On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced that the Department of Energy was awarding a total of nearly $100 million for 54 smart grid workforce training programs. These projects will ...

The Department of Energy announced award selections last month for nearly $100 million for 54 smart grid workforce training programs that will help prepare the next generation of workers in the ...

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In February, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., revealed the outline of the Green New Deal, a long-awaited bill describing a policy platform to mitigate the ...

AI thrives on data but feeding it the right data is harder than it seems. As enterprises scale their AI initiatives, they face the challenge of managing diverse data pipelines, ensuring proximity to ...

Grid scale batteries, smart inverters, and HVDC are transforming grid storage and accelerating transmission build out to ...

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The current power infrastructure is in need of an update for better efficiency, reliability, and safety. Standards organizations and engineers have risen to the challenge, promising to solve many ...

The digital revolution transforming various industries—illustrated by our articles on smart factories and smart cities—is profoundly reshaping the electricity sector. Governments, energy utilities, ...

The term “smart grid” encompasses much more than just power delivery, though that is an important factor. At its core, the main pillar of a smart grid is a two-way connection of energy and information ...