The U.S. Department of Energy have expedited plans to lower the country’s reliance on foreign sources for lithium-ion batteries by increasing the country’s energy storage capacity with the launch of...

The path towards change isn’t always straight. As the federal government rolls back the standard on light bulb efficiency, at least one state is moving forward. Last month, the U.S...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently released its “2019 Standard Scenario Report: A U.S. Electricity Sector Outlook.” The Report is published annually to inform energy...

One of my recent magazine columns focused on a noncommunications use of fiber optics—lighting. In this article, I’ll revisit the topic to flesh out that topic even more, using illustrations...

According to the December 2019 report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S. onshore wind capacity now exceeds 100 gigawatts. EIA noted that, “Cumulative U.S. installed onshore wind capacity...

Commercial adoption of solar is surging nationwide. On December 26, the Louisiana utility Entergy announced it had reached its goal of installing 5 megawatts (MW) of distributed-scale solar in the...

Despite predictions by industry experts for weakening construction starts in late 2019 and into 2020, construction starts are actually continuing to increase. According to the latest report from Dodge Data...

Id Mjahdi, located near Morocco’s Atlantic coast, is Africa’s first fully solar-powered village, according to CNN. Now, the country has its sights set on becoming a model for renewable energy...

While grid modernization, especially advances in cybersecurity, has been at the forefront of discussions for electric utilities, utility associations and governmental agencies, it is now gaining even more support in...

The recently updated U.S. government ‘trade blacklist’ of Chinese companies could ultimately have a widespread effect on future development of cameras, artificial intelligence (AI) and facial recognition technology for the...