Read the given article and provide a technical discussion and critique of the ideas that are presented. You may use the following questions as prompts, but you are expected to explore the issues and concepts more fully. Document your sources of information in a bibliography (use full citations). Also, perform basic calculations to defend your points.
- What are the issues, and how are they being addressed? Why are traditional operating procedures inadequate? Why is this solution required?
- Provide a technical discussion of the scheme that has been implemented. How does it really work? (Newspaper articles generally have the details wrong, and this article is no exception.)
- What are the limitations of the scheme that has been implemented? What types of disturbances can it help with? How could it be extended to help with a wider variety of operational issues?
- What other similar schemes (where load is controlled to balance supply and demand) are currently in existence around the world? Looking to the future, how could such schemes be generalized?
There is no minimum or maximum page requirement, but I would expect a thorough technical discussion/critique would take about 2-4 pages.
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/05/business/energy-environment/as-wind-energy-use-grows-utilities-seek-to-stabilize-power-grid.html?_r=0