For years, the energy industry’s answer to rising demand was simple: build more. More generation, more transmission, more ...

In the last five years or so, power stations (i.e., solar generators) have grown in popularity because they are easy to run, ...

On the Monday, March 23, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: Aging infrastructure, rising demand and extreme weather are testing the U.S. power grid in new ways. How can we ensure its reliability?

In 2025 — for the first year ever — solar arrays provided more electricity to Texas’ main power grid than coal-fired power plants. Solar farms contributed 67,800 gigawatt-hours of electricity from ...

As global energy demand surges—driven by AI-hungry data centers, advanced manufacturing, and electrified transportation—researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have unveiled a ...

If your office cranks up the AC on a hot afternoon, you are part of a much bigger story. Energy demand is climbing fast. Data centers and AI systems are using more electricity than ever. At the same ...