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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. Re:Mirrored text here - slashdotted already... by TubeSteak · · Score: 0, Troll
    "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"

    Wakey wakey mod's. Can you spell T.R.O.L.L.

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  2. In Other News.... by servoled · · Score: 0, Troll

    Furtilizer Helps Grow Crops
    Motor Oil Helps Reduce Friction in Engines
    Story at 11

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  3. Re:Simple Tweakage by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 0, Troll

    All the rice boys around here drag race. In fact, every month or so a bunch of them get busted on a straight chunk of road by the waterfront, about 3 blocks from my house.

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