#Grid

Marc “Except You, You're All Right” Whipple

WhippleMarc

Speaking of, just as a PSA/reminder, a generator which is not fueled, serviced and regularly tested is like a backup method you've never done a restore test on: it's no

JPR007

jpr007

OBSERVATION OF THE DAY 20201111The competitive arena of Energy Storage Batteries may be defined by something completely different from what most of us may be imagining1. One can view this

Suzanne Stradling

sstradling_econ

Today's power outages in Texas aren't the weather-related outages you're used to, when old power lines go down and crews can't get them fixed. This is a supply problem. Too

John Kemp

JKempEnergy

POWER GRID FAILURES never have a single cause. Grids should be managed conservatively with multiple layers of protection and reserves. Even if there is a single proximate cause, such as

Adam Best

adamcbest

Texas hates the federal government so much it has its own outdated power grid. No other state in the country has been quite this stubborn, stupid and self-destructive about energy

Dr Emma Hodcroft

firefoxx66

Is the new UK variant the same as the new South African variant (501Y.V2)?No.They both share the same mutation in spike: N501Y (N->Y at position 501). However, the 2 variants

Jeremy Fugleberg

jayfug

We're tracking thousands of outages across South Dakota due to an unprecedented regional power grid problem due to the cold weather. Backstory here:https://www.inforum.com/business/energy-and-mining/6888311-Officials-ask-consumers-to-co

Powerhouse

JoinPowerhouse

California is facing unprecedented challenges to its grid.Never in the history of the modern electric grid, as @gregg_dixon explains, has there been an expected 4,000 MW capacity deficiency.Here are four

Saikat Chakrabarti

saikatc

Now CNN is parroting a totally unfounded claim about the Texas blackouts, unchallenged. Folks, I've seen this happen so many damn times. The right makes a narrative, they define the

Nick Haskins

nphaskins

At first glance this looks amazing. An entire solar kit in a box that can plug into your electrical grid and save you thousands!!Wrong.[thread]https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/craftstrom/plugandplay-smart-solar-home-battery-modular-and-

Greta Wall

GretaLWall

A thread on the backwards policies of California:Just after 10pm last night, Wednesday 12/2, @SDGE shut off the power at my parents’ house in East County San Diego due to

Benji Backer

BenjiBacker

A common question being asked this week: is wind energy to blame for the energy crisis in Texas? The answer is no. People are simply dunking on wind energy to

Dr Emma Hodcroft

firefoxx66

Lots of tweets about this today! Let's see what we can see in the focal S:E484 build!Phylogenetics (what I do - making 'family trees' from virus genetics) can be very

Phantom

phantom3434

1) Even accounting for the differences between EV's and ICE cars and trucks there will be a huge amount of electricity needed in the future to power these EV'sThe whole

TeJay is Drawing

TeJay_the_Mad

So, I've answered a few questions about the #poweroutage situation here in #Texas due to the #winterstorm2021Welcome to my explainer of why some people have power, and others don't. Power

Peer Schneider

PeerIGN

Behold, the dark side of @kickstarter. For every few awesome projects that deliver, there's a Victor Aleman and Ismael Porras L. who use the goodwill of backers to pocket a

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