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.
The US Department of Energy awarded up to $7.5m for the research and development of schemes to strengthen the country’s power grid. The winning projects would develop a new generation of transformers that could be shared or replaced easily in a power failure, have improved smart technology and greater cyber security. Funding would be made available through the Office of Electricity’s Transformer Resilience and Advanced Components and Resilient Distribution Systems programmes.