Climate ChangeFebruary 7, 2022
Spikes in Air-Conditioning Use with Warming Could Tax Electric Grid
Without enough capacity to meet demand, energy utilities may have to stage rolling blackouts during heat waves
Power grid
EnvironmentFebruary 9, 2015
The U.S. Power Grid is in Need of a Technology Upgrade
Innovators gather in DC this week to discuss how to modernize the U.S. electric grid in the face of a changing electricity sector. The ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit kicks off today in Washington DC and will highlight technologies that could fundamentally alter how the nation generates, uses, and stores electricity.