TY - JOUR AU - Gil, Agnieszka AU - Modzelewska, Renata AU - Moskwa, Szczepan AU - Siluszyk, Agnieszka AU - Siluszyk, Marek AU - Wawrzynczak, Anna AU - Zakrzewska, Sylwia PY - 2019 DA - 2019/07/05 TI - Does time series analysis confirms the relationship between space weather effects and the failures of electrical grids in South Poland? JO - Journal of Mathematics in Industry SP - 7 VL - 9 IS - 1 AB - Nowadays, when the global and national industry is addicted from various electrical and electronic equipment at a very high level, it is of a special interest to understand the possible origins of the interruptions in the electricity supply. Failures in ground-based electrical and electronic systems, or disturbances of satellites operation caused by influential magnetic storms initiated by the changeable Sun can have a high economic impact on the industry. These strong magnetic storms are triggered by solar-driven disturbances in interplanetary space. Studies of these phenomena have gained a special attention since the incident that had occurred in northern Canada in March 1989. During this event the work of the hydroelectric plant in the region of Quebec was blocked for long, winter hours and many citizens of this region of Canada suffered from a blackout. Analysis performed in the Oak Ridge National Laboratory showed that if that blackout have had taken place in the USA then costs generated only by a not supplied electricity could even reach 6 billion USD. SN - 2190-5983 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13362-019-0064-9 DO - 10.1186/s13362-019-0064-9 ID - Gil2019 ER -