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Edith Clarke: Architect of Modern Power Distribution

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From the start of her career at General Electric in 1922, she was determined to develop stable, more reliable power grids. And Clarke succeeded, playing a critical role in the rapid expansion of the North American electric grid during the 1920s and ’30s. During the next few years, she developed a passion for power engineering.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. is one of the most energy dense forms of stored energy in. engineer sugarcane and sorghum to produce and store oil, a. Research Center, University of Maryland, University of Texas at. system to pump, heat, store, and discharge the molten glass.

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