Grid Modernization
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June 3, 2020
Spotlight on FREEDM’s Role in Advancing Grid Resiliency
This article, written by Tom Gibson for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, highlights FREEDM’s role in advancing grid resiliency and addressing vulnerabilities through hardware and software innovations. https://www.asme.org/topics-resources/content/engineering-ways-to-improve-electrical-grid-resilience
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May 21, 2019
FREEDM Researchers Receive Funding for Work on Grid Resilience Tools
Researchers in the FREEDM Systems Center led by NC State have received a $3.1 million research award from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) to advance solar energy’s role in strengthening the resilience of the U.S. […]
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May 16, 2019
Hulgize Kassa Recognized at 2019 ECE Award for Excellence Ceremony
Please join us in congratulating Hulgize Kassa, FREEDM’s long-time Lab Manager, on being recognized for excellent customer service by the NC State ECE Department at their 2019 Award for Excellence ceremony. “This is something that is extraordinary for a lab […]
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March 12, 2019
GTM Brings Grid Edge East to NC
Grid Edge East will focus on how innovation and decentralization can result in a more resilient energy system. Led by leading utilities, smart grid tech giants, and Wood Mackenzie’s research experts, Grid Edge East will explore how frontier technologies such […]
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June 22, 2018
ARPA-E Announces Grid Optimization (GO) Competition
The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) is challenging the research and industrial communities to successfully develop and test power system optimization and control algorithms to accelerate the development and comprehensive evaluation of new solution methods for grid optimization. The goal […]