Washington, America’s power center, recently experienced life without power—the kind that gets generated, not the kind that gets wielded. After a nasty storm knocked out the Beltway’s electricity for ...

Smart Grid technology arrived with a bang more than two decades ago, but the first implementations often overpromised and underdelivered. Smart Grid 2.0, however, integrates new technologies to ...

The United States power grid is being pushed harder than at any point in decades, and the strain is no longer theoretical.

The technology was installed at the utility's power distribution control center, where operators work around the clock to manage power distribution for 800,000 customers across Ohio and Kentucky.

Modernizing the electric grid involves more than upgrading control systems with sophisticated software—it requires embedding sensors and automated controls across the entire system. It’s not only the ...

Are we getting accustomed to the smart equipment and apparatuses that make up the smart grid? Are we indifferent about amazing systems that monitor, control and manage the power delivery system? It’s ...

The world’s growing population is becoming increasingly urbanized. According to the UN, more than half of the global population lives in urban areas. For perspective, only one-third of the global ...

Researchers developed an Ag/Sb2O3/Au memristor array that mimics brain-like computing, performing on-device image feature extraction with low power consumption, promising smarter and faster electric ...

When we envision our high-tech energy future, it is easy to overlook the foundational component we inherited from past generations: the power grid. For well over a century, this vast network of ...

Power outage San Francisco affected humans and AI systems alike. As Waymo had to navigate 7,000 dark traffic signals, it ...

Find out why Electrical Engineering has earned the title of 'Guardian of the Grid.' Discover the educational path necessary to manage global energy networks and avoid systemic blackouts, from Power ...

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 ...