Oak Ridge has developed a medium-voltage circuit breaker that can interrupt direct current faults in under 50 microseconds—fast enough to finally make grid-scale DC distribution practical and safe. ( ...

Crunching the numbers on PPL’s data center play: PPL has advanced-stage agreements to interconnect some 14 GW of data centers in its Pennsylvania service territory—an increase of 32% from three months ...

Based on the Brazilian Independent System Operator (ONS) data: In 2000, the installed capacity of the national integrated system was 75 GW for a maximum demand of 55 GW. The ratio was 1.4. In 2025, ...

Scotland gave the green light to the world’s largest offshore wind farm. (Bloomberg) The 4.1-GW Berwick Bank project is set to power up to 6 million homes, create 9,300 jobs, and inject £8.3 billion ...

With the ongoing sanctions on Russian crude exports, East Asia—traditionally reliant on stable long-haul supplies—is witnessing a realignment of energy corridors. From shadow fleet logistics to ...

Private companies are stepping up in the wake of DOGE cuts to the National Weather service—but they can only do so much. (Inside Climate News) Startups like WindBorne, Tomorrow.io, and Sofar Ocean ...

Duke Energy customers in North Carolina will soon be able to tap into hourly energy usage data after a decade of pressure from clean energy advocates. (Canary Media) What’s behind the effort? Little ...

How much is a kWh saved worth? Companies and institutions seeking to reduce costs need a benchmark to evaluate the solutions under consideration. How much is a kWh saved worth? This is an important ...

More than $1.1 trillion—with a T. That’s how much investor-owned utilities in the US will invest from 2025–2029 to meet demand growth. (EEI) CapEx spending over the decade from 2015–2024 totaled $1.3T ...

Fusion startups just had their best year since 2022, pulling in $2.64B in new funding as investor confidence rebounds and pilot plants inch closer to reality. That’s up 178% from last year. (FIA) ...

Construction just kicked off on a $170B hydropower project in China. If all goes as planned, it would be the largest hydropower plant in the world. (NBC News) The new dam promises 300B kWh of annual ...

A $12B deal between NRG and LS Power could give NRG too much control over PJM markets, according to the grid’s independent market monitor. (Utility Dive) The concern? NRG could start playing both ...