Power use in Texas will break records again this week as homes and businesses crank up their air conditioners to escape another heatwave, the state’s power grid operator projected on Continue Reading
Judging by forward trading, Electric Reliability Council of Texas power prices will likely average in triple digits into September, after a brutal July heat wave pushed real-time prices into quadruple Continue Reading
Renewable power generation was lower than its potential through Texas’ brutal heatwave, adding further strain to the already-battered ERCOT power grid. The grid saw record electricity demand as Texans cranked Continue Reading
Researchers at Cornell have developed a coupled transportation–power system framework for incorporating a wireless charging road system into the real-time electricity market. In addition, they propose an optimization-based control strategy Continue Reading
In its latest Electricity Market Report , the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) says that global demand for electricity is already slowing sharply thanks to slowing economic growth and high Continue Reading
As a blistering heat wave smothered Texas this week and taxed the power grid with record-high demand, bitcoin mining operators in the state shut down their electricity-guzzling machines. Complying with requests from Continue Reading
Since the start of May, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has twice appealed to homes and businesses to limit consumption at peak times to avert power shortages and Continue Reading
A major heatwave has hit Texas and put the Lone Star State’s energy grid under severe stress. At the same time, low wind speeds mean that wind turbines in Texas Continue Reading
Power lines run from the coal-fired Intermountain Power Project, which will close in 2025, outside U.S. power consumption was on track to rise to record highs in 2022 and 2023 Continue Reading
The Texas power grid is facing its biggest test of the year as scorching temperatures threaten to drive demand for electricity beyond the system’s breaking point. With electricity consumption projected Continue Reading
