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Flexible Computing for Intermittent Energy

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XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students, Volume 27, Issue 4

Pages 30 - 33

https://doi.org/10.1145/3466861

Published: 24 June 2021 Publication History

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How flexible computing can help speed the adoption of inflexible renewables.

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Flexible Computing for Intermittent Energy
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Distributed computing methodologies
2. Hardware
  1. Power and energy
    1. Energy generation and storage
      1. Renewable energy

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cover image XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students

XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students Volume 27, Issue 4

Computing and Sustainability

Summer 2021

59 pages

ISSN:1528-4972

EISSN:1528-4980

DOI:10.1145/3472736

Editor:
Karan Ahuja
Carnegie Mellon University

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Published: 24 June 2021

Published in XRDS Volume 27, Issue 4

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