AI Data Centers Put Australia’s Power Grid Under New Pressure

Australia’s energy operator warned that AI data centers could create grid stability risks as compute demand grows across APAC.
pv magazine International

Software can unlock 300 GW of capacity on U.S. grid without building a single power plant

Advanced grid-scanning software, as detailed on the Energy Empire podcast with host Jigar Shah, is uncovering massive blocks ...
ElectrekOpinion

Hurricanes, heat domes, and holding up the grid with home batteries [update]

As rooftop solar and home batteries show up in more and more places, however, we're building something bigger than a backup: ...
MIT Technology Review

Entrepreneurs in Nairobi make the case for going solar

Matt Carr, the CEO and cofounder of Agsol, the company that designed Wanjiru’s mill, is here with me, visiting to get her feedback on his product. One issue bothers her. “It can be slow,” Wanjiru ...
Wired

GM Wants Your Electric Car to Power Your House—and Your Neighborhood

Some 250,000 electric vehicles manufactured by General Motors are driving around the US today—right now!—with an oft-secret capability: Their big, powerful batteries can charge other things.
T&D

DOE Releases Report for Distribution Transformers in Electrical Power Grid

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) has released a report for distribution transformers in the electrical power grid. The report, prepared by researchers at the National ...
Frontiers

Virtual Power Plants and the Flexibility Frontier: Aggregating Distributed Energy Resources for Smarter Grid Balancing and Ancillary Service Provision

The rapid proliferation of variable renewable energy is reshaping how power systems are balanced. As conventional ...