Microgrids and solar reduce risk of power outages

Washington DC (SPX) Dec 09, 2021

Climate change is fueling more floods, droughts, wildfires, and extreme storms across the United States. As a result, aging power grids are being pushed beyond their limits, sometimes with deadly impacts. (In 2020, a series of unusual winter storms knocked the power out in Texas for days - leading to shortages of water and heat and more than 100 deaths.) New research on ways to make electr