On August 14, 2003, a power line in Ohio overheated, causing a widespread blackout that affected over 50 million people in the United States and Canada. Grid operators at power plants are trained to ...

The term "smart grid" describes an electrical grid that's integrated with a computerized, two-way communication network. Older electrical grids send electrical power one direction, from a power plant ...

Our electric grid is old and fraying, but new technology could insulate us from the possibility of widespread blackouts and cyberattacks. What would you do if your electricity was suddenly cut? What ...

Because today’s energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies lack connective infrastructure, they provide only first steps toward climate change mitigation. Quantitatively they only make dents.

Receive emails about upcoming NOVA programs and related content, as well as featured reporting about current events through a science lens. Vijay Vaitheeswaran: A smart electricity grid not only ...

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 ...

At a very young age, Massoud Amin, director of the Technological Leadership Institute, realized that electricity was vital to modern society. Growing up and traveling in Iran in the 1960s, he saw how ...

If you ask four people to define what a smart grid is, you will get five answers. The smart grid is not simply about implementing technology. It is really a complete business transformation for ...