The commercial license agreement for a frequency-responsive technology that tells an electric vehicle's (EV's) battery charger when to start and stop charging based upon existing conditions on the electric grid…
Smart Grid
Implications of smart grid development, projects, and policies for the power industry
The topic of the impact of solar storms on our interconnected civilization—particularly on the U.S. electric system—is becoming a hot issue, with a number of new studies, warnings and regulatory…
Bill Gates didn’t mince words last night when sharing with the IHS CERAWeek crowd his thoughts about public support for basic scientific research in the United States. “It’s an incredible…
Among the early-stage energy technology projects on display at last week’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Energy Innovation Summit were two from the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) that have…
The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) may be the most important federal agency many in the power industry have never heard of. Whatever generation technology you are associated with, ARPA-E’s…
The Department of Energy (DOE) last week announced the availability of up to $20 million for the development of tools and technologies to enhance cybersecurity of delivery control systems for…
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Thursday proposed four reforms intended to reduce the time and cost to process transmission interconnection requests from generating facilities of 20 MW or…
A terrorist attack on the U.S. electricity delivery system could wreak much more havoc and disruption than the devastation wrought by Superstorm Sandy last fall, according to a 2007 report…
Achieving a balance between affordable and sustainable electricity while improving reliability is a challenge unlike any the electricity sector has faced since its inception. Technology innovations in key areas such…
Solar flares have proven destructive effects on transmission grids, but there are many other “black swan events” that threaten modern civilization. Experts disagree about which protective steps should be taken…