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2010 photograph showing rebuilding at Marysville which was one of the worst affected communities of the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush Fires.
EnergyNews

How an Australian State Fought Back Against Grid-Sparked Wildfires

After the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires, Victoria rejected forced power outages and initiated sweeping grid upgrades that continue today

5 min read
Firefighters battle to save structures on a farm in Windsor, California during October's Kincade fire, which was driven by wind but ignited by a PG&E power line.
EnergyNews

How Tech From Australia Could Prevent California Wildfires and PG&E Blackouts

Technology developed to combat Australia’s deadly bushfires could slash California’s fire risk and reduce the need for PG&E’s “public safety power shutoffs”

5 min read
A Santa Rosa community levelled by California's wine country fires in October
EnergyNews

Automatic Circuit Reclosers Probed as Potential Cause of California Fires

California utilities have not maxed out advanced technology and safer practices to reduce fire risk from downed power lines

4 min read
A black-and-white photo shows Hewlett Packard founders William Hewlett and David Packard in a factory.
History of TechnologyNews

Loss of Hewlett-Packard Archive a Wake-Up Call for Computer Historians

The Wine Country fires destroyed an irreplaceable piece of Silicon Valley history

4 min read

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