As a massive winter storm barrels across the U.S., power grid operators are taking extraordinary steps to keep the lights on and avoid rolling blackouts. The storm, stretching more than 2,300 miles, ...

An early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as prices have tumbled, they are increasingly being used around the world. Andes Solar IV, one of the largest ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now a major force in the U.S. economy. The rapid expansion of data centers in the United States has emphasized the challenges facing the U.S. electricity sector, which ...

Massive data centers are pushing energy demand higher. Some people claim that AI will be a net benefit for the grid. The rising popularity of AI is driving an increase in electricity demand so ...

The Water in the West Colloquium will feature a variety of presentations, panels, and roundtables on issues surrounding local/regional waterways and their relationship to human communities. Headlining ...

U.S. power infrastructure—the intricate physical fabric that laces together generation, transmission, and distribution—is under intensifying strain. Outdated and overextended, it must now absorb ...

When the lights went out across the Iberian Peninsula in April, everything ground to a halt. Scores of people were trapped in Madrid’s underground metro system. Hospitals in Lisbon had to switch to ...

What are the best Minecraft castle builds? Minecraft's sprawling, procedurally generated landscapes lend themselves perfectly to the majesty of a castle build, be it in the snow, lush green mountains, ...

The power of Minecraft lies in its flexibility. Independent of its potential to create complex feats of architecture and computation, of its blocky graphics and ambient soundscape, is a platform. A ...

The crossroad of South Ashland Avenue and West County Line Road, in Will County, Illinois, is a picture of classic midwestern rural America. Ashland Avenue, at that point, is barely wider than a lane.