Accession Number:

ADA564244

Title:

Smart Power Infrastructure Demonstration for Energy Reliability and Security (SPIDERS)

Descriptive Note:

Briefing charts

Corporate Author:

PACIFIC COMMAND CAMP H M SMITH HI

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

2011-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

15.0

Abstract:

The ability of todays warfighter to command, control, deploy, and sustain forces is adversely impacted by a fragile, aging, and fossil fuel dependent electricity grid, posing a significant threat to national security. The SPIDERS JCTD will address four critical deficiencies inability to protect task critical assets from loss of power due to cyber attack inability to integrate renewable and other distributed generation electricity to power task critical assets in times of emergency inability to sustain critical operations during prolonged power outages and inability to manage installation electrical power and consumption efficiently, to reduce petroleum demand, carbon bootprint, and costs.

Subject Categories:

  • Non-electrical Energy Conversion
  • Electric Power Production and Distribution
  • Electrochemical Energy Storage
  • Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE