Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are often hailed as the future of nuclear power—compact, scalable, and potentially capable of ...

Alternative ways of powering, cooling, and constructing reactors could help get more nuclear energy on the grid. This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To ...

It hasn’t been that long since humans figured out how to create power grids that integrated multiple generators and consumers. Ever since AC won the battle of the currents, grid operators have had to ...

HYDE COUNTY, N.C. — Running a farm like Rose Acres takes a lot of power. In the six-county service area where Tideland EMC operates, the egg farm uses more power than any other customer to keep ...

In the fall of 2007, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission raised concerns about how to manage the unprecedented number of renewable energy projects seeking to connect to the U.S. grid. The agency ...

“More Energiewende, more business for us,” says Leonhard Birnbaum, chief executive of E.ON, a German power-grid operator that enjoys a near monopoly in Europe’s biggest economy. The set of policies ...