Munich, which keeps grabbing global accolades as a progressive city, isn't resting on its laurels. It's up to some more good ideas, this time on the smart grid front. Utility company SWM (Stadtwerke ...

On August 14, 2003, a power line in Ohio overheated, causing a widespread blackout that affected over 50 million people in the United States and Canada. Grid operators at power plants are trained to ...

Facing Florida’s daunting weather issues, Florida Power & Light consciously set out to improve its outage restoration and grid resilience performance. The company turned to increasingly smart ...

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