Use of Advanced Microgrids to Support Community Resilience
Publication: Natural Hazards Review
Volume 22, Issue 4
Abstract
Over the last decade, it has been recognized that the resiliency of cities and communities relies on the efficient and effective operation of several lifeline infrastructures and services, such as energy, food and water, communications, shelter, sanitation, emergency response, and transportation, to maintain public health and safety during a natural disaster. Surprisingly, some argue that the benefits to the public of incorporating resilience and robustness versus the risks of a major disaster do not match the extra costs. Some experts conclude that building resilience and robustness into a community is valuable in theory, but in practice, resilience and robustness are abstract and very costly. This highlights the challenges community leaders and stakeholders have in communicating resilience needs and developing efficient and cost-effective solutions.
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Sandia National Laboratories is a multimission laboratory managed and operated by the National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc., for the US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration, under contract DE-NA0003525. This paper describes objective technical results and analysis. Any subjective views or opinions that might be expressed in the paper do not necessarily represent the views of the US Department of Energy or the United States Government.
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Natural Hazards Review
Volume 22 • Issue 4 • November 2021
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Received: Sep 12, 2018
Accepted: Oct 15, 2020
Published online: Aug 2, 2021
Published in print: Nov 1, 2021
Discussion open until: Jan 2, 2022
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