Cooperative Agreement DEAR0000710

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (under CFDA 81.122 Electricity Research, Development and Analysis) provides $704,588 to North Dakota State University to develop and demonstrate a graph-based sensor data analytics tool for grid stability monitoring and control. The goal of this 3-year project, which began on November 20, 2024, is to leverage innovative graph-based techniques and multiple sensor data sets...

This NSF Engineering program Project Grant, awarded to Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), aims to develop novel modeling and optimization approaches to enable more efficient utilization of renewable energy and energy storage resources (ESRs) for low-carbon power grid operation. The $395,783 award, with a funding period from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2029, will support research to create ESR market participation models, formulation tightening techniques, and optimization methods to address...

This $98,662,016 Department of Energy Project Grant, awarded under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience Program (CFDA 81.254), will fund the deployment of distribution-level power flow controllers to a large utility to enhance the reliability, load capacity, and renewable energy integration of their distribution grid. The key product is the installation of Phase-EQ devices, a commercially available medium-voltage power flow control technology, across the utility's distribution...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $1,430,102 from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (CFDA 81.122 - Electricity Research, Development and Analysis) aims to develop and demonstrate advanced data analytics for improved grid monitoring, operation, and control. The project, titled "Sensor Data Enabled Utility Asset Capacity Utilization Maximization, Load Modeling, and Event Detection and Location," will leverage Advanced Metering...

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $116 million Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program to Commonwealth Edison Co. (ComEd) to implement a data fusion-empowered, interoperable control framework for modernizing power grid planning and operations. This project will deploy a selection of grid-edge technologies for field demonstration and develop an interoperable control architecture and grid-edge analytic platform to address...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), provides $3,872,767 to Georgia Tech Research Corporation to develop, integrate, and demonstrate a stochastic, decentralized AC unit commitment and optimal power flow system to support secure operation of electricity grids with high penetrations of inverter-based resources. The project aims to...

This Project Grant award of $36,034,716 from the U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254) will fund a partnership between the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and a host transmission utility. The project aims to install an Automatic Power Factor Controller (APFC) device, the SmartValve, at an interregional transmission tie to optimize power flow and increase the control range of a Phase Shifting Transformer (PST) across a regional...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $393,890 to the University of Texas at Austin to advance the autonomy of power grids. The key objectives are to: Develop novel machine learning-assisted optimizers to enable faster decision-making by individual power grid agents. Use artificial intelligence and generative modeling to improve the resilience of a collective multi-agent power grid. Integrate societal benefit and sustainability...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $267,323 Project Grant to the CAL Poly Corporation at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. The grant, funded through the NSF Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041), supports the development of new computing methods to improve the reliability, efficiency, and sustainability of the electric power grid. Specifically, the project team will research electronic analog and hybrid computing approaches to address challenges...

The $3,758,432 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (CFDA 81.122 - Electricity Research, Development and Analysis) to NV Energy Inc. is focused on demonstrating advanced dynamic line rating (DLR) technologies to improve the efficiency, reliability, and resilience of the electric transmission system. The key objectives of the project are to: Scale DLR technologies to enhance system efficiency, reduce congestion, and...