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SPIDERS: The Smart Power Infrastructure Demonstration for Energy Reliability and Security
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SPIDERS: The Smart Power Infrastructure Demonstration for Energy Reliability and Security

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Overview

Project Summary

The SPIDERS project was a demonstration to address security and reliability needs for critical energy and military infrastructure assets, while avoiding energy waste. The project focused on microgrids as a tool to harden the infrastructure against cyber-attacks and the vulnerabilities of the bulk power grid.

Project Team

  • Project Lead
    1. US Department of Energy
  • Utilities
    1. Colorado Springs Utilities
    2. Hawaiian Electric Company
  • Research Partners
    1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
    2. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
    3. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
    4. Idaho National Laboratory
    5. Sandia National Laboratories
  • Vendors
    1. Eaton
    2. Boulder EVs
    3. Smith EVs
  • Other Participants or Stakeholders
    1. US Department of Defense
    2. US Army Corps of Engineers
    3. Naval Facilities Engineering Command
    4. US Army Tank and Automotive Research and Development Engineering Center
    5. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
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Project Information

Project Information

  • Technology Demonstrated
    1. Commercial Solar PV
    2. Commercial Battery Storage
    3. Electric Vehicle
    4. Microgrid
    5. Customer Integration
    6. Cybersecurity
  • Demonstration Objectives
    1. Resiliency
    2. Generation Capacity
    3. Restoration
    4. Power Quality
  • Related EPRI Programs
    1. P18 - Electric Transportation
    2. P94 - Energy Storage and Distributed Generation
    3. P183 - Cyber Security and Privacy
  • Project Type
    1. Field Deployment

Status

Beginning Date:
May 31, 2011
Ending Date:
December 30, 2015
Project Status:
Completed
Last Modified:
October 28, 2020

Additional Information

For Additional Information:
  1. https://energy.gov/eere/femp/spiders-jctd-smart-cyber-secure-microgrids

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