December 10, 2024 / Nearshore Americas Narayan Ammachchi reports on Ecuador’s severe energy crisis from daily blackouts, including insights from Rinaldo Brutoco, advocating for renewable energy and microgrids to address the country’s dependence on hydroelectric power, which has been crippled by droughts and infrastructure issues. Read the whole story here.
Perspectives: “Grid” Lock
Freedom from Unreliable, Dangerous Wires BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO …
Designing the 21st Century Electric Grid
One area that the World Business Academy Staff and Fellows have devoted a tremendous amount…
Perspectives: Wind, Wires, and Fire
BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO …
Achieving Sustainability, Resilience, and Equity Using Microgrids
BY KARISSA GARCIA (World Business Academy Intern, Summer 2020) Since the World Business Academy’s founding,…
Perspectives: Mother Earth is Having a “Fit”
BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO …
Perspectives: The Death of an Electric Monopoly
BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO …
Perspectives: Transmission Woes on Central Coast
BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO …
Advanced Community Energy (ACE): A Winning Hand for Local Energy Development
The increasing prevalence of wildfires (often sparked by utility wires) and other extreme weather events…