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How We Make Electricity for the Modern World

The importance of electricity in our modern world can hardly be overstated. What was a luxury a hundred years ago is now a ...
In February 2021, a winter storm swept across the U.S. and numbed Texas with record-breaking low temperatures. Just as heating demand skyrocketed, many natural gas plants and a handful of wind ...
The conduits, which are spooled in big stacks on a boat before being buried in an underwater trench, are a crucial part of the grid as demand for electricity increases. Credit...Video by Juho Kuva ...
Newsom is right to emphasize affordability as a pillar of climate progress, creating further contrast between himself and ...
In an industry as old school as fuel distribution, technological transformation isn’t always welcome. In fact, it’s often ...
Solar power is winning the electricity generation race. A new report from the trade group Solar Energy Industries Association says that in 2024, two-thirds of new energy made in the U.S. came from the ...