Jul

6

How To Restart A Grid Full Of Wind Turbines

July 6, 2022 | Leave a Comment

An Iowa State University team is now working to develop strategies and controllers that would reenergize power grids dominated by wind power. When electric grids go down, there’s no way to restore them – ‘blackstart’ them – with power from wind turbines. In Iowa, wind turbines now produce 55% of the state’s electricity. It used […]

Mar

26

Trying To Solve Brownouts and Blackouts

March 26, 2020 | Leave a Comment

Researchers at University of British Columbia Okanagan campus are working at a goal of eliminating brownouts and blackouts. The new research is redesigning how electricity is distributed within power grids. The research published in the International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy, describes a power system operation that will consist of multiple microgrids – separate […]

Feb

15

Ideas Proposed To Avoid Blackouts At 100% Renewable Energy

February 15, 2018 | 2 Comments

Stanford University researchers now propose three separate ways to avoid blackouts if an economy transitions all its energy to electricity or direct heat and provides the energy with 100 percent wind, water and sunlight. It a relief to know someone is thinking about reducing the risks of renewables to an economy. Renewable energy solutions are […]

Nov

4

What Happens to You When the Power Goes Out?

November 4, 2014 | Leave a Comment

Hugh Byrd & Steve Matthewman have written an overview of what happens when electrical power goes out. Its not a pretty picture. Blackouts, a total loss of power on the main lines to homes and business are serious problems. For those in the developed world blackouts have, so far been annoyances with mild to moderate […]

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