NH Business Review Researchers find ‘no structural trade-offs between grid sustainability and resilience enhancements’ May 13, 2021 Integrating renewable energy into the U.S. electric power system would enhance the grid’s resilience, meaning a highly resilient and decarbonized energy system is possible, according to new research from Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering. The researchers’ analysis is based on the incremental incorporation of architectural changes that would be required to integrate renewable energy into the grid. “We concluded that there are no structural trade-offs between grid sustainability and resilience enhancements, meaning these strategic goals can be pursued simultaneously,” said principal investigator Amro Farid, a Dartmouth Engineering professor and research affiliate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “Whether you are of one political inclination or another, value resilience or sustainability, the efforts are entirely aligned and should serve as the basis for a bipartisan consensus on the transformation of the electric power grid.”