Smart grid technologies use digital communication to monitor and manage energy flows, allowing for real-time adjustments and improved grid stability. As these technologies continue to develop in the ...

The new generation electricity power network, a.k.a., smart grid, is a complex socio-technical system involving nonlinear physical constraints, large scale computations and intricate ...

Cisco hopes to do more than simply secure a large part of the smart grid market for itself; it's also hoping that its technology helps prevent the kind of cyber-security breaches that could threaten ...

WASHINGTON — Thomas Alva Edison, meet the Internet. More than a century after Edison invented a reliable light bulb, the nation's electricity distribution system, an aging spider web of power lines, ...

One of the biggest issues facing utilities that switch to a smart grid is how to deploy these technologies on a large scale while still leaving room for upgrades. One of the biggest issues facing ...

The world’s growing population is becoming increasingly urbanized. According to the UN, more than half of the global population lives in urban areas. For perspective, only one-third of the global ...

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Syracuse, N.Y. – Central New York customers are first in line for new “smart meters” that National Grid will roll out across its Upstate territory to all 1.7 ...