Have you ever thought about where your electricity comes from? Maybe you picture massive generators or big spinning turbines. That’s been the norm for over a century. But what if your home, your ...

Over the past decades power grids have undergone a transformation towards smaller and more intermittent generators – primarily in the form of wind and solar generators – as well as smaller ...

The challenge posed by surging demand for electricity from data centers and high-performance computing facilities presents an ideal time for innovative energy solutions that efficiently improve grid ...

Picture an all-electric home with smart appliances that talk to each other via WiFi to figure out when to pull power from the grid. That’s the idea behind something called ‘virtual power plant’ ...

Tens of thousands of homes equipped with rooftop solar and home battery storage in California and Texas are linking up in the latest examples of a growing and innovative energy solution called the ...

A bill introduced by Assemblymember Anna Kelles aims to harness home batteries, electric vehicles, and other clean tech to ...

As Oregon’s energy demands increase, lawmakers are looking for ways to help cut the strain, at least during high peak times. A smart thermostat and electric vehicle. "Virtual power plants" can help ...

increased digital dependency. Image: NASA/Unsplash. Virtual power plants are emerging as a potentially critical means of meeting the growing power demands from data centres in the US and beyond. David ...

The storm-prone city is making its local utility design a $28 million incentive program to get hundreds more backup batteries ...

In an effort to combat rising electricity bills, local and state governments are increasingly experimenting with “virtual power plants” — networks of rooftop solar panels, home batteries, smart ...