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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
Click to view final report

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National Energy SuperGrid Workshop Program

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

 

Questions/Info:
Program/Content:
Professor Tom Overbye
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
overbye@ece.uiuc.edu
217-333-1162