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Resilience and Protection of Electricity Critical Infrastructure and Other Vital Energy Systems

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "F4: Critical Energy Infrastructure".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2023) | Viewed by 4707

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Martin Hromada

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Faculty of Applied Informatics, Tomas Bata University, 760 05 Zlín, Czech Republic
Interests: critical infrastructure; electricity; vital energy systems; resilience; protection
Prof. Dr. David Rehak

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Faculty of Safety Engineering, VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, 700 30 Ostrava, Czech Republic
Interests: critical infrastructure; resilience; protection; risk assessment; civil protection
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In terms of extent and scope of services provided, electricity is one of the most important sectors of European and national critical infrastructure. Due to the network nature of the critical infrastructure, the supply of other vital functions of the society depends on a stable and resilient supply of electricity. Extensive disruption of these supplies, related cascading and synergistic effects therefore have negative effects not only on basic human needs, but also on the economy and security of the state. For this reason, it is essential that a strategic approaches and the interest of all Member States ensure comprehensive and integrated protection of electricity critical infrastructure elements and the permanent strengthening of their resilience.

Based on the above, the aim of this special issue is to publish original articles and approaches focused on Resilience and Protection of Electricity Critical Infrastructure and other Vital Energy Systems. Resilience is not only perceived in the context of critical infrastructure as the ability to reduce the magnitude and/or duration of disruptive events. The effectiveness of a resilient infrastructure or enterprise depends upon its ability to anticipate, absorb, adapt to, and/or rapidly recover from a potentially disruptive event. Vital energy systems are those energy systems (i.e. energy resources, infrastructures, technologies and uses linked together by energy flows) that support critical social functions.

Within this special issue, interdisciplinary contributions focusing on the resilience and protection of critical infrastructure elements and vital energy systems are welcome and required. These contributions can be based not only on engineering disciplines and approaches, but also on disciplines such as management, sociology, ecology, political science, psychology, urban science, geography and economics.

Prof. Dr. Martin Hromada
Prof. Dr. David Rehak
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Energies is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • critical infrastructure
  • electricity
  • vital energy systems
  • resilience
  • protection

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Method of Identification and Assessment of Security Needs of a Region against the Threat of a Large Power Outage
by Tomáš Fröhlich, Zdeněk Hon, Martin Staněk and Jiří Slabý
Energies 2023, 16(11), 4431; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16114431 - 31 May 2023
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The reliable supply of electricity is a key commodity that affects the functioning of today’s society. The long-term disruption of these supplies has far-reaching effects that will have a significant impact on all spheres of our lives. Infrastructure will stop operating and the [...] Read more.
The reliable supply of electricity is a key commodity that affects the functioning of today’s society. The long-term disruption of these supplies has far-reaching effects that will have a significant impact on all spheres of our lives. Infrastructure will stop operating and the provided services will be limited or cease. This article focuses on a comprehensive and systematic approach to strengthening the resilience of territorial units in relation to large-scale electricity supply disruption. The main part focuses on the process model of identification and evaluation of key elements of a region that are necessary to ensure the basic needs of its population. The aim of this model is to provide the security management with an effective tool on how to define the security needs in their region and determine specific infrastructure from the security perspective. The model includes a process of determining the priorities of infrastructure in accordance with their importance in the form of a methodological framework. The result is the establishment of a list of safety-relevant objects in the region, which is a necessary prerequisite for the design of an islanded operation and other measures leading to the reduction of impacts caused by large-scale power outages. Full article
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Emergency Board Management as a Tool for Strengthening Resilience of the Electric Power Industry: A Case Study in the Czech Republic
by Ladislav Karda and Stepan Kavan
Energies 2023, 16(5), 2467; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16052467 - 05 Mar 2023
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The study addresses the topic of disasters associated with the electricity sector in relation to strengthening its resilience as one of the basic elements of critical infrastructure. One of the important tools for the management of risks associated with the electricity sector is [...] Read more.
The study addresses the topic of disasters associated with the electricity sector in relation to strengthening its resilience as one of the basic elements of critical infrastructure. One of the important tools for the management of risks associated with the electricity sector is the activity and functioning of emergency boards, which are used during large-scale disasters. At the emergency board meeting, the current situation and the expected development of the event are assessed, possible solutions are proposed, and decisions are taken to coordinate activities at the strategic management level and to plan the disaster management process. Decision-making processes in the emergency board are often characterized by a high level of uncertainty in the incoming information. The case study and the research conducted are focused on the specific conditions of the Czech Republic. The purpose of the study is to assess the level of development of crisis-management plans with an emphasis on the electricity sector within the individual regions of the Czech Republic as a basic tool to strengthen the resilience of the electricity sector. Furthermore, it was examined whether there are standardized procedures for dealing with individual types of crisis situations and whether they are used as basic methodological support for the emergency board. This part of the investigation focused on a detailed examination of the use of each type of crisis situation in the conditions of the region. For the implementation of the actual investigation, general methods were used—analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, and feedback methods. Furthermore, the questionnaire survey method was used to obtain information from crisis managers at the level of regions in the Czech Republic who are usually members of the emergency board. The sparse-scale evaluation method and Pareto analysis were used to process the information obtained. The survey itself yielded a large amount of interesting information on the level of processing of individual procedures for crisis situations, especially in relation to the electricity sector. Furthermore, the types of individual crisis situations were identified, where the procedures for dealing with them were processed with detailed analysis and details, and, on the contrary, disasters that are processed in a minimalist way. Full article
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Strengthening Resilience in the Energy Critical Infrastructure: Methodological Overview
by David Rehak, Simona Slivkova, Heidi Janeckova, Dominika Stuberova and Martin Hromada
Energies 2022, 15(14), 5276; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15145276 - 21 Jul 2022
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As the number of threats and the severity of their impact increases, an ever greater emphasis is being placed on the protection of critical infrastructure. Thus, the issue of resilience, or its assessment and strengthening, is increasingly coming to the fore. The resilience [...] Read more.
As the number of threats and the severity of their impact increases, an ever greater emphasis is being placed on the protection of critical infrastructure. Thus, the issue of resilience, or its assessment and strengthening, is increasingly coming to the fore. The resilience assessment of critical infrastructure, especially in the energy sector, has received considerable attention due to the high level of interest in this issue. However, the issue of strengthening resilience poses a significant challenge not only in the energy sector but also in the entire critical infrastructure system. Despite the great importance of this area, there is not a large number of authors moving in this direction and paying attention to resilience-strengthening tools. For this reason, the aim of this article is to provide the reader with a comprehensive methodological overview of resilience strengthening in the critical energy infrastructure sector. This article also provides an overview of internal and external tools suitable for strengthening resilience and presents a possible procedure for their application to energy critical infrastructure elements. Full article
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