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Grid-Forming Inverters to Jump Start Supply
An unplanned grid blackout occurs when an incident trips an entire network. A ripple effect…
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Virtual Power Plant Technology Unpacked
A virtual power plant is not a utility’s ‘brick and mortar’ coal, or gas power…
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Batteries Turning Peaking Stations to Hybrids
Gas peaking stations became a popular way to supplement coal-power operations, because they have lighter…
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Battery Generators Competing with Diesel
Battery generators may sound like a conflict of interests at first sight. We might even…
Battery Technical
Distributed Utility Backup on Neighborhood Poles
An electricity grid serving a community becomes potentially unstable when demand exceeds supply. This can…
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Vacuum Tube Batteries in Bygone Times
Electronic circuits in radios and television sets were bulkier before the fully electronic era arrived.…
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Utility Scale Battery Performance Strategies
The United States still has only 4,605 megawatts of operational, utility-scale battery storage. This information…
Battery Basics
Different Types of Batteries Popular Today
There’s still confusion among consumers whether batteries are the same as cells. A cell in…
Battery Basics
Smart Ways to Use Your Electric Car Battery
There’s been much talk lately of using your old EV battery to power your house…
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There’s More to Electric Cars Than Four Wheels
The value in consumer goods lies in what they can do for us. The benefits…