Tag: Power grid
A large solar storm could knock out the power grid and...
David Wallace, Mississippi State University
On Sept. 1 and 2, 1859, telegraph systems around the world failed catastrophically. The...
How to have an all-renewable electric grid
David Timmons, University of Massachusetts Boston
The main solution to climate change is well known – stop burning fossil fuels. How to do this is...
Why solar ‘microgrids’ are not a cure-all for Puerto Rico’s power...
Peter Fox-Penner, Boston University
In addition to its many other devastating human consequences, Hurricane Maria left the island of Puerto Rico with its power grid...
The pull of energy markets – and legal challenges – will...
Hari Osofsky, Pennsylvania State University and Hannah Wiseman, Florida State University
On Oct. 10, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt formally announced a repeal of the Clean...
Are solar and wind really killing coal, nuclear and grid reliability?
Joshua D. Rhodes, University of Texas at Austin; Michael E. Webber, University of Texas at Austin; Thomas Deetjen, University of Texas at Austin, and...
The old, dirty, creaky US electric grid would cost $5 trillion...
The electric grid is an amazing integrated system of machines spanning an entire continent. The National Academy of Engineering has called it one of...
Can the power grid survive a cyberattack?
Michael McElfresh, Santa Clara University
It’s very hard to overstate how important the US power grid is to American society and its economy. Every critical...