In the event of a large-scale power failure, the grid needs to be restarted from scratch using designated black start power plants that can generate electricity without relying on the grid itself.

In many cases, this "slow things down" is literal—the frequency is the product of large chunks of metal ... not an ideal power source for black-starting the grid, given that it's unavailable ...

A 1922 painting by Piet Mondrian fetched $47.6 million at auction, becoming the Dutch artist’s third highest-selling work. Titled Composition With Large Red Plane, Bluish Gray, Yellow, Black and Blue, ...

Some large electricity generators were not doing their job to help control voltage, claims parent company’s chair ...

For the black box modeling portion, PNNL contributed the open-source software and vendor data and will later test the model in a section of the grid operated by Commonwealth Edison, or ComEd ...

The takeaway – and the data backs it up – is that a large grid dominated by wind, water, and solar is not only feasible, it’s also reliable. Despite the rapid growth and high penetration of ...