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Targeting grid resilience with digitalisation

Smart Energy International

New solutions for a digital grid are being pioneered by Gridspertise building on Enel’s positioning over two decades at the forefront of advances. According to US federal data, there were more than 180 major disruptions in 2020, compared with fewer than two dozen in 2000.

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Top 10 Women of Solar

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

– CEO and Co-Founder, GRID Alternatives During the 2001 California energy crisis, Erica Mackie, a mechanical engineer, along with Tim Sears, had a vision for free, clean, solar-driven electricity that would be practical and accessible for the low-income communities that needed it the most.