Meredith Angwin
As a working chemist, Meredith Angwin headed projects that lowered pollution and increased reliability on the electric grid. Her work included pollution control for nitrogen oxides in gas-fired combustion turbines and corrosion control in geothermal and nuclear systems.
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Shorting The Grid
by Meredith Angwin
Shorting the Grid, The Hidden Fragility of Our Electric Grid is an exposé of the insider-ruled practices of the “deregulated” areas of the United States electric grid. The grid in these areas is managed by a regional transmission organization (RTO). Within these organizations, no group is responsible or accountable for grid reliability. The RTO areas have higher retail electricity prices, no way for ordinary citizens to influence decisions, and a more fragile grid. Using the rules and history of the New England grid as an example, the book shows how RTO areas are moving steadily to a future of “rolling blackouts” where the grid operator deliberately cuts power to one section of the grid after another.
LNG for the Winter in the Northeast
Winter in Vermont Summer afternoon. I stare at the huge yellow blossoms of my daylily patch. I am always amazed by their generous beauty. Midsummer is wonderful in Vermont. However, in Vermont, winter is always on your mind. Looking back at winter oil In the deeply...
Restarting an Industry: Nuclear and Nevil Shute
Restarting the nuclear industry in the United States will be difficult. Nevil Shute’s novel, “Ruined City,” is a warning and perhaps a guide.
Thinking about Energy on Memorial Day
In Vain? When we talk about American’s wars, there is a phrase that we often use. The phrase was used in the Gettysburg Address, though I doubt that was the first use. “That these dead shall not have died in vain.“ We don’t want the bravery and the suffering to be...