Electricity demand and a greater mix of renewable and fossil generation in the United States requires more attention paid to ...

Louisiana regulators accuse MISO of violating protocol during May outage, questioning failure to cut industrial load before ...

Heatwaves don’t just make you sweat—they can turn ordinary days into nightmares. Imagine your city shimmering in a haze, ...

The Vasa capsized and sank in Stockholm harbor on its maiden voyage in 1628, a short distance from shore. It was a huge embarrassment and a tragic loss of life. The Vasa sinking serves as a reminder ...

Iran and Israel continued exchanging fire for a sixth consecutive day, as former US President Donald Trump met with his ...

Technology is pretty amazing, right? It makes our lives easier in so many ways. But sometimes, things just go wrong. A lot of ...

For Op-Ed’s 40th anniversary, an adaptation of an essay by Richard Price. By Richard Price The massive blackout on Aug. 14, 2003, five years ago, exposed many flaws in the nation’s fragile ...

The massive half-day blackout shows otherwise. The nature of solar and wind generation makes grids that rely on them more prone to collapse—an issue that’s particularly expensive to ameliorate.

Around 12,500 miles above our heads, the satellites that make up the Global Positioning System (GPS) quietly keep the world running. A blackout would result in almost instantaneous chaos. “You ...

After the consistent rains of May, the rain is no longer needed in most areas. Since the beginning of April, the area covered by drought conditions in the Northeast went from nearly 25 percent to ...