A group of researchers in Australia has outlined a new methodology to determine the minimum power rating of energy storage systems (ESSs) used for emergency under-frequency response. The ESS size must ...

The Department of Energy (DOE) has initiated a new “enabling” pathway to achieve and sustain a dramatic transformation of the nation’s evolving grid—through its power electronics fabric, with the ...

Germany has connected the world’s first supercapacitor-based STATCOM to the grid, with Siemens Energy and transmission system operator TenneT positioning it as a blueprint to replace fossil-fuel ...

The electric grid is continuously going through an evolutionary process with the growing penetration of intermittent renewable power, multi-directional power flow, and demand-side management based on ...

Smart meters have grabbed a lot of the limelight when it comes to the smart grid. But, let’s face it, next-generation intelligence in substations is the fulcrum for bringing more renewable energy into ...

Global electricity grids are undergoing a radical transformation. Large reliable centralized thermal power plants are being replaced by many variable sources like wind and rooftop solar. At the same ...