Project Power Up: Fighting Electronic Warfare to Keep Ukraine's Grid Safe
summary
Ukraine needs reliable grid time under GPS jamming and Project Power Up installs a modified Industrial Ethernet 5000 switch that implements a PTP holdover clock to keep substations synchronized when satellites go dark. Prototypes ride on US military flights into Ukraine, hold time for roughly two to four hours (extendable), and let WAMS measurements keep operating despite frequent outages: 198 missiles, 60 drones, ~47% transmission and ~50% generation loss, ~$11B damage.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:48UKRENERGO and grid challenges
- 8:45Disconnection from Russian/Belarusian grids
- 12:52Kinetic attacks on energy infrastructure
- 17:22Cyber and electronic warfare threats
- 20:36GPS timing for grid synchronization
- 24:52Electronic warfare effects on GPS
- 30:15GPS synchronization in grids
- 32:01GPS disruption solution with holdover
- 35:35Deploying holdover solution in Ukraine
- 37:27Humanitarian motivations
- 39:12Final thoughts on impact
- 40:17Q&A
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