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Performance Index-Based Security Assessment and Screening Effect: Part 2

Performance Index-Based Security Assessment and Screening Effect: Part 2

Learn how to address the screening effect in performance index-based security assessment in power systems.


Smart Meter Data Analyzer Tracks EV Charging at the Grid Edge

Smart Meter Data Analyzer Tracks EV Charging at the Grid Edge

Sense has launched the EV Analytics system to help utilities improve grid reliability by providing real-time insights into electric vehicle…


News Jun 20, 2025 by Austin Futrell
UC San Diego Launches Testing Lab for DER Management

UC San Diego Launches Testing Lab for DER Management

The DERConnect lab can replicate the entire California grid to study distributed energy management scenarios and renewable energy integration.


News Jun 19, 2025 by Liam Critchley
Performance Index-Based Security Assessment and Screening Effect: Part 1

Performance Index-Based Security Assessment and Screening Effect: Part 1

Learn how to conduct performance index-based security assessment in power systems and how the screening effect impacts the accuracy of the assessment.


Machine Learning Is Rewiring the Power Grid

Machine Learning Is Rewiring the Power Grid

How is machine learning improving renewable energy and grid management? A survey of use cases in energy systems sheds some light.


NREL Sets Record With 294 Patents for Renewable Energy

NREL Sets Record With 294 Patents for Renewable Energy

Inventions in 2024 included flexible wave energy converters, a contactless characterization tool for solar materials, and a grid system that…


Future Planning: Handling the Accelerating Energy Demand

Future Planning: Handling the Accelerating Energy Demand

Energy demand is facing unprecedented growth, and generation resources are changing. How can energy leaders handle the increase and plan for an…


CERN Studies Quantum Technology to Optimize Grid Ops

CERN Studies Quantum Technology to Optimize Grid Ops

Renewable energy and distributed energy sources complicate grid operations. CERN proposes to streamline grid management with quantum computing…


News May 15, 2025 by Liam Critchley
AI-Powered Digital Twins for a Resilient Energy Infrastructure and Wildfire Prevention

AI-Powered Digital Twins for a Resilient Energy Infrastructure and Wildfire Prevention

Siemens Energy and NVIDIA are building geospatially accurate 3D AI models of our electrical grid to optimize utility operations, maintenance, and…


Hitachi Tests Grid-Forming Inverter for Grid Stability

Hitachi Tests Grid-Forming Inverter for Grid Stability

Hitachi’s Narashino Works deploys inverter-based systems to stabilize industrial power.


AI-Enhanced Platform Coordinates Solar, EVs, Batteries

AI-Enhanced Platform Coordinates Solar, EVs, Batteries

German startup RAZO Energy is using AI and real-time data to optimize EV charging, solar, and storage.


Energy Users Open to Solar, EVs, and TOU Management

Energy Users Open to Solar, EVs, and TOU Management

A survey of energy customers could give utilities insights into grid management needs and long-term planning.


3 Strategies All Utilities Can Use for Grid Modernization

3 Strategies All Utilities Can Use for Grid Modernization

Utilities take different approaches to modernizing their grids, but an IBM Institute for Business Value report outlines three strategies they all…


Finding the ‘Hidden Revenues’ of Renewable Energy Systems

Finding the ‘Hidden Revenues’ of Renewable Energy Systems

Using a reliable efficiency index, researchers discovered that smart grids with renewable sources can save energy and costs.


Do Water Facilities Have Untapped Energy Storage Potential?

Do Water Facilities Have Untapped Energy Storage Potential?

Stanford research suggests water facilities could add grid flexibility as grid-scale energy storage technologies.


tech insights Apr 22, 2025 by Jake Hertz
VPPs: Grid Resilience Without Infrastructure Upgrades

VPPs: Grid Resilience Without Infrastructure Upgrades

Virtual power plants can enhance grid reliability and meet growing energy demand by aggregating distributed energy resources.


Google AI, PJM Team Up for Grid Connection and Reliability

Google AI, PJM Team Up for Grid Connection and Reliability

Google and PJM Interconnection will use artificial intelligence to add more energy resources to the grid and enhance reliability.


News Apr 16, 2025 by Karen Hanson
Harnessing EVs: The Potential of V2G for Grid Stability, Renewables

Harnessing EVs: The Potential of V2G for Grid Stability, Renewables

Vehicle-to-grid electric vehicle charging offers grid stability, but obstacles stand in the way of widespread adoption.


25 Emerging Companies Pitch the Future of Energy at Distributech

25 Emerging Companies Pitch the Future of Energy at Distributech

Energy startups pitched their ideas to energy experts at Distributech in EPRI’s Incubatenergy Labs annual competition.


Drones, Sensors Enable Dynamic Line Rating Optimization

Drones, Sensors Enable Dynamic Line Rating Optimization

Pitch Aeronautics’ drone-installed dynamic line rating sensors will provide Idaho Power with real-time data analysis.


News Apr 01, 2025 by Joshua Tidwell