Resumen de Building a weather-smart grid.
The article focuses on the use of detailed weather data in optimizing locations of renewable energy systems (RES) and direct current power lines to connect them to develop weather-smart energy grids. It comments on the development of wind power in the Columbia River Gorge which due to wind shifts caused by weather changes results in significant power swings. It mentions the use of weather-driven grid algorithms to reduce RES costs and improve efficiency, and political opposition to RES.
