Power system flexibility refers to the technical, economic, and institutional capabilities that allow electricity systems to accommodate variable renewable generation and dynamic demand while maintaining reliability. Work in this area develops control strategies for distributed energy resources, flexible electric vehicle charging, and building loads, alongside grid-forming converters, storage integration, and virtual batteries. It also encompasses local and wholesale market designs, policy and governance frameworks, and AI-based forecasting and optimization tools that coordinate flexible assets to enhance resilience, reduce grid reinforcement needs, and support decarbonization goals.
Energy & Green Tech
Workmen plant electricity poles in the rust-orange earth of the Navajo Nation and run cables to Christine Shorty's house—finally giving her power against the searing Arizona desert heat.
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Energy & Green Tech
Forecasting electricity demand in buildings is now more accurate with Group Encoding (GE), a new method that uses only existing device operation data. Developed by researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo, the method ...
Jul 11, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Between fleets of rental vehicles and ground support equipment, electricity demand at U.S. airports might quintuple in the next 20 years.
Jul 9, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Street lights erase the shadows where attackers once hid. Noisy, polluting diesel generators have gone silent. New businesses are taking root.
Jul 1, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Petrol and diesel vehicles are being phased out globally and replaced with electric vehicles so that countries can meet their commitments to zero human-caused carbon emissions by 2050. But electric vehicles' batteries run ...
Jun 30, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Europe's largest vanadium redox flow battery—located at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology—has achieved an important research milestone: In a controlled test, it was possible to successfully demonstrate ...
Jun 24, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Artificial intelligence (AI) is quietly transforming how cities generate, store and distribute energy, acting as the invisible conductor that orchestrates cleaner, smarter and more resilient cities.
Jun 23, 2025
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Engineering
For an effective energy transition, we need to think not only about how we generate sustainable energy, but also about the spatial consequences of those choices. After all, wind turbines, solar parks and the associated infrastructure ...
Jun 19, 2025
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Engineering
New research led by The University of Manchester has outlined a more equitable way to plan the transition to low-carbon energy systems that reduces regional disparities in access to energy and water services.
Jun 19, 2025
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Engineering
When Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico in 2022, it exposed the vulnerabilities of the island's energy infrastructure. Though only a Category 1 storm, Fiona caused a total blackout across the island, leaving residents without ...
Jun 18, 2025
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