Credit: Technology Review

Whether it is the price of oil, deteriorating environmental conditions, or the household electric bill, energy is affecting all of us more acutely these days. Demand for energy is rising worldwide, and that demand can no longer be met by simply building more power plants. With transmission and distribution systems overburdened and global warming threatening the environment, both utilities and consumers will have to pay closer attention to where, when, and how energy is generated and used.

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