Artificial intelligence has captured headlines recently for its rapidly growing energy demands, and particularly the surging electricity usage of data centers that enable the training and deployment ...

An incredible new battery power system in eastern China is showing how the future of clean energy could look: powerful, smarter, and far less reliant on coal. In Taizhou, a major energy storage ...

The UK’s electricity ‘supergrid’ was built in the 1950s – designed for a different era that was reliant on fossil fuels. Here we explore why in an increasingly connected and electrified world, it need ...

On the Monday, March 23, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: Aging infrastructure, rising demand and extreme weather are testing the U.S. power grid in new ways. How can we ensure its reliability?

Under Secretary for Science, lays out a bold vision to double the productivity of U.S. research and development (R&D) within ...

As an electricity crunch drives bills higher around the country, big tech companies building power-hungry data centers are increasingly offering to pay for more of the energy they consume, so everyday ...

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In tropical cities, afternoon thunderstorms can plunge entire neighborhoods into brief moments of darkness. When civil ...

Solar panels are partially covered with snow at Gravel Pit Solar in East Windsor on Feb. 13, 2026. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror As more than a foot of snow fell on parts of Connecticut in the ...