Most homes already have a smart meter that digitally communicates with the electric grid. If you're looking to get rooftop solar panels, a smart meter is an essential piece of equipment. Here's why.

The digital revolution transforming various industries—illustrated by our articles on smart factories and smart cities—is profoundly reshaping the electricity sector. Governments, energy utilities, ...

With legacy load forecasting models struggling with unpredictable events that are becoming ever more common, power-hungry AI ...

First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund is a buy due to strong performance, expected growth in renewable energy infrastructure, and potential of its European holdings. The ...

A novel plan that offers partnership in keeping the United States electric grid stable and reliable could be a win-win for consumers and utility operators. A novel plan that offers partnership in ...

Modernizing the electric grid involves more than upgrading control systems with sophisticated software—it requires embedding sensors and automated controls across the entire system. It’s not only the ...

This year, the fragility of the United States’ outdated electrical grid put a strain on the country like never before. In August, Category 4 hurricane Ida slammed the Gulf Coast, knocking out power to ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna and two ...

In February, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., revealed the outline of the Green New Deal, a long-awaited bill describing a policy platform to mitigate the ...

Despite early attempts to paint the Texas blackouts as the result of over-reliance on renewables, it seems that grid resilience is at fault. That opens up a number of questions about the need for grid ...