Like many university campuses around the country, the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) campus uses a microgrid to provide power to its facilities.
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy released its draft Energy Storage Strategy and Roadmap.
The blog describes a new software tool developed by PNNL and funded by OE that streamlines the power plant evaluation process.
DOE's 10th CyberForce Competition in 2024 in St. Charles showcased the ingenuity of cybersecurity professionals. With 100, 5-person teams, the competition brought college students and volunteers together to tackle electric grid cybersecurity challenges.
Nearly $18.4 million available for lower cost high-voltage direct current circuit breakers, and addressing grid and energy storage system failures.
Office of Electricity Chief Operating Officer Receives Meritorious Executive Presidential Rank Award
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) announced today that Terri Lee, Chief Operating Officer for OE, has been awarded the prestigious Presidential Rank Award (PRA). This recognition celebrates outstanding achievement, dedication, and leadership by career members of the Senior Executive Service and Senior Professionals across the nation. It is one of the highest honors in federal civil service, and final selections are made by the President of the United States.
Study will help inform industry and prepare for growing electricity demand
Projects selected will receive more than $20 million for critical power equipment advancements.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) today released a new report focusing on distribution transformers in the electrical power grid. The report, prepared for OE by researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), looks at the number of U.S. distribution transformer units, the number and capacity of the assets, their units’ current age profile, and how demand for distribution transformers might increase in the coming years.
Submissions open for innovative solutions for less conventional use cases for the Energy Storage Innovations Prize Round 2.