Summary: The electric power system is currently composed of generators with large spinning masses whose speeds are tightly coupled together. These masses offer a store of rotational kinetic energy that naturally gives inertia to the average speed of the system. This inertia offers a first line of defense that is tapped during sudden power imbalances. Installing a large fleet of wind farms will result in hours of the year when many traditional generators are turned off. The result may be a...

Summary of the summer school

Daan Frenkel gives a series of lectures at the Boulder Condensed Matter Physics summer school 2012 about computer simulations.

Robijn Bruinsma gives a series of lectures at the Boulder Condensed Matter Physics summer school 2012 about membranes.

Daan Frenkel gives a series of lectures at the Boulder Condensed Matter Physics summer school 2012 about computer simulations.

Ekaterina Zhulina gives a series of lectures at the Boulder Condensed Matter Physics summer school 2012 about block copolymers

Paul Chaikin gives a series of lectures at the Boulder Condensed Matter Physics summer school 2012 about colloids.

Ekaterina Zhulina gives a series of lectures at the Boulder Condensed Matter Physics summer school 2012 about brushes and micelles.

Robijn Bruinsma gives a series of lectures at the Boulder Condensed Matter Physics summer school 2012 about computer simulations.

Paul Chaikin gives a series of lectures at the Boulder Condensed Matter Physics summer school 2012 about colloids.