Battling the Extreme: A Study on the Power System Resilience

The electricity infrastructure is a critical lifeline system and of utmost importance to our daily lives. Power system resilience characterizes the ability to resist, adapt to, and timely recover from disruptions. The resilient power system is intended to cope with low probability, high risk extreme events including extreme natural disasters and man-made attacks. With an increasing awareness of such threats, the resilience of power systems has become a top priority for many countries. Facing the pressing urgency for resilience studies, the objective of this paper is to investigate the resilience of power systems. It summarizes practices taken by governments, utilities, and researchers to increase power system…

• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Award: 51577147
• EA
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

  Award: EP/K036211/1
• NK
  National Key Research and Development Program of China

  Award: 2016YFB0901903