The U.S. electricity grid is in need of an upgrade. The basic infrastructure of the grid has not changed much for the last 50-60 years especially in light of the advances in technology that have been applied to other critical industries like healthcare and defense.
NEW YORK -- A day after Hurricane Sandy swept across the nation's most densely populated communities along the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, utilities, ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A $1.5 billion effort to link the nation's three major electricity grids is getting a boost from Japanese investors and a Europea...
Americans on average are the biggest consumers of energy on the planet, and keeping the power that we need flowing is a monumental undertaking. Despite our increasing demand for energy, Americans waste a staggering amount of it.
PORTLAND, Ore. -- The manager of most of the electricity in the Pacific Northwest is running such a surplus of power from hydroelectric dams that it p...
In past generations, we made assumptions about our economy that fit with the spirit of those times. This 20th century spirit is now haunting our present -- and threatening our future.
Originally published at Ecocentric.
So here's a mystery to consider: Why didn't National Vampire Awareness Day catch on? Much of the world is still ...
Research in Motion unveiled its new BlackBerry today, BlackBerry Torch, which features a touchscreen as well as a slide-out keyboard and lots of other cool features.
Amory Lovins believes that savvy entrepreneurs and companies will make the energy transition for one simple reason: it's good business. He believes, because he sees it's happening.
FOWLER, Colo. (AP) - Like many a town on the Eastern Plains, this farming community has seen better days, but now it has a new plan. It is going to di...
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The solution to a perplexing and complicated problem -- supplying continuous energy from a variable source -- could have a fairly simple solution: make connections, create a network, share the resource. Sound familiar?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- President Barack Obama on Tuesday will announce $3.4 billion in government grants to help build a "smart" electric grid that w...