Tag electrical grid

Cybercriminals penetrate US electrical grid

Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, according to current and former national-security officials. But the programs weren’t activated and no damage was done. Unnamed sources said…

Prius powers home during blackout

John Sweeney ran his fridge, freezer, wood stove fan and even his television and lights using his Prius for three days while the power was out in his town. By using an inverter to convert the car’s DC power supply…

Intruder alert. Hacking the electrical grid

Former CIA director James Woolsey turned “green hawk” cleantech venture capitalist asks a panel at a Google/Brookings conference what is being done to prevent our aging electrical grid from being hacked, with potentially serious damage resulting. He cites two major…

Idaho has too much wind power

Excess wind power in Idaho is putting strains on their grid. So, the state is clamping down on the size on new wind projects. This is why we need stored power at grid scale. If those wind farms could store…