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Energy Resilience

Short Term Outage Power Grid Assistance Plan

STOPGAP research on reducing consequences from major power disruptions by adding temporary, local generating capacity.

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What the research covers

The original public article frames power grid disruption as a major industrial risk, with natural causes such as storms and coronal mass ejections alongside man-made disruption, cyberattacks, terrorism, or fuel restriction problems.

The STOPGAP concept focuses on localized emergency support. It discusses using existing mobile generating capacity, including diesel-electric locomotives and ships, to inject emergency power into the grid while damaged systems are stabilized.

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