It is critical that America modernize its electric grid if it is to lead the world and create jobs in the clean-energy economy of the future.

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These analysts think mHealth, the smart grid, and telematics applications will lead the charge.

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Award-winning Scottish theatre company Grid Iron has a new, interactive performance which will lead the audience to an "out of this world" location on the outskirts of Edinburgh.

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Eventually, though, a really big solar storm will deliver its full fury on the American heartland, and then the accumulated design decisions that have been made as the domestic electrical grid expanded tenfold over the last half-century will lead to disaster.

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The microgrid comprises eight 100-kW grid-tied inverters, the rooftop PV array, the lead-acid battery pack, backup diesel generators, and a Web-based monitoring and control system.

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From his position at the head of the grid, Vettel never looked in any danger of being caught and -- apart from briefly conceding his lead to Webber after making his second and final pit stop on lap 45 before regaining it two laps later -- the result was never in doubt.

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