From real-time load balancing to self-healing networks, artificial intelligence will become the operating system of the modern power grid — and digitalizing how we all use electricity. Paulo Pena. EnergyInPower Editorial Team | May 6, 2026 | Electricity grids were built to move power in one direction — from large plants to passive consumers. That model is now obsolete. Millions of solar panels, batteries, and electric vehicles push energy back into the same network,

It seems contrary to everything that had been done—within the framework of UN nations—and everything that had been negotiated and agreed upon regarding climate change.” But the reality is that since 1987 , when the UN Brundtland Commission's report on “Our Common Future,” which seeks to balance economic growth with environmental protection and social well-being, was adopted , little progress has been made. The ideological and globalizing bias has focused on energy . Efforts h

The Intersolar trade fair is one of the main, if not the most important, events worldwide on renewable energy, especially photovoltaic solar energy, where suppliers can meet with distributors, developers, investors, planners and project builders. The presence of energy storage technologies is predominant in each company's exhibits. Almost all companies are presenting their own storage solution associated with their main product, whether they manufacture solar panels, invert

Fossil fuels like oil and natural gas are back in the Earth’s energy consumption mix. The US and the entire world heard President Donald Trump say that immediately after his inauguration at the Capitol, he would issue —and did so on January 20, 2025—an executive order instructing his Ambassador to the United Nations to notify his decision to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement of COP21 of November 2015, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including CO2. In the end, accor

The recurring crisis in Ecuador’s electricity sector, after a series of years of navigating its fragility in one way or another existing of its generation, transmission, sub-transmission and distribution systems , leaves the problem without a solution; perhaps the problem is reaching its peak, and there are sensible reasons, publicly discussed, analyzed, and recommended, to prevent the nation from facing the risk of repeating blackouts due to purely technical causes that cou

The optimal operating conditions of a photovoltaic plant are directly associated with environmental variables and can have a significant impact on performance. Photovoltaic plants are designed to efficiently convert solar energy into electricity, but their performance depends on several environmental factors. Among these, temperature is one of the most critical. Although solar panels need sunlight to generate energy, high temperatures are not always beneficial and can, in f