Infrastructure
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Spring days can produce an excess of surplus renewable energy in California — more power than electric lines can carry. Researchers have some ideas about where and how to harness that energy. -
Founded by former North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, the North Carolina Blockchain + AI Initiative (NCB+AI) will work to pass pro-cryptocurrency legislation and support construction of data centers.
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A new report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy urges regulators and utilities to make the grid operate more efficiently. There are ways, experts said, to absorb part of data centers’ growth.
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The focus of a recent demonstration day was on innovative equipment used for a variety of road projects not related to resurfacing.
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With the technology maturing and public support growing, it's looking more and more realistic.
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They no longer can count on Washington or their states. They need the authority to find creative local solutions.
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The notoriously vulnerable and open-ended Internet of Things is at the heart of a nearly quarter-million-dollar Department of Homeland Security award to a California-based company.
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In many parts of the country, federal low-income housing programs place poor families in locations that force them to spend big money on transportation.
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A guide to understanding one of the hottest trends in municipal finance.
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The project provides an opportunity to exchange ideas across the world and to see if there are ideas the Minnesota and German cities can take advantage of from the experience.
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx spoke to a crowd saying he doesn't know if the Midwestern city will win the grant, but lauded the progress it's already made.
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The microgrid, which could operate independently of the regional power grid during an widespread outage, would supply power to multiple businesses, city utilities and homes.
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U.S. states need to put in place new ozone air quality standards, but how they are measured – based on peak ozone – doesn't always best reflect a city's overall air quality.
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The water crisis in the West has renewed debate about the effectiveness of major dams, with some pushing for the enormous Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River to be decommissioned.
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Nationally, California leads the nation in buying hybrid electric vehicles, with 20.1 hybrids for every 1,000 people, according to U.S. Department of Energy.
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Big Texas cities continue to add the greatest number of people, but the action is in the suburbs when it comes to rates of growth.
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The pilot of the Solar Impulse, a completely sun-powered airplane, wanted to show that renewable energy and clean technology can achieve the impossible: flying without fuel.
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The High-Speed Rail Authority informed the Obama administration, in a contract amendment, that it expects the Central Valley track to be complete by 2022 instead of 2018 as originally projected.
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Many transportation stakeholders continue to question the feds’ long-term ability — and commitment — to funding roads and transit.
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To develop such a system, the city would create a Smart City Institute and work with UC Berkeley and dozens of Bay Area companies.
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The new rules allow individual water agencies to propose their own conservation standards based on the health of their water supplies and anticipated local demand.
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