Category: Grid Vulnerability
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Podcast 085: Arshad Mansoor: What is the grid’s biggest R&D team planning for the future and how does local energy fit?
Mansoor shares his vision for a clean energy future and the critical role of local energy in the…
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Putin’s war in Ukraine may do more to accelerate renewables than all the speeches at COP26
Bill Nussey’s monthly letter: how the tragic Russian invasion of Ukraine will accelerate the path to a renewable…
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Natural gas was the biggest contributor to the Texas grid outage of 2021
The real cause of the Texas grid outage of 2021 have been lost amidst misguided political bickering. This…
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Six months without electricity – stories from Puerto Rico and Hurricane Maria (part 1)
Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico on Sept 20, 2017 and resulted in the worst blackout in American History.…
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Puerto Rico shines a bright light on the shortcomings of the world’s electricity infrastructure
On August 7, 2018, an untrimmed tree fell on an electrical transmission line in Puerto Rico, leaving 130,000…
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Three ways to reduce the risks of cyberattacks on the electric grid
As the cyberattack on the Ukraine grid showed the world, electric utilities are the new target for cyber…
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Russia has infiltrated the US electric grid – is this our doomsday nightmare?
“There is no backup system to the grid.” – Gretchen Bakke from her book, The Grid: The Fraying…
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Three steps that will help Puerto Rico’s grid survive the next hurricane
On September 6, 2017, Hurricane Irma hit Puerto Rico and left a million people without power. Two weeks…
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Why are the lights still out in Puerto Rico?
Puerto Rico has become an island of generators. Almost 10 weeks after Hurricane Maria tore across the island,…