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Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies at 94

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Tanenbaum went on to serve as president of AT&T’s New Jersey Bell (now part of Verizon ) in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Today solar is the third largest renewable-electricity sector behind hydropower and wind. In 1996 he cofounded PowerWorld , a power system information and analysis company, in Champaign, Ill.

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HVDC Networks Come to Europe

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Starting around the middle of 2024, the Shetlands—and also part of mainland Scotland—will be powered by the 443-megawatt Viking wind farm , consisting of 103 wind turbines on the main island of Shetland. This newer HVDC technology is opening up new opportunities. An inverter there can feed into the mainland AC grid.

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