Melissa was just the latest blow, following close on the heels of Beryl. Many islands today have little time to recover before the next disaster hits.
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Power grids could likely handle the surge of demand, but all that light would pollute dark zones nearby.
Aging infrastructure, transmission bottlenecks and increased demand from data centers are hitting consumers’ wallets.
Utilities have options for addressing surging power demand from AI data centers, but there’s no silver bullet.
Vice President Kamala Harris has strongly supported clean energy investments, while Donald Trump has railed against them. But transformative shifts in the energy landscape already are well underway.
Smart buildings can team up to be more energy efficient while keeping the people inside comfortable.
Hardening electric transmission systems and monitoring ocean temperatures are two key priorities.
Costs quickly rise when things go wrong with roads, roofs and power lines. Many of those risks are also avoidable.
As climate change increasingly threatens our daily lives, we must redesign our homes to better protect us and be part of the solution.
Solar power generation varies greatly depending on the weather. A new study suggests in some parts of Australia, solar has a bright future.
Some power plants don’t have massive smokestacks or cooling towers – or even a central site.
Superconductors make highly efficient electronics, but the ultralow temperatures and ultrahigh pressures make them costly and difficult to use. Room-temperature superconductors promise to change that.
Texas wasn’t prepared to keep the lights on during Winter Storm Uri, and it won’t be ready for future cold weather unless it starts thinking about energy demand as well as supply.
How does flowing water make electricity? An engineer explains hydroelectric generation.
A study of real-world disasters shows home solar and storage could keep the lights on and the air conditioner running during many outages, but not all.
Sometimes wind and solar power produce more electricity than the local grid can handle. Better energy storage and transmission could move extra energy to where it’s needed instead of shutting it off.
Russia probably has the means to attack US electrical grids and otherwise create havoc but probably won’t go that far. Instead, watch for disinformation aimed at undermining the US and NATO.
Renewable energy is expanding at a record pace, but still not fast enough. Here are the key areas to watch for progress in bringing more wind and solar into the power grid in 2022.
What will the US$1.2 trillion infrastructure bill pay for? Here are some of the things it will help build, fix or remove.
President Biden’s proposed solar power expansion would cost $350 billion in federal support over the coming decade. An energy expert explains where that money would come from and who it would help.
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Director of Energy Studies, University of Florida
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Josey Centennial Professor of Energy Resources, The University of Texas at Austin
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William J. Perry Fellow in International Security, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University
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Professor of Electrical Engineering, Iowa State University
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Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
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Professor of Data-Driven Knowledge Generation, Vienna University of Economics and Business
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Research Scientist, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Dynamics, University of Nottingham
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PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
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Associate Professional Researcher and Lecturer of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Photovoltaics and Renewable Energy Engineering, UNSW
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Associate Professor in Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Associate Professor of Industrial Ecology / Life Cycle Assessment, McGill University
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Professor in Engineering, Stellenbosch University
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Assistant Professor of Global and Social Policy, University of Minnesota