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Today, the electricity we use is carried along a grid of lines and wires that dates back to Thomas Edison, a grid that can't support the demands of clean energy.
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Whether for everyday use as a primary power source, for use during periods of peak grid demand, or for backup use during emergencies, fuel cells offer an attractive, efficient and eco-friendly solution.
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You just touch the attachment icon for a bit longer than usual and a grid of compatible apps to use for editing appears.
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It is similar to the PUE rating (Power Use Effectiveness) developed by The Green Grid a few years ago, but it arguably is more targeted toward measuring power consumption and actual operations.
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Recently, researchers writing in Physical Review B suggested that arranging a number of tiny cloaks in a two-dimensional grid could be put to use in biomedicine and sensing, as well as traditional camouflage.
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The investment we are making today will create a newer, smarter electric grid that will allow for the broader use of alternative energy.
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As part of its smart-grid activities, aimed at achieving a low-carbon society through efficient energy use, TMC is conducting trials in Japan of its Toyota Smart Center pilot program, which plans to link people, automobiles and homes for integrated control of energy consumption.
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Computers use the laws of physics and mathematics to make predictions based on simulations of the atmosphere that are represented on a grid.
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The attack built by Giannetsos and his colleagues has a wider target than the power grid: any system that uses sensor mesh networks, from buildings that use the sensors to monitor for weaknesses in their architecture to sensors distributed in forests to detect wildfires.
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In 2003, IBM co-founded the US-based GridWise Alliance that advocates for grid modernization, and in 2007, IBM formed the Global Intelligent Utility Network Coalition (GIUNC), a coalition of players in the energy and utilities market, which is helping accelerate the adoption and use of smart grid technologies and bringing digital intelligence to current systems.
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