How microgrids work, why they matter, and why AI data centers are racing to build their own power grids.

The U.S. power grid wasn’t built for the demand it’s facing today. Rapid electrification, energy decarbonization, AI growth, new industrial and manufacturing plants, and aging infrastructure have ...

Artificial intelligence has captured headlines recently for its rapidly growing energy demands, and particularly the surging electricity usage of data centers that enable the training and deployment ...

Distributed energy resources are advancing the cause of a more resilient and reliable power supply for utilities, homes and businesses, and more. Distributed energy resources (DERs) have become a ...

A power paradox is emerging in the hyperscale era: while computing demand is accelerating, power availability is increasingly becoming the constraint that determines where data centers are built, how ...

When a winter storm knocks out power or a heat wave pushes the grid to its limits, energy becomes a matter of security and ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Electric power is essential to the economic and social welfare of all Americans. That ...

You’re glad you went home early — the roads were flooded with rainwater and it’s only gotten worse since. You hear the wind whipping across your yard and see trees thrash, some losing their branches ...