Power grid

Solar power has been crucial to keeping the power on in Texas while the state experiences a major heat wave, even as some politicians have attempted to make it more difficult to connect renewable energy to the grid

Wind and solar produced more U.S. power than coal during the first five months of this year, as several coal plants closed and gas prices dropped

The Department of Energy is launching an initiative to mimic climate disasters and other threats against the power grid

A new bill in California proposes making electric vehicles a backup power source for the electric grid—an idea that has promise but has to overcome several technological hurdles, experts say

Aggressive restrictions will affect carbon, smog and soot emissions from compact cars all the way up to long-haul trucks

The U.S. installed more battery storage last year than ever before, with California and Texas leading the way

Around the world, researchers are betting that beamed power from space could be the next big thing for clean energy on Earth

A combination of rapid growth in battery storage and efforts to reduce power demand helped California avoid blackouts during an intense heat wave

Officials are urging California residents to curtail their energy use as the state faces this summer’s highest chance of outages during record-breaking temperatures

Emissions models can understate the difficulty of rapidly reducing carbon dioxide this decade

The surprise climate bill’s electricity provisions would help the U.S. surge toward its emissions reduction goals

As heat waves become longer and more common, communities have to prepare—and prepare to fail