You know how you can fall down a rabbit hole when you start on a project? [Fabian Bräunlein] and [Luca Melette] were looking at a box on a broken streetlamp in Berlin. The box looked like a relay, and ...

Director and producer David Tice opened up about his documentary film “Grid Down Power Up.” It’s a documentary about what would happen if the United States power grid were to ever shut down. It dives ...

Actor Dennis Quaid is known for his multi-faceted roles on the silver screen, but he recently released a documentary about the prospect of a power grid outage that would send the United States "back ...

When the grid goes down, whether due to natural disasters, infrastructure failure, or a more serious societal breakdown, access to power can become a critical issue. Electricity fuels much more than ...

A functioning energy grid is the backbone to everything we rely on today but delivering safe and reliable power 24/7/365 is a massive undertaking, one made only more challenging by the rise in ...

Our power grid is at grave risk of shutting down completely. An orchestrated physical attack, electromagnetic pulse attack (EMP), cyber-attack, or geomagnetic disturbance (GMD) could shut down our ...

The aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico has shown the devastating potential consequences of not having electricity for an extended period of time. As electric cars become more popular, how ...

Last week, as millions of his fellow Texans were plunged into unrelenting darkness and cold, Nicholas Littlejohn considered himself lucky. In the area outside Austin where he lives, the power first ...

A long-term grid failure caused by a catastrophic event, such as a solar flare or EMP, is a scenario that most people would rather not think about. But for those who want to prepare, understanding the ...