This blog discusses electric power and energy issues. I am interested in power electronics, distributed generation (microgrids), smart-grids, nonlinear controls, efficient electrical energy conversion and storage, renewable and alternative energy, and ultra-reliable and fault-tolerant power systems. I am also interested in the effects of disasters on critical power infrastructure (e.g. communication networks power supply) and in finding ways for improving power supply resiliency in such events.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Claudette and Bill
I am doing just a quick post to keep updated this blog while I continue preparing for the start of the semester. The past couple of weeks I have been busy following TS Claudette and Hurricane Bill. Fortunately, none of these storms had a severe impact and each of them caused just a few thousand outages at the peak. Typhoon Morakot is the opposite story. Although Taipower restoration work seems impressive, there are a few thousand outages, likely in the areas destroyed by the Typhoon's torrential rains and mudslides.
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