Research at North Carolina State University seeks to improve monitoring and control of large-scale blackouts, scientists said. The research led to the development of an approach that uses high-resolution power-system measurements, or synchrophasors, to develop reliable models of large power systems, allowing operators to monitor their health, the university said Wednesday in a release. via Continue reading →
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The Smart Grid is definitely global – prompting upwellings of new technology, public and private investment activities, and strategic plans at national and regional levels. The Smart Grid has different meanings for different audiences, so in a developing country, it may mean an opportunity to design distributed generation configurations for the delivery of electricity to Continue reading →
Using hundreds and hundreds of synchrophasors, it’s estimated that a smart grid-enabled high voltage grid would be able to reliably deliver more power, more efficiently, reports the New York Times. A synchrophrasor is a metal box several feet tall that helps monitor electricity power flows, voltage, frequency and phase angle. It measures and reports back Continue reading →
The Midwest ISO today launched a three-year program to install more than 150 high-tech monitoring devices that will monitor the state of the electrical grid 30 times each second, increasing the efficiency and reliability of power delivery. Midwest ISO is the first regional transmission organization (RTO) to move forward and execute an agreement with the Continue reading →
Dominion Virginia Power is working with Virginia Tech to make the “smart grid” smarter by developing and testing innovative technology that will improve the electric grid’s efficiency and reliability. This technology, known as “synchrophasors,” does this by providing dynamic real-time information about conditions on the transmission grid. The research project, funded by a $1.5 million Continue reading →
Smart meters and distribution automation are nice things, but synchrophasors are worth $50 million in Department of Energy stimulus grants too, according to a consortium of western utilities. The Western Electricity Coordinating Council – the entity that oversees bulk power transmission across the Western United States and Canada – has asked DOE for a $50 Continue reading →
