power grid
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Hurricane Irma’s power leaves Florida powerless
A last-minute turn inland spared the state even more damaging storm surge, but the electric grid took a lashing.
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This Hawaiian mayor is scoring touchdowns for clean energy
Mayor Bernard Carvalho is defying President Trump on climate.
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Welcome to Paradise: Batteries Now Included
The power grid of the future will require sunny skies above and energy storage below. Thanks to Tesla, Kauai has both.
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Is Apple trying to be your iUtility?
Apple can sell electricity now. What next?
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East Coast and Gulf Coast power grids are still not ready for a big hurricane
It's been three years since Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast. Our power grids are still awful.
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Solar grid parity 101 — and why you should care
We're rapidly approaching solar grid parity, the tipping point when installing solar power will cost less than buying electricity from the grid.
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America’s energy future: iPads vs. typewriters with guns
This post originally appeared on Energy Self-Reliant States, a resource of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s New Rules Project. As Americans transition their electricity system to the 21st century, they should ask this question: Does it make sense to pursue strategies such as accelerating the development of new high-voltage power lines that reinforce an outdated […]
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California pushes back against energy imports
This post originally appeared on Energy Self-Reliant States, a resource of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s New Rules Project. Western grid operators have been making plans for large-scale renewable energy imports into the California electricity market, prompting the governor’s senior advisor for renewable energy facilities to write a “self-reliance” response. Here are a few highlights […]
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Solar panels under power lines could be a major electricity source
Moving toward renewable energy won't require massive solar projects. We could get 20 percent of our power just from solar panels under power lines.