...

AMES, Iowa – Bringing renewable energy to the power grid raises all kinds of “internet-of-things” issues, said Iowa State University’s Manimaran Govindarasu. That’s because “everything is connected,” ...

There is a rising chorus of concern across the energy industry that the electric grid is facing a surge in power use that our infrastructure won’t be able to handle. The historical stewards of our ...

The Smart Grid Research Consortium has announced the successful completion of its two-year software development project with the formal release of the Smart Grid Investment Model. The Smart Grid ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. transmission grid isn’t growing fast enough to meet the country’s skyrocketing demand for power. That’s making ...

When you flip the switch, the lights come on. But in Illinois, after years of sweeping reforms to the energy industry and growing demand for electricity, that premise is coming into question. Several ...

Ever since Hurricane Maria ravaged transmission lines, substations and other components of Puerto Rico’s grid in 2017, the archipelago has been consistently plagued with rolling blackouts and energy ...