Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have devised a strategy to use local distributed electricity generation, distribution automation, and smart meters to form small electricity “islands” that would support critical social services in the event of a substantial disruption.
The researchers contend that rethinking the solution to sustaining electric power during extreme disturbances and starting small could keep critical services going, even when the high-voltage grid is crippled.
via Smart grid islands could be solution to critical disturbances – FierceSmartGrid.
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