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This Clock Made Power Grids Possible

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As more power stations adopted the clocks, the frequency regulation allowed them to share electricity and create an interconnected power grid. Henry Ellis Warren was born in Boston on 21 May 1872, a decade before Edison’s Pearl Street Station went online, in New York City, ushering in the dawn of the electric age.

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North American Grid Operators Study Concludes 1M Plug-in Electric Vehicles May Be On the Road by 2020; Staggered Charging Can Reduce Potential Negative Impact on Grid

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A group of US and Canadian power grid operators, who manage most of the North American bulk electric grid collectively, studied the effect that plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) would have on the electric power grid. ISO RTO operating regions. Click to enlarge. Over a 12-hour period, PEV charging would add 98 MW.

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GE Links NY and NJ Grids with Variable Frequency Transformers

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GE recently completed the installation of variable frequency transformers (VFT) at the Linden, NJ cogeneration plant, which will allow power from the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland transmission system to flow into New York City. VFT rotary system. Click to enlarge.

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Berkeley study finds self-driving electric taxi fleets in Manhattan would deliver significant cost and environmental benefits

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Using models they built and data from more than 10 million taxi trips in New York City, they found that the cost of service provided by a fleet of shared automated electric vehicles (SAEVs) would be $0.29-$0.61 It is dependent on having a fairly dense charging network. —Jeffery Greenblatt, Berkeley Lab co-author.

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Massive solar array to power airside electric ground service vehicles at JFK Airport’s New Terminal One

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Located in four clusters of electrical generation infrastructure strategically placed around the new terminal to create a single smart, resilient energy system, this microgrid will also include 3.84 MWh of battery energy storage to balance electrical demand and improve power quality. MW of fuel cells and 1.5

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Disaster Awaits if We Don’t Secure IoT Now

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In 2017, a nuclear power plant in Kansas was the subject of a Russian cyberattack. In 2021, Chinese state actors reportedly gained access to parts of the New York City subway computer system. In the decade that followed, cyberattacks on critical infrastructure and near-misses continued.

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US DOE Awards More than $47M in Recovery Act Funding to Advance Smart Grid Development; New Smart Grid Report and Smart Grid Clearinghouse

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American Superconductor is developing and demonstrating advanced technology for a fault current limiter, which will restrict power surges through equipment in fault conditions such as a short circuit, maintaining power quality and grid stability. Zenergy Power Inc. Consolidated Edison Company of New York.

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