Why Restarting a Power Grid After Massive Collapse Is So Hard April 29, 2025 By Rachel Morison and William Mathis It’s a worst case scenario that grid operators plan for but hope never to encounter. After one of the worst...
Spain and Portugal Hit With Worst European Blackout in Years April 28, 2025 By Laura Millan, Macarena Munoz and Thomas Gualtieri Most of Spain and all of Portugal were hit by a major blackout that impacted public transport, airports and phone...
Big Tech’s Data Center Boom Poses New Risk to Grid Operators March 21, 2025 By Tim McLaughlin Data Center Alley, a 30-square-mile stretch outside Washington D.C. and home to more than 200 data centers, consumes roughly the...
Hacking Rooftop Solar Is a Way to Break Europe’s Power Grid December 12, 2024 By Eamon Farhat All it takes is one hacker and a batch of faulty solar panels to threaten the safety of Europe’s electric...
Energy Department Awards $2.2B to Strengthen Electrical Grid, Add Clean Power August 7, 2024 By Jennifer Mcdermott The Department of Energy on Tuesday announced $2.2 billion in funding for eight projects across 18 states to strengthen the...
Regulators to Review Power System Performance During Recent Winter Storms February 15, 2024 U.S. energy regulators have launched a review of the performance of the bulk power system during recent winter storms in...