On a few sunny days this spring, California’s solar and wind power plants generated so much juice that grid operators had to throw it away, or curtail generation. The sun was shining, the wind was ...

Tech companies are talking about building in more flexibility to data center demand. They want to use AI tools to help ...

Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla would recognize today's grid, but IEEE engineers say the push for a smart grid will diversify energy sources and improve efficiency and reliability. Martin LaMonica is a ...

The U.S. power grid is under strain. Aging infrastructure, rising demand and extreme weather are testing reliability.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — With the explosive growth of Big Tech’s data centers threatening to overload U.S. electricity grids, policymakers are taking a hard look at a tough-love solution: bumping the ...

America’s electric grid is in grave danger. After decades of relatively flat national electricity demand, a surge of tech data centers, artificial intelligence, and other Big Tech electricity demand ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Dana DiFilippo/New Jersey Monitor) The U.S. does not have a big enough power grid to accommodate rising energy demand — a fact ...

The U.S. does not have a big enough power grid to accommodate rising energy demand — a fact that’s making electricity less affordable and reliable nationwide. But there’s broad public support for ...