| US power grid at risk Marion Star The nuclear power plant at Salem, N.J. glows in the dusk of Aug. 9. Extreme weather is putting America's power grid to the test, with a yearlong run of violent storms and record heat battering a system built for fairer skies and vulnerable to its own ...http://www.marionstar.com/article/20120826/NEWS01/208260307/U-S-power-grid-risk?nclick_check=1 Can we depend on the power system?
The News Journal -
For generations we have taken electricity for granted. Turn the switch,
the lights come on. Plug in the toaster, the bread gets toasted. It
works fine – until it doesn't. More and more, downed power lines,
transformer failures and disrupted service not only doesn't ...http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120826/OPINION11/308260018/Can-we-depend-power-system-
Learning from the Cascading Power Failures that Brought Down the Power Grid ...
San Diego Free Press -
On Tuesday, July 31, 2012, India's interconnected power grids failed,
leaving 600 million people — half the population — without electricity.
Cascading failures occur in systems of interconnected parts. They
usually begin when one part of the system fails. http://sandiegofreepress.org/2012/08/learning-from-the-cascading-power-failures-that-brought-down-the-power-grid-in-india/#.UDp0vUQVcVk
Extreme conditions threaten power grid
Delmarva Daily Times -
Delmarva Power workers repair a power line on Route 4 near Limestone
Road in Stanton, Del., on June 29. The line was struck by lightning
early that morning, knocking out power in several nearby neighborhoods. /
http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20120826/NEWS01/208260303/Extreme-conditions-threaten-power-grid |
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