On April 28, 2025, the Iberian Peninsula experienced a significant and sudden blackout, plunging large portions of Spain and Portugal into darkness and disrupting critical infrastructure for millions of people. The outage occurred at around midday, severing approximately 60% of the region’s electricity supply in seconds. The initial cause remains … [continued]
Growth in data centers has reached a fever pitch in many parts of America and is threatening to increase carbon emissions.
There are lots of people who think it does no good to electrify things like cars and home heating equipment if the electricity they use comes from coal-fired thermal generating stations. After all, it is widely understood that coal plants create more carbon emissions than any other thermal generation technology. … [continued]
Researchers are designing electric grid infrastructure that fails in a controlled way so it can be repaired more quickly.
Brayton Point, one of the largest and dirtiest coal-fired generating stations in New England, closed in 2017 after bitter opposition from environmental groups. Now it will be a support site for the offshore wind industry, which plans to take advantage of the existing grid connection infrastructure.
The evidence keeps piling up. Climate change will have a major impact on Americans and cost trillions of dollars. Why is no one in authority paying the slightest attention?
A new international study finds that renewables create frequency fluctuations in the electrical grid, but less so than power sharing arrangements that have been part of grid operations for decades. However, frequency fluctuations can be a concern for microgrids.
When Congress returns from its summer vacation it will consider legislation that could energize investment in renewable energy projects with an almost “cash for clunkers”-like fervor. Like the cash for clunkers legislation (and American Idol, and The Office), a feed-in tariff bill would be a ripoff of a European idea … [continued]
