Latest Phasor measurement unit Stories

LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Recently a Los Alamos National Laboratory quantum cryptography (QC) team successfully completed the first-ever demonstration of securing control data for electric grids using quantum cryptography. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130214/DC60813) The demonstration was performed in the electric grid test bed that is part of the Trustworthy Cyber Infrastructure for the Power Grid (TCIPG) project at the University...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Symmetricom(®), Inc. (NASDAQ: SYMM), a worldwide leader in precision time and frequency technologies, today announced a new timing solution that meets the stringent microsecond accuracy requirements of Smart Grid substations. Specifically designed for substation operations, such as wide area measurement systems, traveling wave fault locators and sampled values, the Symmetricom SyncServer SGC-1500 Smart Grid Clock offers power utility...

CARMEL, lnd., Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MISO and its transmission owners reached two major milestones today in implementing the U.S. Department of Energy's goal of revitalizing the nation's electric grid through Smart Grid technology. MISO, the regional grid operator for much of the Midwest, deployed into production today use of synchrophasors, or high-tech monitoring devices, into two critical aspects of grid analytics - system modeling and after-the fact event analysis....

MELBOURNE, Fla., July 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Highlights: Wide area network to support the Western Electricity Coordinating Council and other participating organizationsKey component in implementing real-time vulnerability detection in region's electric gridEnables organizations to take timely actions that help avoid widespread system blackoutsHarris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a five-year contract to provide...

CARMEL, Ind., May 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of a national effort to modernize the grid, MISO and its members have achieved a major milestone in their three-year smart grid program to install sophisticated electronic measurement devices known as synchrophasors across the region, completing the integration of 44 such devices at strategic points along the regional transmission network. The $34.5 million program is funded partly by $17.3 million in Recovery Act stimulus funds awarded by...

Major power outages are fairly infrequent, but when they happen they can result in billions of dollars in costs "“ and even contribute to fatalities. Now research from North Carolina State University has led to the development of an approach by which high-resolution power-system measurements, also referred to as Synchrophasors, can be efficiently used to develop reliable models of large power systems, which would help us keep an eye on their health.Synchrophasors are real-time measurements...

VALLEY FORGE, Pa., May 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Smart Grid is taking a big step forward with a program to extend the digital intelligence of North America's largest electric transmission system, the PJM Interconnection. With the aid of a U.S. Department of Energy stimulus grant, PJM and 12 member transmission owners are installing more than 80 additional high-tech monitoring units called phasor measurement units or synchrophasors. The results will improve operators' visibility of the grid and...

CARMEL, Ind., March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The Midwest ISO today launched a three-year program to install more than 150 high-tech monitoring devices that will monitor the state of the electrical grid 30 times each second, increasing the efficiency and reliability of power delivery. Midwest ISO is the first regional transmission organization (RTO) to move forward and execute an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy to implement synchrophasors, also known as phasor measurement units...

RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dominion Virginia Power is working with Virginia Tech to make the "smart grid" smarter by developing and testing innovative technology that will improve the electric grid's efficiency and reliability. This technology, known as "synchrophasors," does this by providing dynamic real-time information about conditions on the transmission grid. The research project, funded by a $1.5 million grant from the Department of Energy, also involves Quanta...

SHANGHAI, June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- As an emerging industry globally, smart grid includes many fresh and vital technologies that are needed to make enormous progress in power grid development. A smart grid sends electricity from power suppliers to end users using digital technology to save energy and increase reliability. This modernized electricity network is being promoted by some governments as a way of addressing energy independence or environment issues. The smart grid is a disparate set...