Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An energy experiment three weeks ago involving some 2,800 Bakersfield homeowners and roughly 100,000 others across California may ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Good morning, Chicago. Central to Illinois’ plan to expand energy resources and affordability is a program that could allow homes ...

Over the past decades power grids have undergone a transformation towards smaller and more intermittent generators – primarily in the form of wind and solar generators – as well as smaller ...

In October, the Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council hosted policymakers, energy insiders and community members on a tour of Ann Arbor’s newest and most innovative housing development. Veridian ...

In 1950, the English mathematician Alan Turing devised what he called “the imitation game.” Later dubbed the Turing test, the experiment asks a human participant to conduct a conversation with an ...

A virtual power plant (VPP) is a collection of DERs such as renewable energy, storage, controllable loads, ...

Some lawmakers and advocates hope to harden Michigan’s electric grid and cut utility bills by adding new power plants, all without moving a single shovelful of dirt. How is that possible? The state ...

Last month “Charging Ahead” looked at the technological shift taking place in many industries called technology agnosticism” often referred to as tech-agnostic. It’s a technological approach that’s ...

Solar panels are installed on the roof of every home in this net-zero energy community Legislation introduced in the Michigan Senate would build a framework to enable “virtual power plants” in the ...

If what happened on July 29 in California is any indication of the future of the power grid, then there is reason for optimism. Let’s look at it from the perspective of Tom Weldon, who owns a house on ...

Power bills have been rising, and demand for electricity is expected to grow even more. Some say there's a way to meet that demand without building as many new power plants. Power bills have been ...