The 2024-2025 storm season has underscored the vulnerability of the U.S. electrical grid, with a series of extreme weather events causing widespread power outages and significant economic losses.

The modern power grid generates massive amounts of data from millions of sensors, smart meters, and weather stations.

The investment is aimed at meeting climate change and energy security targets for the UK, delivering a pathway to net zero emissions and helping the UK reach its goal of a decarbonised electricity sector by 2030.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) offer a transformative approach to managing these networks, providing a comprehensive, real-world model of assets and enabling better decision-making and operational efficiency.

The U.S. Department of Energy will allocate almost $2 billion for 38 projects that will directly focus on hardening the U.S. power grid.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced nearly $2 billion for 38 projects that will protect the U.S. power grid against growing threats of extreme weather, lower costs for communities, and increase grid capacity to meet load growth stemming from an increase in manufacturing, data centers, and electrification.

DOE announced an investment of $1.5 billion in four transmission projects that will improve grid reliability and resilience, relieve costly transmission congestion, and open access to affordable energy to millions of Americans across the country.

The smart grid market is undergoing rapid transition. The power distribution utilities, technology providers and system integrators are exploring smarter ways to exercise choices in the use of distributed energy resources and take control of the electricity distribution systems.

In support of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a $2.2 billion investment in the nation’s grid for eight projects across 18 states

State Grid Corp. of China, which covers more than 80% of the country, will increase spending 13% to 600 billion yuan ($83 billion) this year, the Economic Information Daily reported, citing a budget plan.