power grid Archives - resilience https://www.resilience.org/tag/powergrid/ Insight and inspiration in turbulent times. Wed, 30 Jul 2025 18:34:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.resilience.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-9sq-Blue-Box-only-32x32-2-32x32.png power grid Archives - resilience https://www.resilience.org/tag/powergrid/ 32 32 Transformer bottleneck: Can the U.S. maintain and expand its electric grid? https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-07-27/transformer-bottleneck-can-the-u-s-maintain-and-expand-its-electric-grid/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-07-27/transformer-bottleneck-can-the-u-s-maintain-and-expand-its-electric-grid/#respond Sun, 27 Jul 2025 13:43:57 +0000 https://www.resilience.org/?p=3515108 https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-07-27/transformer-bottleneck-can-the-u-s-maintain-and-expand-its-electric-grid/feed/ 0 Transition as Wildfire Adaptation in California https://www.resilience.org/stories/2019-11-14/transition-as-wildfire-adaptation-in-california-2/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2019-11-14/transition-as-wildfire-adaptation-in-california-2/#respond Thu, 14 Nov 2019 15:23:48 +0000 https://www.resilience.org/?p=3479142 https://www.resilience.org/stories/2019-11-14/transition-as-wildfire-adaptation-in-california-2/feed/ 0 Ordinary Life has Vanished in Fire-Ravaged California https://www.resilience.org/stories/2019-11-01/ordinary-life-has-vanished-in-fire-ravaged-california/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2019-11-01/ordinary-life-has-vanished-in-fire-ravaged-california/#respond Fri, 01 Nov 2019 13:11:02 +0000 https://www.resilience.org/?p=3478963 https://www.resilience.org/stories/2019-11-01/ordinary-life-has-vanished-in-fire-ravaged-california/feed/ 0 Siting Long Distance Transmission Lines https://www.resilience.org/stories/2017-08-24/siting-long-distance-transmission-lines/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2017-08-24/siting-long-distance-transmission-lines/#respond Thu, 24 Aug 2017 10:35:55 +0000 http://www.resilience.org/?p=3468117 https://www.resilience.org/stories/2017-08-24/siting-long-distance-transmission-lines/feed/ 0 Coal and Nuclear are Uneconomic — More Bombshells from Perry’s Draft Grid Study https://www.resilience.org/stories/2017-07-18/coal-and-nuclear-are-uneconomic%e2%80%8a-%e2%80%8amore-bombshells-from-perrys-draft-grid-study/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2017-07-18/coal-and-nuclear-are-uneconomic%e2%80%8a-%e2%80%8amore-bombshells-from-perrys-draft-grid-study/#respond Tue, 18 Jul 2017 11:03:19 +0000 http://www.resilience.org/?p=3467526 https://www.resilience.org/stories/2017-07-18/coal-and-nuclear-are-uneconomic%e2%80%8a-%e2%80%8amore-bombshells-from-perrys-draft-grid-study/feed/ 0 Rethink the Grid: Personal Power Stations https://www.resilience.org/stories/2015-03-25/rethink-the-grid-personal-power-stations/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2015-03-25/rethink-the-grid-personal-power-stations/#respond Wed, 25 Mar 2015 03:58:00 +0000 Rethinking the grid is quickly emerging as one of the hottest topics.

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From grid waste to good taste https://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-02-24/from-grid-waste-to-good-taste/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-02-24/from-grid-waste-to-good-taste/#respond Mon, 24 Feb 2014 04:58:00 +0000 The U.S. power grid is a vital part of the nation’s infrastructure. It’s also a wasteful one. Now, a new start-up is looking to solve both of these inefficiencies at once by reducing utilities’ excess power production while turning dormant lands into productive greenhouses.

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The new future of energy policy https://www.resilience.org/stories/2012-11-29/the-new-future-of-energy-policy/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2012-11-29/the-new-future-of-energy-policy/#respond Thu, 29 Nov 2012 04:17:00 +0000 Flood myths are common to human culture. Swollen rivers, tidal storms, and tsunamis make their appearance frequently in literature. But Hurricane Sandy, which has drawn newly etched high-water marks on the buildings of lower Manhattan (and Brooklyn), has shifted the discussion from storytelling to reality.

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