A digital substation replaces analog systems with digital devices, fibre optic cables, and IEC 61850 protocols to improve safety, reliability, and asset management. It is a transformative innovation ...

Getting your home ready to charge an electric car will require little time or money — or a couple months and thousands of dollars. It depends on what kind of electric car you buy, the wiring in your ...

PARIS - Electric car owners are earning as much as $1,530 a year just by parking their vehicle and feeding excess power back into the grid. Trials in Denmark carried out by Nissan and Italy’s biggest ...

The reliability outlook for Ontario's electricity system is generally positive and improving over the next year and a half, said the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) in its latest ...

President Barack Obama and Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced new energy efficiency standards for lighting, as well as DOE's investment of $346 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ...

Working together to achieve the benefits of an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) smart metering system with a minimal infrastructure, three Ontario communities are now ready to take significant ...

Ottawa residents will be paying different rates for electricity at different times of the day when Hydro Ottawa starts its time-of-use system later this summer, and local hi-tech firms are seeing it ...

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has completed an analysis showing that deployment of a “smart grid” could potentially reduce annual U.S. energy consumption by 56 to 203 billion kWh in ...

Microsoft had a $3.4 million electrical bill last year to operate it's data center in Quincy, and they are looking for ways to reduce it. The Seattle Times reports it used enough electricity to power ...

The IEEE has begun work to develop six new recommended practice standards for shipboard electrical installations. The new standards will build upon, and are intended to be used in conjunction with, ...

Smart grid infrastructure investment by 45 emerging market countries – including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – over the next decade will reach $274.9bn, outpacing developed ...

Virginia regulators won't delay proceedings on the state's section of a multi-state power transmission line. American Electric Power Co. and Allegheny Energy Inc. had asked to delay the review ...