Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Llewellyn King has been a player in the energy space since 1970. It has become, in electric terms, the elephant in the room. That ...

NEC last week gave details of a cool new storage architecture that allows companies to enable grids from industry standard computers. Called HYDRAstor, it is a scale-out architecture with resilience, ...

The electric grid was built for stability. Its architecture grew around centralized generation, predictable load patterns and unidirectional power flow. Planning horizons spanned decades, change moved ...

PV systems, surpassing minimum load demands in various regions, necessitate innovative grid integration measures. Active power management (APM), notably curtailment, emerges as a powerful solution ...

Field testing in a portion of ORNL’s campus grid allows validation of a new grid architecture and control platform at utility scale for rapid transfer to industry partners. A historic legacy now ...

Rising electricity demand from EVs and AI is stressing a grid built of centralized, rotating generators. Renewables can provide fill the rising demand, but are they “grid friendly”? A modern grid must ...