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Electrification Software Grid

Master Builders: The Lab Shaping The Future Of The Energy Grid

Dorothy Pomerantz
January 29, 2020
You can think of the electricity grid, as it has existed for more than 100 years, as a well-built Lego model, each piece fitting perfectly with the other. Electricity traveled in one direction from power plants through wires and transformers to homes and businesses, where every electron produced got consumed.
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The Future Of Energy

The Power Broker: This GE Engineer Is Losing Sleep To Keep Your Lights On

Tomas Kellner
April 22, 2019

When Thomas Edison switched on the first electrical grid in downtown Manhattan in 1882, the project was a great engineering feat as well as a brilliant marketing ploy. Starting small, his grid covered just a few blocks of New York City’s financial district serving some very influential customers. This first step unleashed a tsunami of innovation and growth the same way the Internet would a century later, but years later its evolution slowed to a crawl.

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