Category Archives: Smart Grid


The Nation’s Only Megawatt-Scale Research and Development Facility

Transforming our Nation’s Energy System With all the benefits associated with renewable energy, why hasn’t the grid already been modernized to accommodate these clean sources of energy? The short answer is: Megawatt-scale integration is hard to find. Our nation’s existing … Read More

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Grid Modernization Initiatives

Administration Announces Grid Modernization Initiatives to Foster a Clean Energy Economy and Spur Innovation The Obama Administration on June 13th announced a number of new initiatives designed to accelerate the modernization of the Nation’s electric infrastructure, bolster electric-grid innovation, and … Read More

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SynchroPhasor Not the Startrek Kind

North American SynchroPhasor Initiative The mission of the North American SynchroPhasor Initiative is to improve power system reliability and visibility through wide area measurement and control. Synchrophasors are precise grid measurements now available from monitors called phasor measurement units (PMUs). … Read More

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Demand Response-Ready Smart Grid Solution

Lockheed Martin and Itron Provide Demand Response-Ready Smart Grid Solution for Utilities TAMPA, Fla. — Lockheed Martin and Itron, Inc. today announced an agreement to integrate Lockheed Martin’s SEEload Demand Response Management Solution with Itron’s smart grid platform. The integrated … Read More

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Argonne Helps the Grid get Smart

Technology, analysis can better meet America’s energy needs President Barack Obama has called for one million plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) to hit the road by 2015. If the demand for PHEVs skyrockets, a flood of new electric cars could … Read More

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