The US Department of Energy awarded up to $7.5m for the research and development of schemes to strengthen the country’s power grid. In a statement on its website, the department said it was “pleased that this award will support innovative energy solutions in order to help meet our nation’s growing demand for clean, affordable energy”. More information about DOE’s emergency preparedness and coordinated response to disruptions to the energy sector, including physical and cyber-attacks, natural disasters, and man-made events is here. Funding would be made available through the Office of Electricity’s Transformer Resilience and Advanced Components and Resilient Distribution Systems programmes.
The US Department of Energy awarded up to $7.5m for the research and development of schemes to strengthen the country’s power grid. In a statement on its website, the department said it was “pleased that this award will support innovative energy solutions in order to help meet our nation’s growing demand for clean, affordable energy”. Funding would be made available through the Office of Electricity’s Transformer Resilience and Advanced Components and Resilient Distribution Systems programmes.