Tag Archives: electricity
Jesse Jenkins’s Course on the Electricity Sector
Prof. Jesse Jenkins of Princeton University teaches a course called Introduction to The Electricity Sector. He’s made the presentations from his course lectures available to the public at no charge. Continue reading
Unsolicited Climate News
Iām not quite finished my latest book review so in the meantime here are some recent news reports about climate and clean energy that have caught my eye. š In April, Donald Trump asked oil executives to contribute $1-billion (yes, … Continue reading
The Big Switch
Iām only halfway through the book Iām reading, so this week Iām writing about a podcast instead. The Big Switch is a terrific podcast about how we switch to a net zero carbon economy to help slow down climate change. … Continue reading
The Grid: The Fraying Wires between Americans and Our Energy Future
A PhD in cultural anthropology might seem like an odd background for someone writing a book about our national electricity grid. But Gretchen Bakke sees the grid as more than just generating plants, transmission wires, substations, poles, meters, outlets and … Continue reading
State-wide Blackout in South Australia
Yesterday the entire state of South Australia, about 1.5 times the area of Texas, suffered an electricity blackout due to a severe storm that knocked out major transmission lines. Photo: Electranet Network Services Here’s an interesting report on the causes … Continue reading
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