GMI Peer Review Provides Trove of Useful Information

March 26, 2018

The program recognizes that a modern grid must constantly be improving

The U.S. DOE’s Grid Modernization Initiative (GMI) is an agency-wide collaborative program, including DOE’s National Laboratories, which focuses on the development of new concepts, tools, and technologies to advance, predict, protect, and control the grid of the future. The program recognizes that a modern grid must constantly be improving in the areas of resilience, reliability, security, affordability, flexibility and sustainability.

Last year GMI hosted its first Peer Review, which included presentations of the results from 88 grid modernization projects in six technical areas:

Devices and Integrated Systems
Sensing and Measurement
Design and Planning Tools
System Operations, Power Flow and Control
Security and Resilience
Institutional Support

Both poster session summaries and detailed presentations are available on GMI’s peer review report site at: https://energy.gov/under-secretary-science-and-energy/2017-grid-modernization-initiative-peer-review. There is a ton of useful information on each focus area, including both research progress and valuable takeaways.

About the Author

David Shadle | Grid Optimization Editor

Dave joined the T&D World team as the editor of the Grid Optimization Center of Excellence website in January 2016.

Dave is a power industry veteran with a history of leading environmental and development organizations, championing crucial projects, managing major acquisitions and implementing change. Dave is currently a principal at Power Advance, LLC, an independent consulting firm specializing in power project development, research and analysis, due diligence and valuation support. Dave is also a contributing consultant for Transmission & Distribution World. Prior to Power Advance, Dave held business and power project development positions with The Louis Berger Group, Iberdrola Renewables, FPL Energy and General Public Utilities. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University, the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Purdue University.