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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men Hardcover – March 12, 2019, by Caroline Criado Perez (Author) – Chapter on: - “When Drugs Don't Work”Click the 'play button' above to watch the episode, or read our 5 Key Takeaways from this episode below.... 1.Grid Resilience and Renewables:.
Recent power outages in Spain and Portugal highlight the critical issue of grid inertia, a challenge exacerbated by the increasing integration of renewables like solar and wind power, which lack the 'spinning' stored energy of traditional turbines.Surging Energy Demand:.New technologies, particularly AI data centres and the electrification of transport (e.g., electric cars), are driving unprecedented increases in demand for reliable power, putting significant strain on existing infrastructure.
The Importance of 'Network Value':.The discussion emphasises the need to evaluate energy sources based on their 'network value' - factors like reliability, ability to ramp up/down to demand, and flexibility - rather than just their absolute cost per unit of energy.
Distributed vs. Centralised Power Debate:.
There's an ongoing debate about the optimal balance between large, centralised energy systems (like national grids and large nuclear plants) and more distributed, localised power generation and storage (such as car batteries or smaller modular reactors).It was a case of lots of buildings and big applications.
She says these are the industrialised construction projects we need to be talking about - the ones that everyone needs to do.. Kit-of-parts architecture and the benefits of standardisation.Jaimie Johnston MBE, Head of Global Systems at Bryden Wood and Design Lead for the Construction Innovation Hub, is equally enthusiastic about the changes taking place within the industry.
and the shift toward industrialised construction.He reminds us that post-war housing was built using a kit-of-parts approach and that Roman forts were prefabricated.