Is this the electric grid of the future?

Is this the electric grid of the future?

In Nebraska, a publicly-owned utility deftly tackles the challenges of delivering on reliability, affordability, and sustainability.

New platform enhances grid integration, real-time geospatial metering

Singapore-based EDMI, a subsidiary of Japan’s Osaki Electric, has launched NEOS Solution, a next-generation electricity grid platform designed to orchestrate distributed energy resources (DER) and enable real-time meter monitoring during blackouts.From pv magazine USA Singapore energy solutions company EDMI has announced its flagship next-generation electricity grid platform, the NEOS Solution, which manages distributed energy resources (DER). E…

The Download: Future Grids, And Bad Boy Bots - Data Intelligence

Is this the electric grid of the future? Lincoln Electric System, a publicly owned utility in Nebraska, is used to weathering severe blizzards. But what will happen soon—not only at Lincoln Electric but for all electric utilities—is a challenge of a different order. Utilities must keep the lights on in the face of more extreme and more frequent storms and fires, growing risks of cyberattacks and physical disruptions, and a wildly uncertain polic…

FPSA - Is this the electric grid of the future?

One morning in the middle of March, a slow-moving spring blizzard stalled above eastern Nebraska, pounding the state capital of Lincoln with 60-mile-per-hour winds, driving sleet, and up to eight inches of snow. Lincoln Electric System, the local electric utility, has approximately 150,000 customers. By lunchtime, nearly 10% of them were without power. Ice was accumulating on the lines, causing them to slap together and circuits to lock. Sustain…