Puerto Rico - GE’s solution could serve as a model for communities to quickly restore power in the future following severe weather events.

GE Research has announced that together with GE Renewable Energy, GE Grid Solutions and GE Digital, they are partnering with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, LUMA Energy, Sandia National Laboratories on a 3-year, $4.5 million project award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop and demonstrate an automated power restoration system in Puerto Rico that would enable a community to rapidly restore electricity following extreme weather events.

Dr. Bilgehan Donmez, a Senior Engineer in Electric Power Systems at GE Research and project leader, said GE’s solution could serve as a model for communities to quickly restore power in the future following severe weather events, stating, “Following Hurricane Fiona in mid-September, it took several weeks before many communities in Puerto Rico had their power fully restored. We’re aiming to develop and demonstrate an automated power system in Puerto Rico that would cut the restoration time from weeks and even months to just hours or days.”

Source: GE Research