How a new startup plans to power satellites with lasers. A new class of ultrafast AI chips also uses lasers. And startup Axiomatic AI is building better AI models for science and engineering.

Google, Tesla, and several other major companies have thrown their weight behind Utilize, a coalition campaign aimed at squeezing more performance out of the existing U.S. power grid rather than ...

In Nebraska, a publicly owned utility deftly tackles the challenges of delivering on reliability, affordability, and sustainability. One morning in the middle of March, a slow-moving spring blizzard ...

One of the nicest comments people have made about the electrical grid was … nothing. The grid works best when it fades into the background. That low-profile status has changed in recent years as fires ...

In February 2021, Texas came within four minutes and 37 seconds of a complete statewide blackout. A winter storm knocked out 40 percent of the state’s grid capacity in just four hours, leaving ...

For engineering management and engineers, the total power market is rapidly changing globally. Consequently, North American district heating networks and industrial processors are taking note of key ...

A recent report by the global technology company Schneider Electric forecasts potential problems for America's electric grid if more is not done to meet surging power demand. The company's grid ...

A walkway at the Veridian community in Ann Arbor, Michigan. a model net zero energy community. The economics of renewable energy remain attractive despite tariffs on Chinese equipment and various ...

The growing fleet of electric vehicles has both the potential to strain the electric grid while charging and the ability to stabilize the grid by discharging as needed using vehicle-to-grid (V2G) ...