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Microgrids: Sandy Forced Cities to Rethink Power Supply
2013-09-10 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Hurricane Sandy and the havoc it wreaked on New York City and the rest of the Northeast in 2012 could prove to be a turning point in how people think about the way electricity is produced and distributed, particularly in storm-prone areas, with some states and cities starting to turn to what are known as microgrids. When Sandy roared ashore last October, it knocked out power for 8.5 million people, and kept more than 1.3 million people in the dark a week after the storm hit. It seared an image...
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