Keeping the lights on during extreme cold snaps takes investments and upgrades
- Written by Zhaoyu Wang, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Iowa State University
Heavy, wet snow can knock down tree limbs -- and power lines.AP Photo/Bill SikesPolar vortexes. Hurricanes. Wildfires.
With climate change making extreme weather events more frequent and intense, it is getting harder to keep the lights on and HVAC systems running.
As a power system researcher, I believe utilities need to get better at withstanding...
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