Tag Archives: U.S. Department of Energy


SynchroPhasor Not the Startrek Kind
Posted on April 16, 2010 by Mike Novello

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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Argonne Helps the Grid get Smart
Posted on March 26, 2010 by Mike Novello

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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