How the grid can ride out winter storms
Texas fared much better this time around. After 2021, the state shored up its grid, adding winter weatherization for power plants and transmission systems. Texas...
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Why the grid relies on nuclear reactors in the winter
This scheduled regularity might seem mundane, but it’s quite the feat that operational reactors are as reliable and predictable as they are. It leaves some...
AI is changing the grid. Could it help more than it harms?
“So that’s the gap that AI can help close. We can solve this more complex problem, fast enough and reliably enough that we can possibly...
California is set to become the first US state to manage power outages with AI
In April, the PJM Interconnection—the nation’s largest grid system, spanning 13 states along the densely populated mid-Atlantic and Eastern Seaboard—took a big step toward embracing...
The Download: Google DeepMind’s DNA AI, and heatwaves’ impact on the grid
When scientists first sequenced the human genome in 2003, they revealed the full set of DNA instructions that make a person. But we still didn’t...
It’s officially summer, and the grid is stressed
We rely on electricity to keep ourselves comfortable, and more to the point, safe. These are the moments we design the grid for: when need...
Is this the electric grid of the future?
Following the unanimous approval by Lancaster County commissioners of a 304-megawatt solar plant outside Lincoln, one of the largest in the state, local opponents appealed....
What Spain’s blackout says about the grid
Some key questions here are still unanswered. The order matters, for example. During that drop in generation, did wind and solar plants go offline first?...
The Download: AI benchmarks, and Spain’s grid blackout
It’s not easy being one of Silicon Valley’s favorite benchmarks. SWE-Bench (pronounced “swee bench”) launched in November 2024 as a way to evaluate an AI...