BLOG: New June Energy Records Set for Texas

Increasingly hot summers and the needs of a growing state help explain heightened demands on the state principal power grid.   On June 23 — a hot day even by Texas standards — electrical consumption on the state’s main power grid spiked in quick succession to...

BLOG: Invention Captures Massive Wind Bursts from Typhoons

Imagine giant spinning egg beaters that produce electricity, but enough for an entire nation. That’s how Japanese inventor Atsushi Shimizu describes his new invention, an odd-shaped wind turbine designed to harness the power of tropical cyclones. “For decades, Japan...