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With legacy load forecasting models struggling with unpredictable events that are becoming ever more common, power-hungry AI offers a solution.
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 digital brains that manage the network but also the ...
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Power grid testing boosts distribution innovations to utility scale
A historic legacy now translates to pioneering capabilities in electric grid technology at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The secure electrical infrastructure that enabled World War II nuclear advances under the Manhattan Project has evolved into the ideal test bed for modernizing the nation's grid for the 21st century.
Integrating distributed energy resources (DERs) such as solar, wind, batteries, and electric vehicles into the power grid is an important part of the energy transition. Utilities and transmission system operators know they need more flexibility when it comes to power generation and delivery,
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It's Time To End The Band-Aid Fixes For The U.S. Power Grid: The Urgent Case For Grid Transformation
Skyrocketing growth in demand, accelerating security threats, extreme weather events and increasing systemic vulnerabilities are straining the grid's infrastructure.
It hasn’t been that long since humans figured out how to create power grids that integrated multiple generators and consumers. Ever since AC won the battle of the currents, grid operators have had to deal with the issues that come with using AC instead ...
Human life is largely dependent on power, and the best power stations from CES 2026 showed us how they create a difference in our lives.