National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) has awarded a five-year framework agreement to power flow control technology company, Smart Wires. This will help decarbonize the U.K. electricity grid by ...

The Smart Grid represents the modernization of electrical power networks by incorporating new technologies. First Trust NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund ETF has outperformed ...

Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)networks 1 are at the heart of the Smart Grid effort. AMI technologies enable the connection between distribution system operators (DSO) and energy consumers ...

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, ...

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 ...

Smart grid communication technologies integrate advanced digital communication systems with traditional power networks, transforming them into dynamic, responsive infrastructures that facilitate ...

Just as the Internet changed the way we communicate, so will the “smart grid” transform the way we deliver electricity. The Internet’s success is largely due to its networking capabilities. In a ...

Melanie Hart details why the United States should take note of China’s ambitions and step up our own smart grid efforts. A worker walks past a transformer station at Wujing Thermal Power Plant of ...

Find out why Electrical Engineering has earned the title of 'Guardian of the Grid.' Discover the educational path necessary to manage global energy networks and avoid systemic blackouts, from Power ...

The term "smart grid" describes an electrical grid that's integrated with a computerized, two-way communication network. Older electrical grids send electrical power one direction, from a power plant ...