ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) is launching a direct-current (DC) data center testbed in Singapore. The company this week announced the launch of the FutureGrid Accelerator, Southeast Asia ...

High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) is today’s key technology for enabling the bulk transport of electricity over long distances. High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) is today’s key technology for ...

The Quantum Electrical Standards Group of the Research Institute for Physical Measurement (Director: Yasuhiro Nakamura) of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST; ...

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If the power grid begins to resemble the Internet due to the proliferation of DER, then new forms of aggregation and distribution will become vital. The fledgling electric utility companies that ...

As the story goes, the rock band AC/DC took its name from a label on an old sewing machine in the Young brothers’ home. It must have meant that the machine could run on either alternating-current or ...

China is hungry for power. A fast expanding middle class is driving relentless demand for electricity. Annual electricity consumption is growing by around 8 per cent, according to the Chinese National ...

Poor Topsy. Thomas Edison killed the ex-circus elephant, electrocuting the animal to demonstrate how dangerous alternating current was. Edison even described electrocution as being “Westinghoused,” ...