How to avoid blackouts in hurricanes? Model power grids after the internet, says one expert.
September 12, 2017In the mediaThe World staff
On PRI's "The World," MITEI director of research Francis O'Sullivan explains how microgrids can help make the electric grid more resilient against mass blackouts in future natural disasters like Hurricane Irma.
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Antora Energy—a startup founded by former MITEI Energy Scholar David Bierman SM ’14, PhD ’17—has developed a thermal energy storage system with the potential to unlock vast amounts of affordable, reliable, clean energy to meet surging energy demand.