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Transmission Lines in Poland and Space Weather Effects

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  • Agnieszka Gil

    (Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Institute of Mathematics, Siedlce University, Konarskiego 2, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland
    Space Research Centre of Polish Academy of Sciences, Bartycka Str.18A, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Renata Modzelewska

    (Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Institute of Mathematics, Siedlce University, Konarskiego 2, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland)

  • Szczepan Moskwa

    (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland)

  • Agnieszka Siluszyk

    (Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Institute of Mathematics, Siedlce University, Konarskiego 2, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland)

  • Marek Siluszyk

    (Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Institute of Mathematics, Siedlce University, Konarskiego 2, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland)

  • Anna Wawrzynczak

    (Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Institute of Computer Sciences, Siedlce University, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland
    National Centre for Nuclear Research, 05-400 Otwock, Poland)

  • Mariusz Pozoga

    (Space Research Centre of Polish Academy of Sciences, Bartycka Str.18A, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Sebastian Domijanski

    (Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Institute of Computer Sciences, Siedlce University, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland)

Abstract

We analyze the solar influence of space weather events on Polish energy infrastructure via geomagnetic disturbances. We consider two time intervals of very different levels of solar activity (SA) in the course of the solar activity cycle 24: 2010—an early rising phase of SA, near the solar minimum and 2014—solar maximum. From the total number of electrical grid failures, we extract almost five thousand failures in 2010 and more than ten thousand in 2014, which could be related to space weather effects. We analyze data of failures having unidentified causes, failures coupled with the aging of transmission network elements and electronic devices, which appeared during the time intervals of enhanced geomagnetic activity. We show that around the times of increasing geomagnetic activity level, the amount of transmission lines failures in the groups mentioned above grows, but mostly with some delay. It might be connected to some cumulative effect due to the result of transient states and their propagation in the distribution network. Although we do not exclude that the other factors may play a role, the solar-originating disturbances strengthen these effects.

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  • Agnieszka Gil & Renata Modzelewska & Szczepan Moskwa & Agnieszka Siluszyk & Marek Siluszyk & Anna Wawrzynczak & Mariusz Pozoga & Sebastian Domijanski, 2020. "Transmission Lines in Poland and Space Weather Effects," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(9), pages 1-13, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2020:i:9:p:2359-:d:355698
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