As Texas’ energy demand soars, a pilot program looks to bolster grid with “virtual power plants”
On sunny days in the Hill Country, Tom Cook taps open an app on his phone and watches the power generated from the solar ...
Worst-case projections show Texas power grid may come up short as soon as 2027
Power grid operator ERCOT’s worst-case projections show Texas coming up short in power supply as soon as 2027.
Texas' power grid could fall short of demand by 2026, ERCOT says
Texas' main grid operator has projected that the state's growing demand for power could surpass its available energy supply ...
Researchers say new attack could take down the European power grid
In practice, one of the most recent incidents was in 2021, when approximately 3 GW of power were unexpectedly lost in Poland, causing the grid frequency to drop by 0.16 hertz. What this demonstrates ...
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Can Poland’s power grid operator accelerate the energy transition?
In recent years, Polish firms have highlighted the low capacity of power grids as a barrier to investing in renewable energy.
Baltic states begin historic switch away from Russian power grid
More than three decades after leaving the Soviet Union, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have begun to unplug from Russia's ...
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Three NATO members still rely on Russia to manage their electricity grid. They’re about to pull the plug
Estonia, along with fellow Baltic states Latvia and Lithuania, is preparing finally to rid itself of one of the last vestiges ...
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A Cyberattack on the U.S. Power Grid
Contingency Planning Memoranda identify plausible scenarios that could have ... In 2015, an attacker took down parts of a power grid in Ukraine. Although attribution was not definitive ...