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This month, the National Science Foundation — along with partner funding agencies from Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom — announced awards totaling $76.4 million for the inaugural Global Centers Competition, and a University of New Mexico...

As a record-breaking heatwave has ripped through Texas, it has also had a drastic effect on the independent power grid that runs our state. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has asked residents state-wide to conserve over eight times in the past month. Past malfunctions from the Texas energy grid have left many people...

Seven western utilities have committed to joining the nonprofit, the first major expansion of SPPs RTO service territory since October 2015.

Boston MA (SPX) Aug 15, 2023 - When you picture MIT doctoral students taking small PhD courses together, you probably dont imagine them going on class field trips. But it does happen, sometimes, and one of those trips changed An

Boston MA (SPX) Aug 15, 2023 - When you picture MIT doctoral students taking small PhD courses together, you probably dont imagine them going on class field trips. But it does happen, sometimes, and one of those trips changed An

MIT Associate Professor Andy Sun works on new methods to integrate renewable energy into the electric grid.

Connecting with outside grids could help alleviate power outages.

It would make electricity far costlier and harm local residents, and the salmon would see little benefit.

It would make electricity far costlier and harm local residents, and the salmon would see little benefit.