Smart Grid
-
New professor studies energy in the emerging interdisciplinary field of sustainability science
Jennie Stephens’ research focuses on the global energy transition away from fossil fuels toward renewables—particularly, understanding the social dynamics of integrating wind power, solar, and smart grid into energy systems.
-
Smart funding for the smart grid
Photo by Larry Johnson via Flickr According to associate professor Edmund Yeh of the electrical engineering department, the US loses about $100 billion each year due to blackouts in the energy grid. When the power goes out, so does the economy. The current grid is based on predictable sources of energy,…