MIT researchers have designed silicon structures that can perform calculations in an electronic device using excess heat instead of electricity. These tiny structures could someday enable more ...

Sensors are an indispensable tool to inform utility managers of the state of the electricity grid and the occurrence of ...

One of the nicest comments people have made about the electrical grid was … nothing. The grid works best when it fades into the background. That low-profile status has changed in recent years as fires ...

Imagine a restaurant open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week that always maintains a full staff. With the exception of weekend nights and the lunch rush, the restaurant will be empty a lot of the time. But ...

As lawmakers search for ways to bring down utility bills, National Grid is newly proposing rate increases. A spokesman for the utility giant said Thursday, Dec. 18, that it wants an additional $24 per ...

National Grid plans to seek a rate increase for its roughly 950,000 natural gas customers in Massachusetts, one that would drive up their annual payments by an average of around 10 percent starting in ...

The AI boom is having a ripple effect. We’ve seen interest in nuclear and geothermal energy spike. Now, you can add grid tech to the list. Companies that make hardware and software or provide other ...

WORCESTER – Tammy and James Mcguiness caught a lucky break, or it seems that way. The Worcester couple haven’t paid their home electricity bill for several months, a real money saver. But the ...

An early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as prices have tumbled, they are increasingly being used around the world. Andes Solar IV, one of the largest ...

My husband and I built an off-grid cabin 10 years ago, and haven't looked back since. We've learned a lot through years of experience, but we made some mistakes when we first moved here. We should've ...

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Warnings have been issued for portions of the United States’ electric power grid amid a forecasted severe geomagnetic storm. The Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) of the National Oceanographic ...