Smart grids are supposed to be the future of our aging electric system. And XCel Energy’s SmartGridCity project was supposed to turn Boulder, Colorado into the ultimate smart grid hub. According to a ...

In December 2011, National Grid submitted an updated proposal to the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities for a 15,000-customer smart grid pilot in Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. As this is ...

Back in 2007, Xcel Energy executives began planning for a grand experiment to take different smart grid technologies the utility had been studying since the 1990s and integrate them all into one ...

Thank you to everyone who conserved electricity on Monday and Tuesday and to those who did not; you owe us one. Winter Storm Heather will not go down in history like 2021’s Winter Storm Uri or 2022’s ...

After Superstorm Sandy pummeled the great State of New Jersey in 2012, more than two million households were without power, many for close to two weeks. A silver lining is that this disaster occurred ...

The off-grid segment of the energy industry is often considered a second-class citizen, but as the industry continues its transition to a more distributed, consumer-centric model, off-grid can offer ...

The growing demand for energy self-sufficiency is helping Queensland-based battery manufacturer Vaulta deliver the next generation of its lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery packs. With more than 4 ...

InForest’s Swedish cabins are completely off the grid, relying on solar power, battery backup, and a limited amount of water. Living in one for a week required some compromises, but fewer than ...