Cars That Think

DECEMBER 11, 2024

To Nick de Vries, chief technology officer at the solar-energy developer Silicon Ranch , a transformer is like an interstate on-ramp: It boosts the voltage of the electricity that his solar plants generate to match the voltage of grid transmission lines. Their very durability shoulders the grid. The company isnt alone in its quandary.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 26, 2025

He was part of a team developing power control and supervision systems for Colombia, Singapore, and Sweden. For example, the quantum approximate optimization algorithm can optimize power flow distribution across a smart grid. Machine learning.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

In the US, electricity demand is set to grow so much that it will add the equivalent of Californias total power consumption to the grid over the next three years. Droughts in Ecuador, Colombia, and Mexico further strained hydropower generation. These events underscore the need for more resilient power grids.

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