High on a ridge overlooking Maalaea Bay, a small group of students from the Horizons Academy scramble out of vans into the vast open space at the top of the Kaheawa wind farm. They gape for a moment ...

The increasing frequency of climate-related disasters, including hurricanes, wildfires, and heat waves, highlights the ...

Presenters at the inaugural GridWise Global Forum (GGF) in Washington, D.C., September 21 to 23, 2010, had a lot to say about the prospects for smarter grids. This synopsis of facts and opinions ...

A smart grid is a communication and information technology (IT) system used for consumption, delivery, and generation of power. It uses two-way communication to develop an automated and widely ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is ...

A grid is considered resilient when it can either withstand the effects of severe weather or, if severe weather does stop it from functioning, when it is able to “bounce back” and restore electricity ...

With the U.S. government funneling billions of dollars into new grid infrastructure, and private companies rolling out new systems to mitigate outages and developing artificial intelligence that can ...

Since performing research for my book, Climate Capitalism (written with Hunter Lovins) a few years ago, I have become increasingly convinced that the smart grid has the potential to be one of the ...

Technologists often guide a utility’s plans for grid modernization. Though that is a crucial and laudable role, it is not enough. Technologists must also build and articulate a business case for grid ...

The hurried deployment of smart-grid technology could leave critical infrastructure and private homes vulnerable to hackers. Security experts at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas last week warned ...