Electricity

There are more than 2.2 million power outages reported across Georgia, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Alabama and Mississippi, as of Thursday.

Switching to cleaner, solar energy not only guarantees a lighter conscience but can save homeowners hundreds of dollars on their electricity bill. But slapping a few solar panels on your roof doesn't always mean money saved.

Gravitricity's renewable energy project works by raising heavy weights in a deep shaft and releasing them when energy is required. Work on a concept storage prototype has now started.

I love overpaying my electricity bill. Said nobody. Ever. It's no secret that solar panels can help reduce your electricity bill and at times, eliminate it. But how much can you really save by installing a home solar system?

Entergy has warned that the hardest-hit areas may be without power for weeks, as "restoration may be hampered by flooding, blocked access, or other obstacles."

As people spend more time and run more appliances at home, electric bills are going up—and many cannot afford to pay.

Going solar often requires a little legwork ­– like finding a reliable installer or figuring out the financing – though, SunPower makes it simple.

Friday's planned power outage was California's first rolling blackout in nearly 20 years.

The Energy Information Administration says coal generation is expected to fall by 25 percent this year, with an 11 percent cut in emissions.

Upon its completion, estimated for 2022, the Gemini Solar Project could be the eighth-largest solar facility in the world, the U.S. Department of the Interior said this week.

The riveting story of the cracker's Niagra Falls origins.

"We have found a new way to switch electrical conduction in materials from on to off," revealed author Berend Zwartsenberg, of UBC's Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute (SBQMI).

A planned power outage to fix a fallen power line left customers without power in the early hours of this morning.

Troy Billett is working to provide power and purify water around the world, one box and one village at a time.

The outage is reportedly affecting the capital Caracas and 15 of the nation's 23 states.

The button mushroom was encased in graphene nanoribbons that extended through the stem to generate electricity.

The most powerful storm to hit Puerto Rico in almost a century made landfall with winds close to 150 miles per hour and plowed a trail of destruction across the Caribbean island.

Duke Energy did restore power to more than 637,000 customers across the Carolinas on Saturday.

"It's important for people to know this is no ordinary storm and customers could be without power for a very long time—not days, but weeks."

When the government failed to bring electricity to Puerto Rican communities, activists stepped in with anarchistic flair.

Operatives are installing malware that could give them remote control of parts of the country's power network.

How a territorial dispute can make your clocks slow down.

The new tool uses an energy source that has, until now, been entirely untapped.

"We actually presented a program for Puerto Rico, and we got rejected. We have the solution for Puerto Rico…. and we could've had power back in 30 days. And they rejected us."

Sundar Pichai said AI is one of the most important things humanity is working on.

If you pull it, it moves away. If you push it, it accelerates toward you.

"Hundreds. Thousands. Millions. Billions. . . . Can most people even count that high?"

Projections suggest bitcoin mining will require all of the world's current energy production within three years.

The Senegalese-American rapper is running a solar power project that aims to bring electricity to some of the 600 million Africans living in darkness.

The past two winters were warmer than normal