The modern United States runs on an invisible machine of wires, transformers, data centers, and control rooms. If that ...

Skyrocketing growth in demand, accelerating security threats, extreme weather events and increasing systemic vulnerabilities ...

Distributed energy resources (DERs) have become a major part of the power generation landscape, particularly in support of a ...

The center hosts laboratories for large-scale grid simulation and for designing technologies that can be tested with real ...

One of the nicest comments people have made about the electrical grid was … nothing. The grid works best when it fades into the background. That low-profile status has changed in recent years as fires ...

As the United States stands on the brink of a new era of potential industrial growth, one critical component is still a giant question mark: the electrical grid. The vast network of power plants, ...

Artificial intelligence has captured headlines recently for its rapidly growing energy demands, and particularly the surging ...

A team of researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed more robust circuit breakers that are compatible with direct current (DC), paving the way for lower ...

A historic legacy now translates to pioneering capabilities in electric grid technology at the Department of Energy’s Oak ...

Oregon and Washington are falling so far behind on upgrades to the electrical grid that the states could start seeing rolling blackouts during extreme weather as soon as next year, according to a ...

Fort McCoy’s Directorate of Public Works (DPW) and Xcel Energy continue to work together to finish the process of changing the electrical grid on post from a Delta Electrical System to a Wye ...