The Smart Grid represents the modernization of electrical power networks by incorporating new technologies. First Trust NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund ETF has outperformed ...

With the U.S. government funneling billions of dollars into new grid infrastructure, and private companies rolling out new systems to mitigate outages and developing artificial intelligence that can ...

The power industry is in the midst of a shake-up, a revolution in how electricity is generated and distributed. Smart grid technology is changing the way utilities and customers interact, and ...

The digital revolution transforming various industries—illustrated by our articles on smart factories and smart cities—is profoundly reshaping the electricity sector. Governments, energy utilities, ...

The traditional electrical grid, in which electricity is generated and then distributed far and wide from large centralized facilities, is facing unprecedented change. On one hand, patterns of demand ...

At a very young age, Massoud Amin, director of the Technological Leadership Institute, realized that electricity was vital to modern society. Growing up and traveling in Iran in the 1960s, he saw how ...

As smart grid tech is rolled out around the world to modernize legacy assets and integrate renewable energy generation, it is also making the electricity network more prone to cyber attacks. IEC ...

The term "smart grid" describes an electrical grid that's integrated with a computerized, two-way communication network. Older electrical grids send electrical power one direction, from a power plant ...

Modernizing the electric grid involves more than upgrading control systems with sophisticated software—it requires embedding sensors and automated controls across the entire system. It’s not only the ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna and two ...