PC Magazine - USA (2020-04)

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part of this is less about how to handle millions of
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Andrey Bernstein

(right), an

autonomous grid

control expert

at the National

Renewable Energy

Laboratory, worked

with colleagues to

develop algorithms

for optimizing energy

distribution from a

renewables-powered

microgrid to and from

the main power grid.

The solution?

Distribute

the

computing

resources,

and back

them up with

nimble

algorithms.

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