Course: SGRD 105 Microgrids and Renewable Energies

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Electric Power Industry Needs for Grid Scale Storage Applications

Ecosystem Services:  Benefits Supplied to Human Societies by Natural Ecosystems

Human societies derive many essential goods from natural ecosystems, including seafood, game animals, fodder, fuelwood, timber, and pharmaceutical products. These goods represent important and familiar parts of the economy. What has been less appreciated until recently is that natural ecosystems also perform fundamental life-support services without which human civilizations would cease to thrive.

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