Defending the Power Grid from Hackers
A new initiative underway at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory is intended to prevent hackers from gaining control of parts of the nation's power grid, potentially damaging electrical equipment and causing localized power outages. Our nation's power grid is evolving to be more responsive to changing power needs, more able to integrate renewable energy, more efficient, and more reliable. One key element of this evolution is adding communication and control devices to the power grid, closer to the end user, so that utilities have greater situational awareness of the grid and can respond quickly to disturbances. But these new devices and their communications requirements can also open up the power grid to potential cyber attacks.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1337013
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-6A42-67604
- Journal Information:
- Innovation: America's Journal of Technology Commercialization, Vol. 14, Issue 4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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