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Planning for Change, Prosperity, and Access: Building Strong and Resilient Electric Grids
By their very nature, engineers are expert planners who are trained to take many factors into consideration as they design, ...
Powering Progress: Minigrids in Africa
With electricity powering every corner of life and work in modern society, the absence of reliable access to electricity can ...
A Global Perspective on Climate Change: Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future
Climate change, the long-term shift in temperature and average weather patterns, is a huge societal concern. Extreme precipitation, wildfires, and ...
Innovation At Work’s Top Five Reads from 2021
Climate change. The COVID-19 pandemic. Cyber security attacks. Artificial intelligence (AI) and data privacy regulations. The shift to 5G. These ...
Wind and Solar Almost Quadruple in U.S., Expected to Set Records in 2021
Renewable energies are surging. Between 2011 and 2020, the amount of energy the United States generated from solar and wind ...
Innovative Renewable Projects Pave Way to Zero Carbon Electricity Generation
Global temperatures are soaring. Since pre-industrial times, human activity has warmed the planet global by 2 degrees Fahrenheit. Any further ...
Will Grid-Forming Inverters Transform Renewables?
Power outages are soaring due to climate change. In 2020, extreme weather was responsible for a 73% spike in blackouts, ...
These Discoveries Could Power An Energy Efficient Future
Not only are electronic devices everywhere in our homes, they also take large amounts of energy from the power grid ...
Renewable Breakthroughs Fuel Hope for Greener Planet
In recent weeks, natural disasters such as hurricanes and the California wildfires have wrought a path of destruction across the ...
Can Large-Scale Batteries Help Prevent California Blackouts?
In California, rolling blackouts have left millions of people in the dark as they rush indoors to escape both the ...