UC scientists study the impact of geomagnetic storms on mainland Portugal's power grid
This is the first study of its kind in Portugal, bringing together researchers from two FCTUC research centres.
Short version in English by Diana Taborda
“MAG-GIC: Geomagnetically induced currents in Portugal mainland” is a project funded by FCT (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology) that brings together experts from two research centres of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC): the Centre for Earth and Space Research (CITEUC) and the Laboratory for Instrumentation, Biomedical Engineering and Radiation Physics (LIBPhys).
MAG-GIC studies the geomagnetically induced currents (GICs) in REN - National Transmission Grid. To calculate GICs researchers need data about geomagnetic storms, Earth conductivity and REN’s power type.
The main goal of this project is to assess for the first time the geomagnetic hazard to power systems in mainland Portugal.
All information about Project MAG-GIC is available at https://www.uc.pt/en/org/maggic.
REN's Paraimo Substation
