Energy and Climate Change

Northern California’s power outage is rooted in its antiquated power grids; it’s simply “exposed lines on wood poles over dry grass.”

Preventing losses of electricity as it travels from the source to where it’s used could cut greenhouse gas emissions by half a billion metric tons a year.

Researchers have proposed a new probabilistic dispatch strategy for these modern power grids that lowers generation costs, but also ensures that constraints in the power network are secure. This method prevents overload or power outages.