WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the release of its latest Pathways to Commercial Liftoff report, focused on unleashing the potential of advanced grid solutions."Pathways to Commercial Liftoff: Innovative Grid Deployment," marks the tenth installment in the Liftoff series which …
Be a Member of Grid Forward. Your organization can play a fundamental role in Grid Forward''s mission to promote and accelerate grid modernization in our region. Your membership will serve you in several ways: Engagement: plug into regular communications, quarterly roundtables, shared-initiative working groups and members-only forums.
The Department of Energy estimates that the electric grid must more than double by 2035 to achieve the federal government''s goal of 100% clean energy – and a …
The Grid Modernization Initiative (GMI) works across the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to create the modern grid of the future. Our extensive, reliable power grid has fueled the nation''s growth since the early 1900s; however, the grid we have today does not have the attributes necessary to meet the demands of the 21st century …
DOE''s Grid Modernization Initiative and the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response will host two summits focused on the initiative and cybersecurity for clean energy. Attendees at both summits will learn about opportunities to engage with DOE-led efforts that are modernizing the future power grid and enabling a …
Meet some of NREL''s experts in grid modernization and explore their research in shaping the electric grid of the future. NREL grid research is led by the Power Systems Engineering Center under the direction of Ben Kroposki and the Grid Planning and Analysis Center under the direction of Jaquelin Cochran. These centers are part of the …
Nowadays, the forms of energy generation, transportation, utilization, and application are changing all over the world. Given the significant penetration of intelligent …
The Grid Modernization Initiative (GMI) coordinates research and development (R&D) across the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to help set the nation on an affordable path to a resilient, secure, and reliable grid with a reduced environmental impact. The GMI focuses on developing new tools and technologies to measure, analyze, predict,
Indeed, MCENs'' modernization provides opportunities to improve all the key factors of our national hybrid energy infrastructure in the face of evolving environmental threats and increasingly complex systems. Some of the special opportunities regarding the MCENs'' modernization are summarized in Fig. 1.9. Fig. 1.9.
The energy transition will require a dramatic increase in capital spending on the electric grid, delivered at an unprecedented pace. Improving project success is …
The Grid Modernization Multi-Year Program Plan will bring a consortium of 14 national laboratories together with more than 100 companies, utilities, research organizations, state regulators and ...
The past six Grid Modernization Index (GMI) reports have ranked states and the District of Columbia from 1 to 51 in terms of grid modernization initiatives while featuring examples of grid modernization efforts. This year, GridWise is conducting a three-step process to evaluate state and utility readiness to accommodate the drivers impacting ...
This paper presents an overview of grid modernization and digitalization technologies that can be deployed to achieve these objectives and, make a case for how the energy transition will be a crucial driver for the growth of substation automation and grid digitalization. The energy and electricity landscape in the Middle
2 · How to meet grid modernization challenges. By Steve Tongish, CMO at IQGeo 18 June 2024. IQGeo''s web chat, hosted with T&D World, explored how to empower the …
Grid Modernization: Invest Where It Matters Most. Increase reliability, improve customer experience and reduce costs by identifying the most meaningful T&D investments. By Dedra Casey, Martha Eggenberger, Pratap Mukharji and Jason Glickman. September 26, 2018. 9 min read.
What''s the relationship between smart grids, microgrids, distributed energy resources (DERs), and grid modernization? Christian Grant: The three "Ds"—decarbonization, …
In D.P.U. 12‑76, the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) established policies to encourage the regulated electric companies (Eversource, National Grid, and Unitil) to adopt grid modernization technologies and practices that:. enhance the reliability of electricity service, reduce electricity costs, and. empower customers to adopt new electricity technologies …
City Light''s Grid Modernization Plan and Roadmap outlines the improvements we are making. We prioritize grid modernization work in Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), immigrants, refugees, people with low incomes, youth, and English language learner communities to combat the disproportionate environmental, …
These factors necessitate grid expansion and modernization. However, this is proving to be a bottleneck in achieving clean energy goals, both in terms of the availability of financing and the pace of development. A US$14.3 trillion shortfall in global grid investment is expected by 2050, with an annual global grid infrastructure (transmission ...
We are a national leader, with deep scientific knowledge and technical resources, defining the modern grid for the 21st century. PNNL plays a leading role in developing a power grid that enables real-time predictive operation to improve reliability and efficiency; incorporates advanced controls that engage new devices and enable new services at ...
In particular, grid modernization often implies the increasing application of sensors, computers and communications, that is, increasing the intelligence or ''smarts'' of the grid but the main goal is still the flexibility needed to adapt to the whole range of new technologies in the grid. Here is a list of various broad technologies to watch.
This presentation, "Grid Modernization: Policy, Market Trends, and Directions Forward," was prepared for the 4th Annual Grid Modernization Forum.
A. Yes. Grid modernization is an essential step to making our carbon-free commitment a reality. By modernizing the grid, we will be able to integrate more solar capacity into our energy mix. The improved technology more seamlessly connects renewable energy generated by homeowners throughout the system. Q.
Grid Modernization: Invest Where It Matters Most. Increase reliability, improve customer experience and reduce costs by identifying the most meaningful T&D investments. By Dedra Casey, …
Without comprehensive grid modernization, the US cannot meet the growing demand for renewable Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) needed to meet the federal government''s goal of achieving 100% carbon pollution-free electricity by 2035. The Department of Energy estimates that the electric grid must more than double by 2035 to …
The White House on Tuesday announced steps to modernize a major roadblock to the clean energy transformation: America''s aging electrical infrastructure . The new initiative between the feds and ...
The GridWise Alliance''s Grid Modernization Index (GMI), produced in collaboration with E9 Insight., assesses and ranks all 50 states and the District of Columbia, based upon the degree to which they have moved toward a modernized electric grid. Two states stand out for their coordination of policy, consumer and utility action: California and ...
Grid Modernization Initiative. 2023 Grid Modernization Lab Call Projects. On Aug. 31, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy announced up to $39 million for projects across DOE''s National Laboratories to help modernize the electricity grid.
Christian Grant: The three "Ds"—decarbonization, decentralization, and digitalization—describe the focus of energy grid modernization as well as the relationship among smart grids, microgrids, and DERs. With grid decarbonization we are bringing power supply closer to where power is consumed. So rather than having large, centralized ...
PNM Grid Modernization Frequently Asked Questions 10/03/2022, Page 5 of 5 Q: Does grid modernization enable vehicle-to-grid or vehicle-to-home? Vehicle-to-home is a relatively recent technology that uses a hybrid or fully electric truck (e.g., Ford F-150 Lightning) or SUV (e.g., Kia & Hyundai) as a backup battery or