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How Can Redox Flow Batteries Prevent Power Outages?

How Can Redox Flow Batteries Prevent Power Outages?

Redox flow battery microgrids could be the answer to disaster-caused outages.


Can Hybrid Plant Design Ease Grid Congestion?

Can Hybrid Plant Design Ease Grid Congestion?

Solar- and wind-plus-storage power systems add value to energy transmission, but can they ease connection backlogs?


News Nov 14, 2024 by Shannon Cuthrell
STMicro Programmable SoC PLC Improves Smart Grid Communication

STMicro Programmable SoC PLC Improves Smart Grid Communication

STMicroelectronics’ ST85MM programmable powerline communication supports modern field-proven meters and communication standards.


new products Nov 09, 2024 by Jake Hertz
NVIDIA, SCE Power Grid Modernization With AI

NVIDIA, SCE Power Grid Modernization With AI

NVIDIA is partnering with utilities to develop AI tools for transmission and distribution grids.


News Nov 06, 2024 by Shannon Cuthrell
Supercapacitors: Improving STATCOM Ops, Enhancing Grid Stability

Supercapacitors: Improving STATCOM Ops, Enhancing Grid Stability

Grid operators can improve power quality, stabilize voltages, and achieve stability using static synchronous compensators.


Smart Meters, Smarter Grids: Forging AMI Partnerships

Smart Meters, Smarter Grids: Forging AMI Partnerships

Trilliant’s partnerships aim to provide improved energy management services.


News Nov 02, 2024 by Jake Hertz
How Can Smart EV Charging Manage Grid Load?

How Can Smart EV Charging Manage Grid Load?

With EV adoption rising, utilities must decide between infrastructure upgrades or smart charge management to ease grid stress. 


Solar-Powered Line Sensors Predict Wildfires

Solar-Powered Line Sensors Predict Wildfires

Gridware uses solar-powered sensors and artificial intelligence to detect fire risks.


News Oct 25, 2024 by Shannon Cuthrell
AI Stabilizes the Grid by Sharing Energy Between Buildings

AI Stabilizes the Grid by Sharing Energy Between Buildings

Researchers demonstrated how algorithms can facilitate energy-sharing between urban buildings to ease grid strain. 


Lessons From California: Solar+Storage=Grid Resilience

Lessons From California: Solar+Storage=Grid Resilience

Here’s how California overcame grid resilience issues during summer heatwaves. 


Reinforcement Learning Improves Smart Grid Management

Reinforcement Learning Improves Smart Grid Management

The algorithms adapt to the challenges of managing renewables and distributed resources.


Breaking the Backlog: How To Solve Europe’s Wind Delays

Breaking the Backlog: How To Solve Europe’s Wind Delays

Wind farms wait for months for grid connection. What’s causing the delays, and what will it take to streamline the process?


Tapping DER Solar+Storage To Meet Peak Demand

Tapping DER Solar+Storage To Meet Peak Demand

Rocky Mountain Power retrofits storage batteries for solar users in Utah.


News Oct 10, 2024 by Shannon Cuthrell
The Internet of Things Is Making Renewables Integration Easier

The Internet of Things Is Making Renewables Integration Easier

How is the IoT taking over renewable energy management?


Wish List: What Power Pros Need To Meet Future Energy Demands

Wish List: What Power Pros Need To Meet Future Energy Demands

What do power industry leaders prioritize in modernizing the grid?


Wireless Retrofit Extends Smart Meter Range

Wireless Retrofit Extends Smart Meter Range

The Antenna Company and Texas Metering are collaborating to enhance wireless connectivity for off-network smart meters.


News Aug 26, 2024 by Jake Hertz
More than Monitoring: How Observability Keeps Power Flowing

More than Monitoring: How Observability Keeps Power Flowing

As grid operations become more complex, energy engineers use observability, digital tools, and artificial intelligence to view and evaluate the…


Grid Interrupted: Differential Relay Communications in Smart Grid

Grid Interrupted: Differential Relay Communications in Smart Grid

In this age of electrification, a resilient grid means never having to say you’re sorry for an unexpected power outage. Differential protection…


Deloitte, Utilidata Team Up With AI for Smarter Grids

Deloitte, Utilidata Team Up With AI for Smarter Grids

Deloitte Consulting and Utilidata will jointly develop real-time, data-driven artificial intelligence tools enabled by NVIDIA processors to help…


News Jul 11, 2024 by Mike Falter
Summer Peaks: Can Virtual Power Plants Handle the Heat?

Summer Peaks: Can Virtual Power Plants Handle the Heat?

Electricity use will grow significantly in the next five years, causing higher summer demand. Can virtual power plants handle the peak load growth?