As has been seen in recent years, cyber criminals are increasingly targeting physical infrastructure such as pipelines, energy grids, water distribution lines and food-processing plants.

Source: https://investingnews.com/integrated-cyber-solutions-your-go-to-managed-security-service-provider/

As our energy systems become cleaner, more distributed and diversified in response to the climate crisis, our grids come under more stress and face challenges in maintaining the delicate balance of supply and demand.

Source: https://energycentral.com/c/cp/interview-james-johnston-ceo-and-co-founder-piclo

As the number of EV surges globally, there are increasing discussions about whether these cars are truly environmentally friendly, given the substantial carbon emissions generated during their production and in power grids used to charge their batteries.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/6cb777ed55d64246?ref=ff

Design flexible grids with percentages and scalable images.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2023/08/29/dominating-local-search-how-to-unleash-the-power-of-service-area-webpages/

Each square on the grids throws up an appalling statistic.

Source: https://londonist.com/london/art-and-photography/watch-out-for-these-street-art-hopscotch-with-a-potent-anti-war-message

For example, beyond Nigeria's rural hobbyists, the Kenyan bitcoin mining company uses similar hydro-powered micro grids (under 1 megawatt capacity) to provide electricity to three rural communities in East Africa.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/abubakarnurkhalil/2023/05/24/africans-are-pioneering-the-bright-yet-complicated-green-future-of-bitcoin-mining/

It’s a lot more difficult and costly when data centers are located further away, and more so to send waste heat to district heating grids.

Source: https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/germany-wants-to-reuse-data-centers-heat-no-one-is-buying-it

Mangiza Phiri, managing director of ENGIE Energy Access Nigeria, emphasised the company’s commitment to addressing the energy access challenge in Nigeria and other African countries with underserved communities due to low-capacity national grids.

Source: https://leadership.ng/engie-energy-access-rewards-innovation-challenge-winners/

PGE, Pacific Power and Idaho Power continue to invest in and prepare their electric grids to deliver reliable power and operate safely in all seasons.

Source: https://gorgenewscenter.com/2023/05/11/may-is-national-wildfire-awareness-month-take-steps-to-prepare-an-outage-kit-and-stay-informed/

Power grids will continue to fail, especially in states where the government is reticent to fund infrastructure even for the wealthy and white, let alone for the poor, the rural, the people of color.

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/07/south-extreme-heat-wave-texas-climate-change/674598/?utm_source=feed

Space weather has been known to impact power grids in the last few decades, including outages affecting millions across the Canadian province of Quebec in 1989 and the Swedish city of Malmo in 2003.

Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/rail-chaos-fears-solar-storms-31654982

The deployment of solar mini grids has markedly accelerated in Sub-Saharan Africa, from around 500 installed in 2010 to more than 3,000 installed today, and a further 9,000 planned for development over the next few years.

Source: https://www.africanews.it/english/solar-mini-grids-could-sustainably-power-380-million-people-in-africa-by-2030-if-action-is-taken-now/

The Digital Green Grid is designed to be more flexible and adaptable than traditional power grids, allowing for greater integration of renewable energy sources like solar and wind power.

Source: https://energycentral.com/c/cp/digital-green-grid

The discussions also focused on the latest advancements in digital technologies and their uses in improving the performance of smart grids.

Source: https://www.emirates247.com/business/energy/dewa-discusses-enhanced-cooperation-with-siemens-2023-04-01-1.706775

The MSPs also highlight that inefficiencies in rural electricity grids and infrastructure would likely cause unnecessary disruption throughout the transition period.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23736586.ewing-leads-msps-call-harvie-drop-heat-pump-plan-rural-homes/?ref=rss

The reality remains that although wind and sun are plentiful in the Caribbean region, resources are scarce for most countries and the territories to be able to afford, or implement, changes to their power grids.

Source: https://stjohntradewinds.com/wapa-part-4-what-will-be-the-virgin-islands-energy-future/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wapa-part-4-what-will-be-the-virgin-islands-energy-future

The research team from Lancaster University explained that solar storms can trigger powerful magnetic disturbances on Earth, creating geomagnetically induced currents which could potentially interfere with electricity transmission and distribution grids.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/12/11/solar-storms-make-uk-trains-run-wrong-way-scientists-warn-19955415/

"This is one of several major battery flexibility projects we’re working on in Scotland at the moment, shaping the future for how grid scale battery projects will work on grids across the globe.”

Source: https://www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/construction-of-milestone-project-near-keith-begins-303796/

Ukrainian troops also need training on the sophisticated Patriot air-defense systems to guard against Russian attacks on power grids and other infrastructure.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/article/ukraine-weapons-jets-tanks.html

“We have demarcated the city into 198 grids of 1.1 km × 1.1 km.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/bird-watchers-hidden-stories-atlas-citizen-science-community-9003037/