DocumentCode
1762035
Title
Protecting the power grid from solar storms [News]
Author
Kumagai, Jean
Volume
50
Issue
4
fYear
2013
fDate
41365
Firstpage
11
Lastpage
12
Abstract
IT CAN HAPPEN: Every so often the sun emits an explosive burst of charged particles that makes its way to Earth and, under just the right conditions, wreaks havoc on power grids. A powerful geomagnetic storm in March 1989 blacked out the entire province of Quebec, leaving millions of customers in the dark and damaging transformers as far south as New Jersey. Lately the question being debated in space weather circles is: Are we prepared for a repeat, or a storm 10 times worse—like the 1859 solar superstorm?
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2013.6481682
Filename
6481682
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