While industry insiders debate the finer points of the smart grid in Washington this week at GridWeek, I am realizing that consumers know precious little about the overhaul that our nation's ...

Why is a power generation industry publication covering the smart grid (SG), which most people tend to equate with managing electricity use (and maybe its transmission)? Of the many reasons, here are ...

Having quadrupled its solar capacity target to 50 GW by 2020 and begun an accelerated domestic installations program to tackle the oversupply of solar panels, China signaled its intentions not only to ...

Though still in its early days, grid computing looks to have a promising future -- if vendors can continue to educate IT departments about its benefits. To date, few European businesses have ...

It’s a given that nobody knows the future; however, making year-ahead predictions about other parts of the power generation industry, particularly the U.S. portion, is relatively easy. In marked ...