Under no circumstances should you plug your devices into the wall during a power outage, cautions Hodnicki. “Power outages ...

A small Finnish town is about to ditch fossil fuels in its heating network thanks to a sand-filled energy storage tank the ...

Jim Rossman is a tech columnist for Tribune News Service. He may be reached at [email protected].

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The state Legislature finally passed a proposal to fund backup power for critical facilities like nursing homes and fire stations.