Nov 18 Texas still at risk of winter power blackouts, says oversight group By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press A group that oversees the reliability of the nation's electrical sector says Texas is again at risk of blackouts this winter because of extreme weather like the catastrophic February storm that buckled the state's electricity grid. Continue reading
Feb 18 Some power restored in Texas but water woes persist By Paul J. Weber, Jill Bleed, Associated Press Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says 7 million people have been ordered to boil their water before consuming it. The extreme weather was blamed for the deaths of over three dozen people, some while trying to keep warm. Continue reading
Jul 02 Watch 3:26 An electrical line worker’s Brief But Spectacular take on empowering her community During the pandemic, we've profiled front-line workers whose jobs have been deemed essential. One such employee is Savoya Taylor, a line-worker for ComEd, the utility that powers Chicago. She's the company’s first female overhead electrician -- and now she’s training… Continue watching
Sep 25 Watch 4:57 News Wrap: Iran’s Rouhani calls U.S. sanctions ‘economic terrorism’ In our news wrap Wednesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani denounced the Trump administration's withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly. He said Iran would only come to the negotiating table if… Continue watching
Jul 05 Spiders fly on the currents of Earth’s electric field By Amanda Grennell Spiders don’t have wings, but they can fly across entire oceans on long strands of silk. For more than a century, scientists thought it was the wind that carried them, but a new study shows the Earth’s electric field can… Continue reading
Jun 15 Want to charge your phone while moving around? This Stanford lab can help By Andrew Wagner Stanford engineers develop a way to wirelessly transmit energy to a device while it's on the move. Continue reading
May 16 Watch 2:25 News Wrap: Demand for electricity sparks massive protest in Kabul over power line’s route By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, the Afghan capital of Kabul went on lockdown after tens of thousands of minority Hazaras marched through the streets, demanding that a planned multinational power line be routed through their province. Also, the U.S. and… Continue watching
Jun 27 Engineers create collapsible battery powered with the help of dirty water By Carey Reed Engineers at Binghamton University have created a paper origami biobattery that gets its charge from a drop of dirty water. Continue reading
Apr 14 Watch 6:49 How drinking water pipes can also deliver electric power By PBS News Hour Hydroelectricity -- using the flow of water to generate power -- has long been a small but key source of renewable energy. How can cities around the country better harness that potential? A startup in Portland, Oregon, has developed a… Continue watching
Mar 31 Watch 8:29 How a gentle electrical jolt can focus a sluggish mind By PBS News Hour Continue watching