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 computer-controlled "vehicles" would move at speeds up to 150 miles per hour along elevated guideways, and passengers could summon them using their smartphones.
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The Nevada state-owned project, which could break ground as soon as September 2016, is expected to cost at least $100 million.
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Traffic problems are poised to worsen as the population grows and more people gravitate toward cities. But a lot of people in both the public and private sectors are working to find solutions.
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The combination of Austin's fast-growing population, its strong technology community and an entrepreneurial spirit have helped drive the transition.
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The Minnesota-based company has submitted a proposal to the state legislature that would drastically reduce its dependence on fossil fuels while ramping up production of solar and wind power.
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Do you focus on improving struggling neighborhoods in the hopes that everyone in the neighborhood will be better off, or on helping people get a leg up, even if it means they leave the neighborhood?
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Deloitte's Amsterdam office is so efficient it produces more power than it uses — and an app connects employees with the space they work in.
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Comments from Gov. John Kasich, a Republican who signed a temporary freeze last year, took some observers by surprise.
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The tighter restrictions will have the greatest impact in California because the state has the nation's worst air quality and has failed to meet previous ozone standards.
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The answer may lie in Blacksburg, Va.'s "Solarize Blacksburg" program.
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World leaders will head into the Conference of Parties summit in Paris in December with plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through 2030, but reports published this week suggest that those plans still don't do enough to limit global warming below a critical benchmark.
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A reporter's brief trip in the backseat of a Google self-driving car shows how developers are taking advantage of Austin's traffic patterns to teach its software how to handle the mundane and unpredictable.
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At its heart, World Car-Free day has a noble aim -- but evidence suggests that a one-off event can't really make a world of difference.
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The small project establishes a conceptual framework for deploying less-precise mobile sensors en masse, with the ultimate goal of allowing scientists to analyze the measurements, detect hot spots and understand trends over time.
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Though researchers have projected huge energy generation capacity potential from offshore wind farms, the U.S. has yet to set up a single turbine.
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The new app is intended to "help tame the complexity of the trash and recycling collections schedule.”
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An ambitious, broad-scale initiative is seeping into many avenues of reform and creativity in the city.
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Here's a quick look at the states that restrict municipal broadband -- along with their average connection speed and percentage of citizens that live in a home with high-speed access.
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