U.S. utilities need more transformers to build the zero-carbon grid and keep the lights on after major storms. But the specialized equipment is hard to build, and manufacturers can’t keep up with ...

If there is one technology which is truly essential and ubiquitous in our world, it’s electricity. Yet few of us have any idea how the power grid works. That’s going to have to change. Understanding ...

Simulations on the Stampede2 supercomputer of the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) are helping scientists engineer solutions to overheating of grid transformers -- a critical component of the ...