Rising electricity demand from EVs and AI is stressing a grid built of centralized, rotating generators. Renewables can ...

Power stored by flywheels, long a mainstay for uninterruptible power systems (UPS), has never been used for grid applications. That could change, according to California Energy Commissioner Art ...

Integrating microgrids through advanced management systems transforms isolated backup power into a dynamic, interconnected foundation for urban grid resilience and stability.

Many observers feel that energy storage has the potential to be one of the ‘next big things.’ A number of companies are working hard at developing and deploying storage technologies, and raising money ...

The study, published in Nature Energy, analyzed the reliability of the electrical supply after splitting larger grids into smaller autonomous cells, called “micro-grids”. A micro-grid would, for ...

Smart grids operate using the same frequency technology we use for televisions and mobile phones, but who gets priority? Television, phones or energy? Andrew Jones of S&C Electric Company explains ...

The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has officially begun its first utility-grade battery ...

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has explained that the disturbances experienced on the national grid on Thursday was caused by a sudden rise in frequency from 50.33Hz to 51.44Hz. The TCN ...