Category Archives: Electric Grid

How the electric grid works is important to understand they myriad ways it could fail, including lack of maintenance after deregulation, the essential role of natural gas as the backup since batteries, hydropower, and compressed air storage can’t be scaled up, the difficulties in setting up a smart grid, or a distributed grid and more

Grid has too many owners, forget about increasing the size and strength

Posted on July 15, 2013 by

Summary of The New York Times article below: There are too many commercial and government players. with too many conflicting interests, plus regulatory hurdles, as well as too much money required to maintain, improve, or expand the grid. What this … Continue reading →

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Long-Term Reliability of Power Systems In North America

Posted on October 23, 2011 by

North American Electric Reliability Council. Oct 2006. Summary of 2006 Long-Term Reliability Assessment: The Reliability of the Bulk Power Systems In North America Capacity Margin — Capacity that could be available to cover random factors such as forced outages of … Continue reading →

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Microgrids not yet possible with today’s technology

Posted on January 13, 2010 by

Preface. This article says that renewables do increase grid fluctuations, but that power trading fluctuations were even larger, and that with current technology, microgrids are not possible yet. Alice Friedemann   www.energyskeptic.com  author of “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the … Continue reading →

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