Project Grant DEOE0000375

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $109,141,183 Project Grant through the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program to Entergy Texas, Inc. to improve grid resilience and increase power capacity in Port Arthur, Texas. The overall objective is to modernize and enhance the electric grid infrastructure in this major hub for the U.S. petroleum industry and a community of over 55,000 residents that has faced extreme weather. The grant funding will support a...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $3,245,061.00 and awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electricity (CFDA 81.122 Electricity Research, Development and Analysis), aims to develop and field demonstrate the benefits and usage of dynamic line rating and advanced power flow control technologies in New England. The project, led by the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, will investigate the synergies between these grid-enhancing technologies to address steady-state...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,580 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Turbine Monitoring And Support Services, LLC (doing business as Turbine Logic) on July 22, 2024. The grant is for the development of "Virtual Reliability Software for Real Time Detection of Failures at PV Plants". The project aims to create advanced software tools to improve monitoring and reliability of photovoltaic (PV) power plants...

This $998,497.88 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) will fund a variety of research, development, and demonstration activities at the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) over a 3-year period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026. The grant will support Tees' work advancing nuclear energy science and technology across areas such as...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $4,248,405 Cooperative Agreement to Arizona State University (ASU) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The major objectives are to develop real-time tools for continuous and dynamic system health monitoring, visualization, and operator support for bulk power systems dominated by inverter-based resources, and to demonstrate these tools in a utility operational...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $6,827,637 Cooperative Agreement to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to establish and complete the Collaborative Ancillary Service Accelerator for Renewables (CASAR) pilot program. The primary objective of this 6-12 month project is to engage industry stakeholders in designing, implementing, and demonstrating multi-level control architectures to support ancillary services from wind and...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $2,484,847.00, was granted by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) under the Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response (CFDA 81.008) program. The purpose of this project is to design, demonstrate, and validate cost-effective, scalable, and repeatable cyber-physical system (CPS) tools for diverse utility and energy systems configurations. The prime awardee is Texas...

This $36,034,716 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program 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 grid tie to reduce tap changes and increase the control range of a Phase Shifting Transformer (PST) across a regional...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) awarded a $5,242,722 Cooperative Agreement to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) under the Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response (CESER) program (CFDA 81.008). This project, titled "Secure Telecommunications Architecture for Trusted and Resilient Electric Communications (STAR TREC)", will research, develop, test, and demonstrate zero-trust architectures...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $198,215.00 to TDA Research, Inc. to conduct research on "Electromagnetic Inductive Coupling Analysis (EMICA) for In Situ Monitoring of Insulation on Energized Cables". The award, with a performance period from July 2024 to July 2025, will support TDA Research's efforts to develop advanced technology for real-time monitoring of cable insulation...