The Texas power grid is expected to hold up through most weather conditions this winter, even though the emerging data center boom adds a new layer of risk, grid officials said Tuesday. That’s an ...

An early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as prices have tumbled, they are increasingly being used around the world. Andes Solar IV, one of the largest ...

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Warnings have been issued for portions of the United States’ electric power grid amid a forecasted severe geomagnetic storm. The Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) of the National Oceanographic ...

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The utility plans to ask state regulators for approval to add 10 gigawatts of power, enough to support major new industrial growth. The company says it needs to prepare for potential demand from data ...

The electric grid in the U.S. and select other countries will need to be significantly upgraded and expanded to support surging AI-related power demand. GE Vernova and Quanta Services are well ...

A Maryland utility is touting a project that allows owners of Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickups to send power from their vehicles to the grid and get compensated for it. The Baltimore Gas and ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now a major force in the U.S. economy. The rapid expansion of data centers in the United States has emphasized the challenges facing the U.S. electricity sector, which ...

This summer’s record-breaking heat around the country has exposed a major vulnerability in the U.S. economy: our outdated electricity grid. From factory slowdowns to data center outages, the cost of ...

The US power grid is under significant stress due to rapidly increasing electricity demand from AI data centers and electric vehicles, coupled with the retirement of traditional power plants. The grid ...