Electric power / smart grid

News and Updates

New NIST Framework Strives for Cleaner, More Secure Power Grid

February 18, 2021

Whether it’s a new set of solar panels glistening on a neighbor’s roof or a freshly installed smart thermostat at home, burgeoning renewable and smart

Making Smokestack Emissions Tests Better, Faster, Cheaper

February 27, 2018

Smokestacks at coal-fired power plants have sensors that continuously monitor their emissions by measuring the flow of gases such as carbon dioxide, mercury

Industry Impacts

Cityscape in the background. Solar panels in the foreground.

Framing the Future of the Electric Grid

The U.S. electrical distribution system is a patchwork of 100+ years of upgrades that create basic reliability issues and expose entire regions to unnecessary

Projects and Programs

Combined Grid Communication Testbed Implementation for Real-time Measurement, Calibration, and Communication

The main objective in this project is to implement a flexible and programmable research testbed that can support deployment of a wide ranging sensory device

Smart Grid Wireless Network Security

To enhance network protection against attack, a periodic key refreshment and distribution strategy for better network security has been investigated. While the

State Estimation for Uncertain Power Systems

The expected penetration of a large number of renewable distributed energy resources (DERs) is driving next generation power systems toward uncertainties that

Smart Grid Interoperability Testbed Facility

NIST is charged by the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) with facilitation of interoperability standards to enable successful implementation of

Publications

Validation Capabilities of the NIST Campus Power System to Evaluate Distributed Control of Grid-Edge Distributed Energy Resources

August 11, 2021

Author(s)

Dhananjay Anand, Md Amimul Ehsan, Collin Freiheit, Thomas C. Linn, Tzong Hao Chen

This report outlines NIST's validation tools, developed to help address the smart grid'semergent needs and complement research and standards coordination

Transactive Energy and Solarization: Assessing the Potential for Demand Curve Management and Cost Savings

May 18, 2021

Author(s)

Himanshu Neema, Scott Phillips, Dasom Lee, David Hess, Zachariah Threet, Thomas Roth, Cuong Nguyen

Utilities and local power providers throughout the world have recognized the advantages of the "smart grid" to encourage consumers to engage in greater energy

An EV Managed Charging Framework: Simplifying Managed Charging with Energy Service Contracts

March 29, 2021

Author(s)

David G. Holmberg

This document provides a business and technical approach to integrate and coordinate electric vehicle (EV) charging within distribution areas and across a

Summary Report on NIST Smart Grid Testbeds and Collaborations Workshops

March 3, 2021

Author(s)

Avi Gopstein, Allen R. Goldstein, Dhananjay Anand, Paul A. Boynton

This report captures feedback from two workshops that NIST conducted to determine the challenges and opportunities in the use and design of Smart Grid Testbeds

Tools and Instruments

Apparatus for the Measurement of High Temperature Thermoelectric Transport Properties

The Seebeck coefficient is a physical parameter routinely measured to identify the potential thermoelectric performance of a material. However, researchers