electrical grid

High voltage engineer working on power lines at night.

Google thinks AI can untangle the electrical grid’s bureaucracy

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There has been a lot of angst among tech companies and policymakers about a looming power shortage on the grid ...

A shipping container holds XL Batteries' demonstration battery equipment.

XL Batteries is using petrochemical infrastructure to store solar and wind power

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Plenty of materials — from sulfur and sodium to manganese and organic molecules — have tried to topple the ubiquitous ...

Power lines loom on the horizon at sunset.

Former Tesla exec Drew Baglino’s new startup is rethinking the electrical transformer

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Former Tesla executive Drew Baglino has a new startup developing solid-state transformers for the electric grid, Axios reported. The new ...

High voltage engineer working on power lines at night.

Nvidia thinks AI can solve electrical grid problems caused by AI

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Nvidia announced Thursday it’s partnering with EPRI, a power industry R&D organization, to use AI to solve problems facing the ...

AI energy demand spurs innovation in unlikely place: electric utilities

AI energy demand spurs innovation in unlikely place: electric utilities

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Useless high-voltage power lines risk sparking California fires

Useless high-voltage power lines risk sparking California fires

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No one knows how many miles of idled or abandoned power lines cross the state’s hillsides and forests. Read More

Solar panels stand in front of a high-voltage power line.

Solar crushed 2024, but emissions were up as industry used more natural gas

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The U.S. invested a record-breaking $338 billion in the energy transition last year, according to a new report, but it ...

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ElectronX is building a stock market for electricity trading

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Renewable electricity is cheap and clean, but also less predictable than firing up a gas turbine. Turns out that’s both ...

Water flows through the spillway at the Bonneville Dam.

Trump admin reverses hydropower layoffs that sparked grid stability fears

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This month, the Trump administration instituted sweeping cuts within the federal agencies in charge of power from hydroelectric dams, raising ...

Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro announces plan to fast-track power plants and hydrogen projects amid energy crunch

Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro announces plan to fast-track power plants and hydrogen projects amid energy crunch

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Shapiro’s plans elicited applause from renewable energy advocates, while business groups echoed Republican criticism, but said they were encouraged by ...

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