Title
Topological Vulnerability Of The European Power Grid Under Errors And Attacks
Abstract
We present an analysis of the topological structure and static tolerance to errors and attacks of the September 2003 actualization of the Union for the Coordination of Transport of Electricity (UCTE) power grid, involving thirty-three different networks. Though every power grid studied has exponential degree distribution and most of them lack typical small-world topology, they display patterns of reaction to node loss similar to those observed in scale-free networks. We have found that the node removal behavior can be logarithmically related to the power grid size. This logarithmic behavior would suggest that, though size favors fragility, growth can reduce it. We conclude that, with the ever-growing demand for power and reliability, actual planning strategies to increase transmission systems would have to take into account this relative increase in vulnerability with size, in order to facilitate and improve the power grid design and functioning.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1142/S0218127407018531
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIFURCATION AND CHAOS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
complex networks, small world, power grid, fragility
Journal
17
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
7
0218-1274
62
PageRank 
References 
Authors
10.08
1
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Martí Rosas-casals17714.43
Sergi Valverde222824.13
Ricard V. Solé337747.63