The blackout started in Ohio, disrupting traffic in Michigan, cutting off lights in Canada, and then bringing darkness to New York City, the city of sleepless nights.
By the end of the blackout in northeast China in 2003, the area lost about $6 billion.
What do you think caused such a big power outage? -
Something special?
Did anyone destroy the grid?
Is it an earthquake? Nope --
No sinister plans and natural disasters. -
Just some standard hiccups. The U. S.
The grid runs as usual, but due to computer failures and some nasty trees and voil--
About 50 million people have no power.
According to Imre Gyuk, which manages the US energy storage research projectS.
Doe, we can avoid power outages like 2003 by storing energy online.
Energy can be stored in locations near power stations, transmission lines, substations and customers.
In this way, when a disaster occurs, the stored energy can power anywhere on the line.
It sounds like a big project.
However, almost every system that successfully serves many customers is reserved. Think about it.
Banks have reserves.
Super stores like Target and Wal
Matt keeps a reserve.
Can McDonald's offer billions of dollars without long-term reserves of tea rooms and freezers? Because the U. S.
The grid is running in chaos, not standby, it is set up for trouble.
See what we mean on the next page.