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Grid Expansion Jumps

There was a parts shortage that delayed building out the grid. It appears to be getting better. However, the number of data centers isn’t growing fast. Energy from green sources is also expanding ...
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New knitting machine weaves solid 3D forms, adding stitches in any direction

K nitting may soon move beyond sweaters and scarves. A team of researchers at Cornell and Carnegie Mellon University has ...
The Motley Fool

2 Electric Grid Stocks to Buy as Soaring Artificial Intelligence (AI) Demand Drives Surging Electricity Demand

The electric grid in the U.S. and select other countries will need to be significantly upgraded and expanded to support surging AI-related power demand. GE Vernova and Quanta Services are well ...
Electrek

Base Power raises $1B to reinvent Texas’ grid with home batteries

Austin-based Base Power just raised $1 billion in Series C funding to accelerate its mission to modernize the Texas grid, one home battery at a time. Addition led the round, with support from existing ...
The New York Times

His Off-the-Grid Vacation Was Interrupted by Winning a Nobel Prize

Fred Ramsdell found out about his Nobel Prize nearly 12 hours after it was announced because he was on vacation in the Rockies. By John Yoon Fred Ramsdell was parked at a campground in Montana on ...
The Daily Beast

‘Off the Grid’ Nobel Prize Winner Thought Wife’s Screams of Joy Were a Bear Attack

The winner of the Nobel Prize for medicine was “living his best life” on an “off the grid” hiking trip, and missed calls announcing his big win. Illinois-born Dr.Fred Ramsdell was on a digital detox ...
E&E

Are EVs and the grid about to merge? Maybe.

The new electric Acura RSX will send electricity to a house. It’s the latest step in the march toward two-directional charging. For as long as electric vehicles have been on America’s roads, some have ...
Times Union

NY's electric grid operator warns of looming 'reliability shortfalls'

ALBANY — The New York Independent System Operator, which manages the state’s power grid, issued a new assessment on Tuesday that warns there may be “significant reliability shortfalls within the next ...
Reuters

Spain's grid operator warns of new voltage swings, urges measures to avoid blackout

MADRID, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Spain's grid operator REE has detected steep voltage swings in the system over the past two weeks that are capable of affecting power supply in the country that suffered a ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Power restored to 800,000 in Kyiv after major Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy grid

KYIV, Ukraine -- Power was restored to over 800,000 residents in Kyiv on Saturday, a day after Russia launched major attacks on the Ukrainian power grid that caused blackouts across much of the ...
Los Angeles Times

Russia attacks Ukraine’s power grid as Moscow worries over U.S. Tomahawk missiles

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Russia attacked Ukraine’s power grid overnight, continuing its campaign to cripple the country’s energy ...
Marketplace

Battery makers look to grid storage as market for electric vehicles slows

Companies that make the high-capacity batteries that usually end up in EVs are now shifting focus to supplying data centers and storage for energy producers. General Motors said it will take a $1.6 ...