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Peter Fairley
Researcher at ETH Zurich
Publications - 43
Citations - 272
Peter Fairley is an academic researcher from ETH Zurich. The author has contributed to research in topics: Wind power & Grid parity. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 40 publications receiving 235 citations.
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Germany jump-starts the supergrid
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed an aggressive plan that would push high-voltage direct current (HVDC) from its conventional position on the periphery of AC grids to a central role, and implemented power electronics that are capable of doing something that's never before been done on a commercial line.
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Flywheels keep the grid in tune
TL;DR: Beacon Power Corp., based in Tyngsboro, Mass., is already making money that way in Stephentown, N.Y., where it operates more than 160 1150-kilogram magnetically levitated flywheel motorgenerators as mentioned in this paper.
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Ethereum will cut back its absurd energy use
TL;DR: Ethereum as discussed by the authors is the smallest of the three cryptocurrencies, with a market capitalization of roughly US $10 billion at the time of this publication, and it has an equally whopping energy footprint.
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Car sharing could be the EV's killer app
TL;DR: Parisians have learned to love electric cars by sharing them as mentioned in this paper, and since the late 2011 launch of the French capital's Autolib car-sharing program, Parisians have taken its fleet of 1800 electric vehicles (EVs) on more than 2 million trips using 4000 dedicated charging points.
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Why Southern China broke up its power grid [News]
TL;DR: In this article, a recent move in China to break up an AC grid suggests that growing use of DC transmission technology may turn back the clock, and the authors propose a solution to solve the problem.