The US Department of Energy awarded up to $ 500 m for the research and development of schemes to strengthen the country ’s power grid . Transformers are fundamental to the grid, with essentially all electricity generated and delivered through these devices. The proposed projects would develop a new generation of electricity that could be damaged 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 Smart and Resilient Power Systems programmes .
The US Department of Energy awarded up to $ 500 m for the research and development of schemes to strengthen the country ’s power grid . The proposed projects would develop a new generation of electricity that could be damaged 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 Smart and Resilient Power Systems programmes .