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NASA’s ‘Solar Shield’ Will Protect Power Grids From Space Weather

7:40PM October 29, 2010 | Clay Dillow - PopSci

They’re out there, biding their time. Waiting patiently. And when you least expect it, they’re going to plunge you and everyone you care about into total darkness. More »


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Google and GE Team Up to Revitalise Our Ancient Power Grid

11:15PM September 18, 2008 | John Mahoney

We might still have to wait a while for the Google washing machine–but GE as we know is also a huge player in energy infrastructures, which makes notable their announcement of a partnership with those incessant innovators at Google to modernise our stone-age grid. If (if) we somehow do find ourselves with an administration in January that truly moves forward with forward-thinking energy plans, we don’t want to losing a huge percentage of our fresh new juice to our inefficient grid, most parts of which date back to the disco era.

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