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This year will go down in history as the year the energy sector woke up to AI. This is also the year AI woke up to energy. Is the data center power frenzy just the latest of a long line of energy sector bubbles, or is it the dawning of a new normal?

/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Renuvi Energy and RK Mission Critical have teamed with Energy Northwest, a Washington state joint operating agency, to submit a concept...

U.S. electricity rates diverge sharply as differing state energy policies impact costs and grid reliability.

The plan imposes a 90% carbon capture emissions rule onto all future fossil-fuel power plants.

Two years of simulations show that very close to 100% renewable electricity is affordable and feasible for Australia's main grid, using just a few hours of battery storage.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas reported "unofficial" monthly and all-time records for electricity demand were hit Tuesday.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) unveiled Wednesday morning a new communications tool to deliver clear and reliable information about grid…

The Texas legislature is moving forward with legislation reforming energy markets that critics are warning would counteract stated goals of incentivizing more power generation.

Energy storage – both home-scale and utility-scale – has become more relevant as the use of renewable energy for electricity generation proliferates. It is particularly topical recently, as the Inflation Reduction Act includes tax credits specifically targeting energy storage projects. Energy storage (chemical batteries, pumped hydro storage, gravity-based batteries) transports electrical energy through time, from…

The idea, which still lacks some important details and could be changed by state lawmakers, would change how electricity is paid for in tight times. We explain

A new board majority picked by President Joe Biden for the nation's largest public utility has announced a new study of clean energy adoption opportunities throughout the region's economy

The Texas Public Utility Commission has proposed upgrading the state's energy grid in an effort to make it more resilient to extreme weather events

The market redesign is the latest of several efforts by Texas regulators to ensure reliability of electricity supply after a February 2021 deep freeze that...

NuScale executives say they are lobbying Congress to maintain more than $1 billion in federal support for the Utah advanced nuclear project.

New initiatives have been added to California's draft scoping plan, including climate-friendly homes, offshore wind and cleaner airplane fuel.

This summer has already been brutal for ERCOT Tight grid conditions have become nearly a...

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Tesla has filed to change rules for grid operators in Texas in order to enable anyone with solar and batteries, including residential homeowners, to participate in the state's energy market. Since moving to Texas, Tesla has been lobbying to change several energy market rules in order to more efficiently deploy its energy products on the […]