How an environmentally friendly power source can solve the fossil-fuel supply-and-demand gap.
The challenge over the next several decades will be completion of an economically competitive fusion power plant. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor is paving the way.
DER: This final installment of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's series on distributed energy resources investigates efficiency, the environment, and generation displacement.
Distributed Generation
In the first of three articles, experts at Oak Ridge National Laboratory examine the technical obstacles, deployment, and economic issues surrounding distributed generation.
The existing electric power delivery system is a critical part of this country's economic and societal infrastructure, and proposals to increase the role of distributed energy resources (DER) within this system are welcomed by few in the utility industry.
Pressure for national legislation builds as the Northeastern U.S. goes it alone and carbon trading takes off in the European Union.
People
Combining real-time usage data with the newest technology can earn benefits for utilities.
The grid does not need a Marshall Plan for new investment.
A review of which technologies and companies stand to win and lose as a result of the 2003 blackout.
Demand Response: An Overview of Enabling Technologies