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 21^st Century.

Workshop organizers:

Tom Overbye (Chair – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Wayland Eheart (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Paul Grant (EPRI)

George Gross (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Ed Herricks (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Chauncey Starr (EPRI)

Jim Stubbins (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Click to view final report

National Energy SuperGrid Workshop Program

(click bulleted items to view document)

Session 1            Overview and Concept

Session 2            Superconductivity

Session 3            Electrical

Session 4            Nuclear

Session 5            Hydrogen

Session 6            Underground

Session 7            Energy Economics

Session 8            System Integration/Control/Security

Session 9            Environmental