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Power Electronics Help to Control Electrical Grids

Posted by michael on from the dust-off-physics-101-knowledge dept.

An anonymous reader writes: "IEEE Spectrum magazine has a timely article about how power electronics are proving necessary for the widespread connection of wind turbines to the electric power grid. It explains many issues that currently make it difficult to utilize wind power. Older articles discuss other issues affecting the nation's power grid."

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  1. Moderators, please read before giving points by zakezuke · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Impressive as the gains have been, it isn't quite clear yet that the wind can blow a fat cock up the ass of the developed world's fossil-fuel dependence.

    Righto-- I'd say this was a troll... unless having a cock up the ass would impact our global dependance of power.

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  2. Re:Simple Tweakage by BigBadBri · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    a Taurus with a 3.6 liter V6

    That has to be the ultimate insult.

    Couldn't think of a proper car to beat a Honda, or were you just going for the worst case scenario?

    There are more important things than straight line speed, but I can't think of them right now.

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