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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California's Marin County is doing its part in trying to slow down the effects of Climate Change, participating in the CoolCalifornia Challenge that pits cities against one another in lowering carbon footprint.
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Chattanooga joined 76 other cities in applying for a $40 million federal Smart Cities grant not just to design a futuristic system, but actually start putting it into place.
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Even before the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court’s stay placed the fate of the EPA Clean Power Plan into the hands of the next president.
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If we’re just relying on the white lines of a crosswalk to protect pedestrians, we’re in big trouble.
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Most of the leaks are small, even tiny. But many have been seeping for years, deemed too insignificant by the utility companies to warrant an immediate fix.
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PennDOT recently announced a cost-saving measure to discontinue registration stickers in favor of Automated License Plate Readers, but several local police chiefs feel like they have been left in the dark about the new system.
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To compete with Lyft and Uber, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has adopted Arro, its own mobile ride sharing app.
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Although the state is in the midst of a historic five-year drought, water is being released from Folsom Lake based on its operations manual from 1956.
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The city has created a path for other municipalities, making it easier than ever for them to share information with the public and each other.
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Disagreements about how to address the poisoned water crisis in Flint, Mich., has stalled previously promising negotiations on the energy bill.
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The company has won protection for the concept of using its autonomous vehicle technology, currently under development, to deliver packages to customers in the future.
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Since the decision in December, solar advocates have waged a vocal campaign against the commission, urging it to reconsider its decision.
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Hampton Roads, Va., will conduct a study to measure the effectiveness of a rapid bus system rather than a light rail system.
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The Google-owned community-based traffic and navigation app has been growing steadily and providing congestion data to city governments to help ease commutes.
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The state's Senate Finance Committee heard from leaders of the Infrastructure Bank, which has been criticized for being driven by politics and not the state’s road needs.
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Though the U.S. Department of Transportation isn't releasing details of any of the 77 applications it's received for its Smart City Challenge until March 12, city officials have divulged pieces of their plans to local media outlets across the country.
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The city has responded to the Smart City Challenge, which calls for urban transit to be taken into the high-tech age.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has put the Obama administration's plan to cut carbon emissions on hold.
