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Emerging Risks in AI Data Centers
By Ken Boyce, Vice President, Principal Engineering | Industrial, UL Solutions In AI data centers, electrical, thermal, fire, cybersecurity and operational risks are increasingly interdependent, making system-level interactions as important as individual component performance.
Building the Energy Internet: De-Risking Innovation in a Complex, Connected Grid
By Ken Boyce We're in the midst of one of the most significant transformations the energy sector has ever seen.
Circularity or safety in second life products? Here’s how to achieve both
This article is sponsored by UL. Circularity is a life-cycle approach to sustainability in product design that is gaining momentum worldwide. Circular business models maximize the use of limited natural resources, reduce reliance on the take/make/waste economy and, in many cases, reap cost savings for businesses. However, in the race to achieve the critically important attribute of circularity, companies run the risk of sidelining other important criteria such as safety and performance.
Energy: Trends, Challenges and Solutions for a Changing World
Ken Boyce, Principal Engineer Director, Energy & Power Technologies, UL Ken Boyce, Principal Engineer Director, Energy & Power Technologies, UL Our world is rapidly changing in many ways. Climate change is creating new challenges in weather, environment and habitats. Massive migration to cities continues as the world’s population grows in new places toward 8 billion.
Energy everywhere
Energy storage systems help us to realize the true benefits of renewables and advanced grid technologies. They mitigate intermittencies and unlock the potential of solar and wind power by storing clean energy as it is created, so that it can be used when it is actually needed. They help to support optimal operation of an increasingly complex grid, faced with increasingly more challenging peaks and dynamics associated with millions of distributed energy resources.
Energy everywhere
The systems help us to realize the true benefits of renewables and advanced grid technologies. They mitigate intermittencies and unlock the potential of solar and wind power by storing clean energy as it is created, so that it can be used when it is actually needed. They help to support optimal operation of an increasingly complex grid, faced with increasingly more challenging peaks and dynamics associated with millions of distributed energy resources.
Protecting the grid from cyberattack: Cities on the front lines
An invisible force draws people to cities — an idea, the idea of a better life — and an invisible power illuminates our ideas. But an invisible attack, a cyberattack, might take it all away. According to the Department of Homeland Security, the energy domain has suffered more malicious invasions of information technology than any other part of critical infrastructure in the U.S. The electric grid is increasingly part of our national security, and cities are on the front lines.
The invisible power of cities
Editor's Note: The following is a guest post from Ken Boyce, Principal Engineer Director Energy & Power Technologies at UL, and Karen Weigert, a senior fellow on global cities at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. An invisible force draws people to cities — an idea, the idea of a better life — and an invisible power illuminates our ideas. But an invisible attack, a cyberattack, might take it all away.
Take emergency preparedness one step further
Regardless of where in the world your facilities are located, natural disasters present a potential risk. From tornadoes and hurricanes to massive blizzards and wild fires, countless events happen without warning throughout the year.
The Role Of Solar In A Smart Meter World - Solar Industry
Connected devices are ushering in a new age. For the electric power sector, one such device is the smart meter – a building block for realizing the benefits of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. A replacement for its predecessor, the electro-mechanical analog meter, digital smart meters are, at their core, devices that record the amount of energy consumers use in their homes.
UL Tackles How To Store Solar Using Old Electric Vehicle Batteries
The news of electric vehicle (EV) battery reuse is gaining in popularity because there are more than 1.5 million EVs navigating the world’s roads. In the coming year, the batteries from the first wave of electric motor vehicles will come to the end of their automotive life cycle, while retaining approximately 80% of their original capacity.
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