Remember the transformation cellphones made to the communications industry? For the telecom industry — and for all of us customers — life before cellphones was entirely different from life after.

This order will enhance competition and promote greater efficiency in the nation’s electric wholesale markets The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) last week voted to remove barriers to the ...

The latest developments in energy storage promise a greener future for the electrical industry. With more effective and reliable interaction between renewable resources and the grid, greenhouse gas ...

AI is stressing the U.S. grid, forcing energy storage to diversify. Lithium supply chains and long-duration batteries are now ...

The power industry must adapt. Reliable electric service is more important than ever, but the push for green energy and rising cost concerns complicate things. Thankfully, several new technologies ...

The electric power grid is facing a number of challenges from the technological change across the power system and increasing severity and frequency of natural and man-made threats. As the generation ...

Researchers have integrated solar thermal energy and cascade waste heat utilization into a conventional liquid carbon dioxide energy storage system. Through system simulations, they evaluated energy, ...

Researchers in Spain have designed a pumped thermal energy storage system that uses supercritical carbon dioxide as a heat pump and a heat engine. The proposed system is claimed to achieve an ...

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Electrical energy storage could play a pivotal role in future low-carbon electricity systems, balancing inflexible or intermittent supply with demand. Cost projections are important for understanding ...

An aerial photo of Hoover Dam with the Lake Mead reservoir behind. The white lines along the shore indicate the dropping water level of the reservoir as years of less than average rain fall have ...