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IE Questions: What Causes Blackouts?
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The world’s largest machine has a big job: bringing us electricity. So what happens when it doesn’t? This week’s IE question looks back at some of the biggest power outages in recent history.
Inside Energy (https://insideenergy.org/tag/electricity/page/5/)
The world’s largest machine has a big job: bringing us electricity. So what happens when it doesn’t? This week’s IE question looks back at some of the biggest power outages in recent history.
The Washington Post |The way electricity is delivered to homes and businesses is undergoing a significant transition. In the near future, many homeowners will be able to generate and store their own electricity, and that creates a profound challenge for traditional utilities.
In which we explain what automatic feeder switching and FLISR are, and how they’re going to make your power outages shorter.
New York Times | A prominent rooftop solar system provider announced they will operate small, independent power systems called microgrids, challenging the traditional utility model.
Wyoming is home to the country’s first human waste-powered data center. Inside Energy’s Leigh Paterson takes you there.
Wyoming’s solar potential is among the best in the nation, but even as residential rooftop solar has boomed recently in places like California, Colorado and New Jersey, it’s barely made any inroads in the state. Economics and politics both play a role, but with the price of photovoltaics continuing to drop, some people are starting to ask whether momentum is building for solar in nation’s largest coal-producing state.
Every time you check Facebook, send an email, or pay a bill online, that digital information is processed and stored in one of the nearly three million data centers across the country. Leigh Paterson reports that these facilities use and waste massive amounts of electricity.
The Environmental Protection Agency has released a rule to regulate coal ash disposal. Inside Energy’s Leigh Paterson reports.
Energy is so ubiquitous in everyday life that we often take it for granted. In the spirit of the holidays, here are ten things we’re thankful for this Thanksgiving—and that we can use thanks to energy.