The digital revolution transforming various industries—illustrated by our articles on smart factories and smart cities—is profoundly reshaping the electricity sector. Governments, energy utilities, ...

(2) An electrical power distribution network that includes two-way, digital communications between producers and consumers in addition to transmitting electricity. For example, when power is least ...

Many articles have been written recently complaining that the United States has a third-world electricity supply system. Other articles, perhaps with a less disparaging tone, express the desire that ...

One of the expectations that industries have with the fast-paced development and application of smart grids and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies is how these will help in improving electrical ...

The interlinking of networks to form smart grids may carry added security risks, say industry watchers, who recommend authorities and owners secure these grids by applying the same principles and ...

The smart grid offers great promise to transform the electric system, enabling two-way communication between providers and consumers over the network, and allowing new services that can save ...

The majority of discussions around Smart Grids is about smart metering and application of smart control systems into the grid in order to e.g. increase the flexibility and optimal use of the grid.

Remember when the internet was just nascent and telecoms were investing heavily in expanding and upgrading their network infrastructure to support internet connectivity? They laid fiber-optic cables, ...

If we compare our modern world to the human body, the energy grid would fit the description of the bloodline, powering the entire ecosystem. Similar to the ‘always on’, uninterrupted oxygen supply to ...

Facing Florida’s daunting weather issues, Florida Power & Light consciously set out to improve its outage restoration and grid resilience performance. The company turned to increasingly smart ...