Imagine a future where every household functions as an intelligent partner to the electrical grid, providing stored electricity, added stability, and early warnings about potential problems. This is ...

If you connect your panels to the grid, you won't be responsible for producing all your own energy. That's not the case if you go off the grid. Going solar doesn't mean going off the grid -- unless ...

Kicking your utility to the curb sounds like a great deal, but it's more difficult than it sounds. Here's what it takes to go off the grid with solar panels. CNET contributor Eric Mack knows all too ...

Like many North Carolinians, you may have never considered electric substations before last week’s attack in Moore County. Their thickets of metal coils, bars and boxy transformers blend into ...

Dr. Webber is a professor of public affairs and engineering at the University of Texas and the chief technology officer of Energy Impact Partners, a venture fund that has investments in technologies ...

(To get this story in your inbox, subscribe to the TIME CO2 Leadership Report newsletter here.) Michael Polsky, the founder and CEO of renewable energy developer Invenergy, has earned a reputation as ...

If there's one thing we can't live without in our modern world, it's electricity. It provides heat and light, pumps water and fuel, refrigerates food, and breathes life into our TVs, computers and ...

The grid is made up of power generators — such as dams, coal plants or wind turbines — and more than five million miles of power lines carrying electricity all over the country, according to the vice ...

Having spent 30+ years in residential construction, contracting, remodeling, maintenance and home repair, Deane now contributes DIY, informational and financial content as a freelance writer and ...

Grid technology stocks have surged 30% this year, with Wall Street analysts seeing more upside ahead despite AI sector bubble fears. The sector’s growth is driven by fundamental infrastructure needs, ...

Even as the state’s grid holds up this winter, a federal report is raising questions about a heavy reliance on natural gas. In the three years since deadly blackouts paralyzed Texas, two major winter ...

When the lights went out across the Iberian Peninsula in April, everything ground to a halt. Scores of people were trapped in Madrid’s underground metro system. Hospitals in Lisbon had to switch to ...