Grid edge
Promises of a digital grid haven't fully delivered. Will AI change that?
Mapping how AI-based grid tech is getting used for wildfire management, predictive maintenance, transmission optimization, and more
DOE: Failing to invest in grid-enhancing tech will be a 'massive miss'
A liftoff report coming this spring will focus on innovations in grid deployment — including how to bolster the existing grid without adding capacity.
What’s next for Uplight and AutoGrid?
As the companies work to integrate their tech stacks into a single platform, they’re eyeing DER aggregation dominance.
Climate's industrial-sized problem calls for electrification
And renewables can achieve the high heats needed for a large share of industry’s needs.
In the age of AMI 2.0, do we still need smart panels?
Lumin is leaning on partnerships as competition from smart meters mounts.
Duke Energy backs AiDash as the startup moves into asset inspection
The investment underscores growing utility interest in AI, and the startup's broad geographic ambitions.
Kraken’s VPP platform is crossing the pond
In a first-in-the-U.S. pilot, the company is putting more control into the hands of consumers.
Dysfunctional grid interconnection processes leave most ISOs swamped
But ERCOT and CAISO are best-prepared to get their projects connected to the grid, an industry analysis found.
Transmission has a labor problem
For utility darling TS Conductor, finding the workers it needs means looking beyond the energy sector — and in Southern California, that means aerospace.
Understanding the electric transformer shortage
The shortfall in grid equipment is a problem for just about any project that connects to the grid. What’s causing the crunch?
A US city tries a novel approach to microgrids
Can Ann Arbor, Michigan skirt the traditional utility model?
Inside Nvidia’s efforts to spread AI across the grid
Marc Spieler, head of Nvidia’s energy industry practice, explains the company’s strategy to make artificial intelligence useful to utilities.
Under the hood of a novel virtual power plant
Will VPPs become a core piece of utility operations?
A dive into the different business models shaping virtual power plants
An Energy Department VPP expert on the imperative for connecting and dispatching distributed resources
How AI-curious utilities can accelerate adoption of the new tech
Scaling AI will require responsibly expanding its use — moving from crawl to sprint.