A Grid Collapse Would Make a Heat Wave Far Deadlier
Climate change is making summers hotter, blackouts more common, and heat-related illness more dangerous. The power system may be resilient—but it still ..
Climate change is making summers hotter, blackouts more common, and heat-related illness more dangerous. The power system may be resilient—but it still ..
If you agree to provide some of your car’s battery power in times of high energy demand, you’ll get paid, and help make the grid more stable. ..
Scorching temperatures in the Golden State are a test case for a more flexible energy grid. ..
Air conditioning saves lives. But as the planet warms, more AC use stresses the grid and drives up emissions, accelerating climate change. ..
Every so often, our star fires off a plasma bomb in a random direction. Our best hope the next time Earth is in the crosshairs? Capacitors. ..
Proposals for wind, solar, and battery storage projects are running into a logjam of paperwork and grid connection issues. ..
Researchers have designed a molten salt battery that turns solid at room temperature, trapping the energy inside. ..
In late February, Ukraine began a long-planned 72-hour test to unhook its electricity grid from Russia’s. Then the invasion started. ..