The modern electricity grid is a complex system of systems, operating in a highly politicized monopolistic environment, that is bounded by the technical potential and economic realities of ...

The end game may be emerging in the enormous and controversial proposed merger of Virginia-based Dominion Energy and Florida’s Next Era Energy. Announced in mid-May, the companies bill it as creating ...

Reality check: It takes around five years, on average, for generation and transmission projects to move through review. “The current permitting system is broken,” Xan Fishman, vice president of energy ...

In Australia has abundant sunshine, but generating solar electricity is only part of the challenge. Homeowners also need to understand when their systems produce power, when their households consume ...

On July 22, 2026, approximately 3,800 MW of data center load unexpectedly disconnected from PJM’s grid in Northern Virginia following a transmission fault. The facilities transferred to backup ...

The U.S. electricity market is sending several signals at once. Commercial demand is rising. Wholesale prices are elevated in some regions. PJM is trying to accelerate new generation and storage.

The agency’s new Fusion Science and Technology Roadmap sets a lofty goal: reaching US commercial production by the mid-2030s (with the help of AI, advanced computing, and public-private collaboration) ...

For most of the last decade, the biggest energy story in tech was renewable energy procurement — wind and solar PPAs signed by the gigawatt, corporate sustainability pledges, RE100 commitments. In ...

Last week, Microsoft filed a Ratepayer Protection Tariff with the Nevada Public Utilities Commission—and some energy pros are into it. The details: It would 1) require large-load customers to pay the ...

Hot rocks are so hot right now. Geothermal is making headlines (and amassing billions on the stock market) as a baseload contender to ease the capacity crunch. But for the hype to meet reality, it’ll ...

That’s because rising electrification demand, particularly from data centers, has created a “significant market imbalance,” WoodMac reports. In late 2025, global orders reached 110 GW—but ...

The modernization of electric distribution grids is essential for enhancing their reliability, efficiency, and responsiveness. An important key to this modernization is the implementation of advanced ...