Tag: Power grid

We tracked N.S. power outages in 2024. There were unplanned outages nearly every day | CBC News

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An analysis of power outage data shows that there was at least one unplanned outage in Nova Scotia nearly every day in 2024. Over the year, there were more than 4,700 outages, recording just a single day without an unplanned outage. CBC News reviewed Nova Scotia Power’s online power outage map each day throughout 2024 to track reported outages. Parts of urban centres like Halifax and Sydney experienced dozens of outages over the year, though rural and remote parts of the province also dealt with inconsistent power. Read full story…

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Tesla’s Batteries And Solar Tiles Are Changing The Electric Grid – CNET

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There’s a good chance flipping on the light switch 10 years from now will feel just as ordinary as it did for your parents and grandparents. But behind the scenes, a radically different system for sending electrons where they’re needed will be turning on those lights. Electrical power that today comes from massive centralized generation stations could originate from your neighbors’ solar panels, then wait a few hours in a mammoth battery in your garage until you get home. That’s because the biggest change to our power grid since it…

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