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SuperGrid 1
November 6-8, 2002 in Palo Alto, CA
This webpage provides the results of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) sponsored National Energy Supergrid Workshop, which was held on November 6-8, 2002 in Palo Alto, California. The purpose of the workshop was to investigate the technical feasibility of a proposal developed by Chauncey Starr, founder and emeritus president of EPRI, for the creation of a "Continental SuperGrid" to meet the nation's energy needs in the mid to later half of the 21st Century.
Workshop organizers:
Tom Overbye, (Chair) UIUC
Wayland Eheart, UIUC
Paul Grant, EPRI
George Gross, UIUC
Ed Herricks, UIUC
Chauncey Starr, EPRI
Jim Stubbins, UIUC
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Workshop Presentations
Session 1: Overview and Concept
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Session 2: Superconductivity
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Session 3: Electrical
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Session 4: Nuclear
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Session 5: Hydrogen
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Session 6: Underground
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Session 7: Energy Economics
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Session 8: System Integration/Control/Security
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Session 9: Environmental
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