Resilience Assessment and Adaptation of Critical Infrastructures to Extreme Weather and Natural Hazards (Fully Funded)

As evidenced worldwide, power networks are exposed to extreme weather and natural hazards, often with catastrophic social and economic consequences. Hence, in order to ensure the uninterrupted energy supply to critical services and infrastructures, it is critical to develop techniques capable of assessing power systems resilience to such disastrous events, as well as appropriate adaptation and mitigation strategies (e.g., smart grid technologies like energy storage) which should be complemented by a cost-benefit analysis. This project will thus aim to develop a comprehensive framework for quantifying the spatiotemporal impact of extreme weather and natural hazards on power systems resilience using specifically developed resilience-oriented metrics. Building on this framework, this work will further deliver a risk-informed decision analysis tool to support the development of adaptive reinforcement and planning pathways towards future power networks that are smart, resilient and sustainable.