WHEELING A former South Wheeling resident and Ritchie Elementary School alumnus remembers what it was like growing up in the neighborhood, and he wants to give back to help those living there now and in the future. John Pershing Wagner Jr. resided at 34th and Chapline streets when he attended the former Ritchie School […]
WHEELING A former South Wheeling resident and Ritchie Elementary School alumnus remembers what it was like growing up in the neighborhood, and he wants to give back to help those living there now and in the future. John Pershing Wagner Jr. resided at 34th and Chapline streets when he attended the former Ritchie School […]
Summer heat waves across the country tested whether America’s aging electrical grid can keep up with demand a problem scientists say will be exacerbated by climate change, as severe hurricanes, wildfires and other weather events occur more frequently, disrupting electricity generation and transmission. Meeting the growing electricity needs of American consumers requires greater generation and transmission capacity, increased resiliency and smarter management. The DU Newsroom asked Amin Khodaei, director of KLab and professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Denver’s Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science, how new technologies, smart grids and active consumers can prepare the grid for climate change. What challenges does climate change pose to our current electrical grid? Safety, leisure, work, and now more than ever, education heavily depend on a power grid that can supply and provide electricity without interruption. However, climate-change-i