Grid Modernization Initiative (2020 Transition): Difference between revisions

'''1.  Resilience.''' The ability to recover quickly from any situation and sustain the operation of critical facilities and customers.

 

'''2.  Reliability.''' Improvement of power quality and fewer power outages.

 

'''3.  Security.''' Protection at every scale, from components to regions, and in our critical infrastructure.

 

'''4.  Affordability.''' Maintenance of reasonable costs to all stakeholders.

 

'''5.  Flexibility.''' Ability to responds to the variability and uncertainty of conditions across a range of timescales, including a range of energy futures.

 

'''6.  Environmental Sustainability.''' Facilitation of broader deployment of clean generation and efficient end-use technologies and reduces the environmental impact of energy-related activities.

Details on the existing research portfolio are available at the Grid Modernization Laboratory Consortium (GMLC) website.^{[https://gmlc.doe.gov/projects 1]}   Projects from the first two rounds ² of funding are wrapping up, while the third round of projects are underway, completing their first year of research.^{[https://www.energy.gov/2019-grid-modernization-lab-call-awards 3]}

OE and EERE initially partnered to create the GMI to coordinate and leverage grid-related research efforts, and in 2018 the GMI collaboration began to include the other applied energy offices. These five offices and a steering committee drive activities under the GMI that complement individual investments and programs that each Office implements separately. In addition, the GMI coordinates its activities with DOE’s Office of Science, Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy, and the Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office.  

The Grid Modernization Laboratory Consortium (GMLC) is a subset of GMI and was established as a strategic partnership between DOE and the National Laboratories to bring together leading experts, technologies, and resources to collaborate on the goal of modernizing the Nation’s grid. The benefits of the GMLC include more efficient use of resources; shared networks; improving learning and preservation of knowledge; enhanced lab coordination and collaboration; and regional perspective and relationships with local stakeholders and industry.