US DOE awards $36 million to solar-based grid resilience projects

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected up to $36 million in research projects that will advance solar energy’s role in strengthening the country's grid resilience. While fires, natural disasters, and cyberattacks can cause wide-spread power losses, even temporary disruptions in power quality can result in major economic losses. As more solar is added to the U.S. electricity generation portfolio, these projects will enable grid operators to rapidly detect physical and cyber-based abnormalities in the power system and utilize solar generation to recover quickly from power outages, in many cases without human control.