Imagine a Midwest where the lights flicker as demand for electricity surges beyond what the grid can handle, leaving homes and businesses scrambling for power. This looming scenario is exactly what the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), a key grid operator in the U.S. Midwest, is
I'm thrilled to sit down with Christopher Hailstone, a seasoned expert in energy management and utilities, whose deep understanding of renewable energy and grid reliability offers a unique lens on the complexities of global energy projects. With a career spanning electricity delivery and security,
When night fell along the mangrove-lined bends of the Gualajo River, the dark once arrived like a physical wall that sealed classrooms, clinics, and small shops from possibility until sunrise. That rhythm changed abruptly when continuous electricity replaced a precarious mix of car batteries,
A sudden restart after an air-raid halt sent a clear signal that the Caspian Pipeline Consortium remained operationally steady even as drone risks rose, and that signal mattered because it framed the corridor not as a fragile chokepoint but as an adaptive system where interruptions translated into
Every new rack of servers spinning up state-of-the-art AI models adds invisible weight to the power system, while the very algorithms that drive those models promise to ease that burden by squeezing more value from every kilowatt coursing through wires, buildings, vehicles, factories, and data
The rapid rise of data centers, particularly in hubs like northern Virginia’s “Data Center Alley,” has placed unprecedented pressure on the U.S. power grid, with PJM Interconnection, the nation’s largest grid operator, at the epicenter of this challenge. Serving 13 states and the District of
