DOE is awarding up to $50 million to the department\u2019s National Laboratories for research into securing critical energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The funds will support \u201cearly stage research and development of next-generation tools and technologies to further improve the resilience of the nation\u2019s critical energy infrastructure, including the electric grid and oil and natural gas infrastructure,\u201d according to the DOE announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs round-the-clock efforts continue to help communities recover from the devastation of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the need to continue strengthening and improving our electricity delivery system to withstand and recover from disruptions has become even more compelling,\u201d said Secretary of Energy Rick Perry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe electricity system must continue to evolve to address a variety of challenges and opportunities such as severe weather and the cyber threat, a changing mix of types of electric generation, the ability for consumers to participate in electricity markets, the growth of the internet of things, and the aging of the electricity infrastructure,\u201d DOE added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DOE also awarded research funding to seven Resilient Distribution Systems projects, which are developing more durable energy distribution technology. Final funding will depend on Congressional action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The funds will support \u201cearly stage research and development of next-generation tools and technologies to further improve the resilience of the nation\u2019s critical energy infrastructure, including the electric grid and oil and natural gas infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":27372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":{"9":{"categories":["cyber"],"primary_category":"cyber"}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3339],"class_list":["post-10499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"W3PPZBN7BFDWLERILVM3R2V7Y4","arc_canonical_url":"\/critical-infrastructure\/2017\/09\/13\/doe-awards-50m-in-critical-energy-security-research-grants\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"\n