The Goldilock Grid: Electrical Networks Need To Be Just The Right Size
Monday, May 12, 2014 - 14:20
in Mathematics & Economics
There is an optimum size for electrical networks if you want to avoid blackouts - and that does not mean making things better and more redundant. Being the right size is a common topic in fields like biology. In 1928, geneticist John Haldane wrote the essay "On being the right size" in which he stated that "For every type of animal there is a most convenient size, and a large change in size inevitably carries with it a change of form". This became known as Haldane's Principle. It applies to power networks also, according to the results of a study done by researchers at Universidad Carlos III in Madrid, the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Iowa State University. read more