Under a Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Electricity Research, Development and Analysis program (CFDA 81.122), Georgia Tech Research Corporation will develop and field demonstrate the benefits and usage of dynamic line rating and advanced power flow control solutions in New England. The $3,245,061 award, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, aims to address challenges posed by changing weather patterns and the integration of offshore wind power....
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) provides $6,753,489 to Gridbeyond LLC to implement an AI-driven software platform to forecast, optimize, and control MW-scale inverter-based renewable energy resources. The project will integrate the Renewable Controls Platform (RCP) software into the operations and dispatch systems of a utility...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $4,615,184 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program to Quanta Technology, LLC. The goal of the "Grid Operator Analytics and Assessment Tools for Inverter-Based Resources Dominated Grid (GOAAT-IBR)" project is to develop cloud-based grid health assessment and risk assessment tools to improve situational awareness of large-scale...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award for $1,991,463, granted by 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), supports the "Advanced Methods for Integrating Renewables in Grid Planning (ADMIRE-GRIDPLAN)" project.
The project aims to develop novel methods to enhance existing commercial grid planning tools by: (a) incorporating variable renewable energy resources at...
The federal Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding of $507,631,431.00, was issued by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254). The award supports the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA), a state agency, in deploying targeted improvements to the existing grid infrastructure, prioritizing disadvantaged/underserved and Justice40 communities. The key products and services to be delivered through this...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $2.2M Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) to build an operations uncertainty platform. The project objective is to develop capabilities, flexibility, and scalability to manage variability and uncertainty in large electric grids. The award period runs from October 1, 2024 to March 31,...
This $1,430,102 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 program) aims to develop and demonstrate advanced data analytics for improved grid monitoring, operation, and control. The project will leverage Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) data, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) data, and next-generation grid-edge computing metering to...
This $1,632,000 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) will advance the development of standardized, modular microgrid control systems for remote Alaskan communities. The project aims to engage these communities in the design and management of their own microgrid control systems, providing them with tools to collect data on their local energy needs and...
The federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under CFDA Program 81.087 - Renewable Energy Research and Development, aims to collect data from an existing utility-scale direct current (DC)-coupled photovoltaic (PV)-plus-storage plant, prepare the data for public sharing, and provide analyses on solar resource, plant performance, and battery degradation. The $249,984 award, granted on May 1,...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by 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), aims to develop and demonstrate advanced tools for integrating inverter-based renewable energy resources (IBRs) onto the power grid. The $3,430,784 award to the University of South Florida will deliver: (1) systems for efficiently collecting, processing, and streaming high-rate...