Blackout

The Super Bowl Blackout: How to Prevent High-Profile Outages

The Super Bowl Blackout: How to Prevent High-Profile Outages

Ben Kellison: February 5, 2013

GTM Research’s Ben Kellison asks whether the Superdome blackout was an anomaly—or a microcosm of an unpredictable grid.

First Solar in India: Exploiting RAMs and FITs

First Solar in India: Exploiting RAMs and FITs

Herman K. Trabish: October 18, 2012

Can First Solar continue to dominate in India as tariffs drop and loopholes close?

India Think Tank Charges US With “Ruining” Its Thin Film Manufacturing

India Think Tank Charges US With “Ruining” Its Thin Film Manufacturing

Herman K. Trabish: August 22, 2012

Report claims the U.S. is using “its pervert advantage” against India’s solar PV industry.

Gridquant: New Math for the Smart Grid

Gridquant: New Math for the Smart Grid

Jeff St. John: August 14, 2012

The company with its patented “Holomorphic Embedding Load-Flow Method” for modeling power systems gets investment, partnership with Battelle.

Guest Post: Insight Into the Grid Failure in India

Guest Post: Insight Into the Grid Failure in India

Raj Prabhu: August 9, 2012

A deep dive into India’s grid infrastructure, and how it led to last week’s massive blackout

New Federal Grid Rules for Solar and Wind

New Federal Grid Rules for Solar and Wind

Herman K. Trabish: July 2, 2012

“Attempting to fit variable renewable energy resources into these operating practices is often like trying to fit a round peg into a square hole.”

Decentralized Power and Disaster Preparation

Decentralized Power and Disaster Preparation

Guy Warner: April 12, 2011

Microgrids, once considered a technology for off-grid communities, are emerging as a path toward disaster preparation.

Can We Make Power Outages a Thing of the Past?

Can We Make Power Outages a Thing of the Past?

Rick Thompson: September 13, 2010

Can certain smart grid technologies make power outages (or at least their duration) a thing of the past?

A New York Emergency: Why Con Ed Needs Smart Grid Now

A New York Emergency: Why Con Ed Needs Smart Grid Now

David J. Leeds: June 28, 2010

Cone Head reduces the voltage. It’s a live example of why grid upgrades are needed.