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These Two 20 Year Olds Are Trying To Buy Berlin’s Electric Power Grid

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As the German government rethinks its commitment to the renewable-energy revolution, two women in their late 20′s are making a bid to buy the city of Berlin’s electric power grid. The objective:...

Hacks on Gas (and the Grid): Relationship between Cybersecurity, Energy and National Defense

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Whenever a doomsday scenario involving the nation’s computer networks is invoked, invariably one aspect of it involves a massive disruption of the electrical grid. Computers go haywire, expensive and...

IBM, Migros Test How Freezer Loads Could Balance the Power Grid

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A couple of months ago, I wrote about some of the experiments focused on using electric vehicles as a storage mechanism that could help balance power demand across the grid. IBM has been applying a...