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

Abstract

The 2011 Implementation Directive (ID) for the Smart Power Infrastructure Demonstration for Energy Reliability and Security (SPIDERS) Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) established an objective to demonstrate a secure microgrid architecture with the ability to maintain operational surety through secure, reliable, and resilient electric power generation and distribution. The results of the JCTD will help inform infrastructure investment decisions at DOD [Department of Defense] facilities needed to reduce the unacceptably high risk of extended electric grid outages. The SPIDERS JCTD demonstrated the practicality and benefits of creating microgrids within existing military infrastructure. There are key features of microgrids that provide benefits related to energy reliability, security, cost, and environmental impacts, all of which are objectives of the DOD. To be clear, however, the underlying benefit and justification for the application of microgrids is mission assurance, which may be jeopardized by lack of electrical energy security and reliability. The results of the JCTD help inform infrastructure investment and decisions at DOD facilities regarding practices needed to reduce the unacceptably high risk of extended electric grid outages. The JCTD initiative is under the co-sponsorship of the DOD, Department of Energy (DOE), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS).The SPIDERS JCTD addresses four critical requirements needed to demonstrate enhanced electrical power surety for national security:1. Protect task-critical assets from loss of power due to of cyber-attack.2. Integrate renewable and other distributed generation to power task-critical assets in times of emergency.3. Sustain critical operations during prolonged power outages.4. Manage installation electrical power and consumption efficiency to reduce petroleum demand, carbon boot print, and cost.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 31, 2015
Accession Number
AD1074742

Entities

People

  • William W. Anderson

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Control Systems
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data Centers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Electric Power
  • Energy
  • Energy Consumption
  • Energy Management
  • Energy Storage
  • Environment
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Human-Machine Interfaces
  • Load Monitoring
  • Management Personnel
  • National Security
  • Renewable Energy
  • Second World War
  • Solar Energy
  • Standby Generators
  • Supervisory Control
  • Uninterruptible Power Supplies

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber