By Tim McLaughlin BOSTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - U.S. electric grid operators on Saturday stepped up precautions to avoid rotating blackouts as frigid weather hitting half of the country's population stressed their operations.

People in the power industry understand inertia and its importance to grid stability. As large thermal power plants and other inertia-providing units are replaced with renewable resources that provide no inertia, grid stability is at risk. Cost-effective ...

Power grids and electrical transformers keep the lights on and our worlds running, but is US energy infrastructure susceptible to hackers?

As countries accelerate carbon neutrality goals, power grids face increasing complexity from renewable energy integration, electrification, and variable loads. These changes require greater system flexibility and control.

Smart Grid technology arrived with a bang more than two decades ago, but the first implementations often overpromised and underdelivered. Smart Grid 2.0, however, integrates new technologies to provide actionable intelligence, coupled with advanced ...

Modernizing the electric grid involves more than upgrading control systems with sophisticated software—it requires embedding sensors and automated controls across the entire system. It’s not only the digital brains that manage the network but also the ...

BOLINGBROOK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--G&W Electric, a global leader in innovative power grid solutions, today announced the availability of its Accusense® VS-27-UG voltage sensor, a fully integrated voltage sensing solution designed to deliver precise, real ...

Keep an eye on your electric bill. It is probably about to jump higher. A lot higher. How much will it go up? That depends on where your manufacturing activity happens, and many other variables, so the increases will vary for different customers.