U.S. energy needs have changed dramatically over the last few decades, and questions are growing as to whether our grid can manage these new demands. Aside from rising temperatures—the National ...

Field testing in a portion of ORNL’s campus grid allows validation of a new grid architecture and control platform at utility scale for rapid transfer to industry partners. A historic legacy now ...

INL researchers examine a set of relays that monitor electrical currents, voltages and detect problems like faults or overloads on the electric grid. Modern relays are incorporating artificial ...

The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has officially begun its first utility-grade battery tests at the new Grid Storage Launchpad (GSL), initiating a rigorous ...

Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing involves simulation of power plant behavior using the actual site-specific power plant controls before the commissioning stage. HIL testing can benefit all project ...