Utilities also are adding more sensors to the electric grid to spot and report problems.
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The typical rural clinic in Rwanda is a lot farther than Mayange's from the electric grid.
For that reason the electric grid is a model of a neutral, innovation-driving network.
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Because it supplies energy only intermittently, it can be difficult to integrate into the electric grid.
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With increasing numbers of these stations, what is the potential impact to the electric grid?
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Being able to forecast solar energy production is crucial for maintaining the health of an electric grid.
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Your electric grid has only so many windmills attached, and its marginal producer is a coal-fired plant.
The electric grid does not care if you plug in a toaster, an iron, or a computer.
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In states like California and Massachusetts, renewable energy systems interconnected with the electric grid have become pervasive.
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On the contrary, the electric grid has become a cautionary tale for the risks of systemic collapse.
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According to the Alliance, the nation's electric grid will be strained by more than 60% by 2015.
Historically, the electric grid lacks these digital gears to ferry information back and forth through a communication network.
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The electric grid worked for the radios of the 1930s works for the flat screen TVs of the 2000s.
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That is a crazy tradeoff even if it didn't endanger the electric grid.
At the same time, an electric grid runs smoothly only when there is a balance of supply and demand.
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Simply put, in the context of the electric grid, resilience is not reliability.
Backup generators are filthy, wasteful and prone to performance problems depending on the frequency and duration of electric grid outages.
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The general purpose and neutral nature of the electric grid is one of the things that make it extremely useful.
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To be sure, some infrastructure projects might pass that cost-benefit test (perhaps electric grid modernization, or unclogging strategic rail bottlenecks).
After all, the Commission has concluded that the present electric grid is profoundly vulnerable to massive surges of electromagnetic energy.
One of the biggest and oldest networks around, the U.S. electric grid seems hopelessly stuck between the 19th and 21st centuries.
Here's how it works: Utilities install GridPoint boxes in homes and businesses that essentially become nodes in a smart electric grid.
In 1989, a relatively modest geomagnetic disturbance collapsed the electric grid in Quebec, depriving millions of users of electricity for several hours.
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GridPoint sells them a network of "smart" devices to help the companies and customers trim the fat out of the electric grid.
A123 makes batteries for electric and hybrid cars, and the electric grid.
The 60 new projects announced by Majumdar will tackle a wide range of subjects, including biofuel, solar energy and electric grid.
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ECoS enables local autonomous control decisions to be made in nearly real time for maximum reliability, survivability, and responsiveness of the electric grid.
The investment we are making today will create a newer, smarter electric grid that will allow for the broader use of alternative energy.
Solar panels produce electricity in DC, which needs to transform into AC for feeding the electric grid or for using the power onsite.
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