Transformers Expose Limits in Securing Power Grid

  • Tuesday, March 4, 2014
  • Source:ferro-alloys.com

  • Keywords:Power Grid
[Fellow]Power Grid

The glue that holds the grid together is a network of transformers, the hulking gray boxes of steel and copper that weigh up to 800,000 pounds and make it possible to move power long distances. Transformers were badly damaged in an attack on a California substation last year, and government reports have warned for years that saboteurs could cause sustained damage to the grid by targeting the massive machines.
 

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