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How to Fix Our Unreliable Power Grid

Provided by: Vox |Published on: April 27, 2021
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  • This Vox video explains how centralized electric grids in the United States can be easily disrupted, resulting in mass power outages.
  • Students will learn that microgrids could decrease the number of mass power outages even as extreme weather events from climate change increase over time.
  • The video also shows how solar and wind microgrids can store and share excess energy with the central grid, decreasing reliance on fossil fuels.
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Subjects: Engineering
Authors: Vox
Region: United States
Languages: English

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