U.S. and Ukraine To Build The Power System Of The Future

US Energy Secretary Discusses Plan to ‘Warproof’ Ukraine’s Electrical Grid

Iuliia Iarmolenko, February 24, 2023 (Voice of America}

Ukraine’s power grid has been a target of Russian attacks since mid-October. The United States now is in the process of sending a third round of assistance to help restore damaged infrastructure…But the ultimate goal is to help Ukraine build a new ‘warproof’ distributed power grid, said Jennifer Granholm, the U.S. secretary of Energy…[It would be a] grid that is distributed, that has clean energy, but also that isn't so centralized so that it becomes a target…[U.S.] national labs that are already preparing strategies…[It would consist of] high-voltage equipment that would be compatible with Ukraine's [Soviet-era] electric grid…[and U.S. transformers are not] compatible…

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…[In] the long term, it needs to be a more] distributed electric grid so that if one section is damaged, it doesn't bring down a whole region…[Granholm said Ukrainians] ‘have spines of steel…[and the U.S. wants to] support such courage and determination’… [Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Haluschenko wants to work with the National Renewable Energy Lab to build back in a way that allows 100% clean energy, resilience, and] energy security…” click here for more

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