Power Electronics Help to Control Electrical Grids

An anonymous reader writes: "IEEE Spectrum magazine has a timely article about how power electronics are proving necessary for the widespread connection of wind turbines to the electric power grid. It explains many issues that currently make it difficult to utilize wind power. Older articles discuss other issues affecting the nation's power grid."

Grabby headlines

[Faust7]

Steady As She Blows

Looks like they're hard-up for readers. ;-)

Interesting Article

[notque]

Impressive as the gains have been, it isn't quite clear yet that the wind can blow a fat cock up the ass of the developed world's fossil-fuel dependence.

What sort of tools would you use to determine that?..

Wait a second!

[serial frame]

Seems like the /. editors are on a bit of a power trip!

Re:rock the volt

[CtrlPhreak]

I hate how people use flaws on both sides of the political parties to somehow make their own party's flaws 'justified'. Everybody sucks, everybody makes mistakes, the whole two wrongs kinda deal. The fact is Davis sucks not just because he's a democrat but because he sucks. Also Bush sucks because he is a crappy president not just because he's a republican.

Re:Management *is* key...

[aled]

I don't know why so much fear on nuclear power. After all if there is an accident, we all get superpowers.

Re:fuel cell

[dogfart]

I see a Slashdot poll coming! :

What is your favorite source of natural gas?

Looking forward for voting for the "cowboy neal" option.