WOW-POW = World Of Wonderful POWer: Microgrid Network More Dependable, Cheaper Power

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Microgrid Network More Dependable, Cheaper Power

Hurricane Katrina helped University of Texas professor, Alexis Kwasinski, formulate a new plan for the U.S. telecom system: a de-centralized power architecture that would have kept the lights and phones on in New Orleans. Kwasinski maintains that a microgrid-based power plant with its own local power sources and independent control would be more dependable, efficient, and cost effective than traditional telecom power systems.
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