The laboratory spun off a company, Spirae, and built a futuristic, computer - driven test bed that could simulate the operations of a large power grid and instantly adjust for power fluctuations caused by
the often fickle nature of renewable energy.
Many people don't have an extra 20 hours a week to enter job training programs, Wilson said, owing to the
fickle nature of the North Country economy, where residents
often have to patch together a string of seasonal jobs over vast distances.