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 ...
With "vehicle-to-grid" technology, EVs turn into a vast network of backup power. That could help stabilize the system and accelerate the adoption of renewables.
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,” ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New EVs are soon expected to be the largest driver of growth in electricity demand, according to the latest California Energy ...
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 ...
A new Senate bill targets the wrong culprit — and risks locking in the wrong fixes.
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 ...
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 ...