Grid Resilience: Elasticity Is Needed When Facing Catastrophes [Guest Editorial]

The six articles in this special section address the topic of power system grid resilience in the face of catastrophic climate disturbances worldwide. Presents a look at the ongoing efforts around the world to provide resilience to electric power grids that offer potential practical solutions to cat...

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Published inIEEE power & energy magazine Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 16 - 23
Main Authors Venkata, S.S. Mani, Hatziargyriou, Nikos
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.05.2015
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Electricity supply industry
Meteorology
Microgrids
Power distribution planning
Power grids
Power outages
Power system reliability
Research and development
Resilience
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Summary:The six articles in this special section address the topic of power system grid resilience in the face of catastrophic climate disturbances worldwide. Presents a look at the ongoing efforts around the world to provide resilience to electric power grids that offer potential practical solutions to catastrophic events.
ISSN:1540-7977
1558-4216
DOI:10.1109/MPE.2015.2401492