Making up the difference will be a balancing act of high-tension electricity choreography. https://media.wired.com/photos/5994e5a960c15d1809951924/master/pass/solar-TA.jpg Feed: All Latest
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Grid penalty hits Lewis in Seb battle
Lewis Hamilton has copped a grid penalty for the Austrian Grand Prix. Pete Gill and James Galloway, Sky SportsFOX SPORTS Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Reddit Email a friend LEWIS Hamilton’s hopes of cutting Sebastian Vettel’s title lead in the Austrian GP have suffered a setback after the […]
For Sunday’s launch, SpaceX to test “significantly upgraded” grid fins
Enlarge / The Falcon 9 rocket on the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base. (credit: SpaceX) Chances are, if you’re a SpaceX employee, you’ve had a busy weekend. On Friday, the company successfully launched its second “used” Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Now, two days later, the company will attempt […]
Senators Push Trump for Answers on Power Grid Malware Attack
Nineteen legislators say the discovery of automated grid-disruption malware in Ukraine means the White House isn’t doing enough to protect critical infrastructure. https://media.wired.com/photos/594c2cd975332f254d8c92c5/master/pass/TrumpBlackout-FeatureArt-644978052.jpg Wired
US utility offers clients cheap Tesla batteries for grid backup
For the first time, a power utility has teamed up with Tesla to use its battery packs for extra grid power during peak usage times. Vermont’s Green Mountain Power (GMP) is not only installing Tesla’s industrial Powerpacks on utility land, it’s also subsidizing home Powerwall 2s for up to 2,000 customers. Rather firing up polluting […]
The outdated US electric grid is going to cost $5 trillion to replace
Flickr/Kool Cats Photography The electric grid is an amazing integrated system of machines spanning an entire continent. The National Academy of Engineering has called it one of the greatest engineering achievements of the 20th century. But it is also expensive. By my analysis, the current (depreciated) value of the US electric grid, comprising power plants, […]
