SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Engineers face plenty of challenges enabling smart grids in the home and in utility distribution networks, according to a panel at the Grid ComForum event here. In the home, a ...

But building momentum for the smart grid has been a challenge. Creating the grid requires coordination among electric utilities, capital-equipment suppliers, components makers, control-system ...

In the 1990s I had the privilege of being part of a utility research organization that was leading out in developing the concept of 'distributed utility' – a major forerunner of 'smart grid'. The ...

Associate Professor of Computer Engineering JoAnne Holliday shares findings from her research in the world of industrial control systems security on how the smart grid is changing the way our nation’s ...

A view from the integrated smart operations center (iSOC) at NYPA’s headquarters. For utility system operators, there is no such thing as too much information. Costly equipment failures can still ...

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 ...

Syracuse, NY -- Syracuse University this week received a federal stimulus grant of $2.5 million to develop “smart grid” college programs for utility workers and engineers, and National Grid received ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EnerNex, a leading electric power research, engineering and consulting firm, is seeing an increase in grid modernization work and is currently involved in a number ...

The California Smart Grid Center (CSGC) was established in June 2010 for the purpose of research and demonstration projects in the evolving smart grid area. Broad areas of interest include: Grid ...

How does electricity get from its source to your light switch? Could a new "smart grid" do the job better? Smart grids support transient power sources like solar and wind, heading off devastating ...

AMES, Iowa – In the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew earlier this month, NASA released satellite images showing long, dark swaths along the Atlantic coasts of Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. Some 2 ...