Infrastructure
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National Grid is expected to install the devices for 121,000 customers in the city. They will enable people to track energy usage via a portal, and will immediately alert the utility to power outages. -
A new report from the Urban Institute outlines how many of the projects developed as part of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, including technology work, have been slow to finish and deploy.
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Data center development, the subject of much public-sector conversation and policy, is predicted to expand, driven by the growth of AI. It's also expected to come at a cost and bring a selective benefit.
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The practice is controversial, widely used and very important to the future of solar power.
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The new electric power plant will be run on 50 percent biofuel and 50 percent fossil fuel in a step toward the state's goal of reaching 100 percent renewable energy by 2045.
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Uber is one of several companies, including Google, General Motors, Audi and Apple, working to replace human drivers with robots.
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The proposals could reshape several large U.S. cities for decades to come -- if they pass.
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On Oct. 28, the state will usher in a completely electronic tolling system on I-90, replacing 26 toll plazas with 16 gantries that will automatically charge drivers as they pass under them.
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A year into the overhaul of the region’s bus network, METRO officials say they’re pleased with the results — and have more improvements in the works.
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Both residents of Allen, Texas, and solar companies are hoping to reverse an ordinance prohibiting street-facing solar panels.
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The long-term cost of the accident could top $2 billion, an amount roughly in the range of the cleanup after the 1979 partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania.
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Assembly Bill 197 would boost legislative oversight of the California Air Resources Board, and would require the agency to focus more attention on cutting emissions from local refineries and manufacturers.
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From its peak in 2008, U.S. coal production has declined by 500 million tons per year — that’s 3,000 fewer pounds of coal per year for each man, woman and child.
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Several recent improvements have made streetlights more efficient, more connected to other public services, and better-equipped to promote public safety through sensors and real-time information.
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Transit agencies are getting better at making realistic cost estimates, offering hope that large-scale programs can avoid disastrous overruns.
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Piezoelectric energy harvesters are unproven at scale, so the California Energy Commission wants to see just how much power they could produce.
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A nonprofit agency is questioning the removal of key privacy protections in AB 1592, which would allow testing of a driverless shuttle in Contra Costa County.
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Fights over payments and charges for rooftop solar are getting a lot of attention, but the underlying issue is deeper and broader.
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The Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission officials plan to begin testing driverless cars on the toll road across northern Ohio within the next 12 months.
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Environmentalists say the program risks falling short of Gov. Jerry Brown’s goal of having at least 1.5 million emissions-free vehicles on the streets by 2025.
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The director of the Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management predicts a rise in the number of wind turbines off the East and West Coasts in the not so distant future.
