| Silke Schmidt

“The biggest and most complex machine ever built by humankind.” That is how University of Wisconsin–Madison doctoral student of electrical engineering Philip Hart describes the nation’s power grid.

Electricity Systems, Electricity Distribution

| Gary Radloff | Power Points

Almost every week a news story pops up in my inbox about how energy storage is going to revolutionize the energy world. And yet the revolution never comes. Why? Some say the technology is still not there.

Electricity Systems, Storage, Energy & Society, Economics

| Krista Eastman

Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin are currently considering lifting a 1983 moratorium on creating new nuclear power plants in the state.

Electricity Systems, Nuclear, Energy & Society, Policy & Regulation

| Terry Devitt

The world's first dedicated source of synchrotron radiation, an electron storage ring named Tantalus, has been designated a historic site by the American Physical Society.

| Mark E. Griffin & Silke Schmidt

In 2015, University of Wisconsin–Madison students had not one, but two opportunities to develop creative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing energy and environmental issues.

Energy & Society, Environmental Studies, Education & Outreach

| Krista Eastman

A shared passion for renewable energy technology has brought together two professors with two very different areas of expertise.

Electricity Systems, Solar, Storage