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INDUSTRY NEWS<br />
S&T Snapshot: Got Power? Resilient Electric Grid Feasibility Study Kicks Off<br />
in Chicago<br />
Imagine a massive storm<br />
cell hits a major city in the<br />
United States, taking out a<br />
power substation leaving<br />
20,000 people without<br />
electricity. Even with<br />
24-hour support, it takes<br />
days before everyone’s<br />
power returns. That’s the<br />
reality today. But what if<br />
there was a way to prevent<br />
that power outage? The<br />
Department of Homeland<br />
Security Science and<br />
Technology Directorate<br />
(S&T) has partnered<br />
with Massachusettsbased<br />
Company, AMSC,<br />
to develop a new<br />
superconductor cable –<br />
part of a Resilient Electric<br />
Grid (REG) program – that<br />
may enable urban utilities<br />
to “keep the lights on”<br />
during severe events.<br />
During a six-month<br />
feasibility study, S&T,<br />
worked with AMSC and<br />
Chicago electric utility<br />
company, Commonwealth<br />
Edison (ComEd) to<br />
determine the commercialscale<br />
application of the<br />
superconductor cable.<br />
Currently, many urbanarea<br />
electrical substations<br />
aren’t connected to each<br />
other because of the<br />
amount of copper cables<br />
that would be required to<br />
move massive amounts of<br />
power as well as the risk<br />
of damaging equipment.<br />
With the existing<br />
infrastructure, if one<br />
substation loses power, all<br />
electricity in that area is lost<br />
until the substation comes<br />
back up. The primary goal<br />
of S&T’s superconductorbased<br />
Resilient Electric<br />
Grid (REG) program has<br />
been to develop and<br />
demonstrate advanced<br />
technologies to increase<br />
the reliability, flexibility and<br />
resilience of the nation’s<br />
utility grid.<br />
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