This page serves as a repository for products and deliverables created through the GMLC projects. It also contains guidance documents, as well as key accomplishments by the national laboratories toward grid modernization. lf you would like to add to this repository, please send a message to gmlc@hq.doe.gov.
For DOE grid modernization information, please visit DOE's Grid Modernization Initiative website.
| Title | Summary | Publication Date | Type | File/Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast Regional Consortium |
Different geographical regions across the United States face specific electric grid challenges, such as recurring weather extremes, integration of... |
June 2017 | Fact Sheet |
 Southeast Regional Consortium |
| Industrial Microgrid Analysis and Design for Energy Security and Resiliency |
Industrial utility customers have a unique opportunity to support a modern energy economy and a stronger, more reliable grid. They typically need... |
June 2017 | Fact Sheet |
Industrial Microgrid Analysis and Design for Energy Security and Resiliency |
| Smart Reconfiguration of Idaho Falls Power Distribution Network for Enhanced Quality of Service |
Severe weather conditions during winter impact the power grid’s transmission and distribution infrastructure, disrupting power delivery to... |
June 2017 | Fact Sheet |
Smart Reconfiguration of Idaho Falls Power Distribution Network for Enhanced Quality of Service |
| Vermont Regional Partnership Enabling the Use of DERs |
In order for Vermont to meet its ambitious goal of 90% renewable energy penetration by 2050, an optimal and replicable approach to distributed... |
June 2017 | Fact Sheet |
Vermont Regional Partnership Enabling the Use of DERs |
| Alaska Microgrid Partnership |
Alaska—perhaps more than any other region in the country—faces unprecedented challenges in modernizing its rural energy infrastructure. Across the... |
June 2017 | Fact Sheet |
Alaska Microgrid Partnership |
| Technical Support to the New York State Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) Initiative |
In an effort to improve efficiency, reliability, and resilience, many states are taking action to modernize their electric grid; particularly the... |
June 2017 | Fact Sheet |
Technical Support to the New York State Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) Initiative |
| Grid Frequency Support from Distributed Inverter-Based Resources in Hawaii |
Hawaii leads the nation in the portion of its electricity that is produced from distributed solar photovoltaics (PV). This high level of PV... |
June 2017 | Fact Sheet |
Grid Frequency Support from Distributed Inverter-Based Resources in Hawaii |
| Midwest Interconnection Seams Study |
At the western edge of the American prairie, just east of the Rocky Mountains, lies a collection of electrical resources that string together the... |
June 2017 | Fact Sheet |
Midwest Interconnection Seams Study |
| Clean Energy & Transactive Campus |
Vast opportunities for improved reliability, consumer benefits, and energy efficiency exist at the buildings-to-grid nexus. Realizing those... |
June 2017 | Fact Sheet |
Clean Energy & Transactive Campus |
| Multi-Scale Integration of Control Systems |
Traditional grid operations and control systems rely on decoupled approaches to transmission, distribution, and local energy networks. This... |
June 2017 | Fact Sheet |
Multi-Scale Integration of Control Systems |
| Grid Architecture at the Gas-Electric Interface |
Significant changes have affected U.S. natural gas markets in the last several years. Environmental regulations and price pressures from newly... |
June 2017 | Report | |
| Distribution Storage Networks |
Distribution storage networks are interconnected distribution-level bulk energy storage devices that function as core infrastructure elements to... |
June 2017 | Report | |
| Foundational Metrics Analysis Poster |
This project assesses the feasibility and usefulness of metrics for measuring change in the evolving electricity infrastructure. Metrics and... |
May 2017 | Publication |
Foundational Metrics Analysis Poster |
| Grid Architecture Poster |
Grid Architecture is the application of system architecture, network theory, and related disciplines to the whole grid, seen as a network of... |
May 2017 | Poster |
Grid Architecture Poster |
| Interoperability Poster |
Energy infrastructure should be flexible enough to accommodate change in response to new, expected, or unexpected internal or external system... |
May 2017 | Publication |
Interoperability Poster |
| Grid Modernization Laboratory Consortium Testing Network Poster |
This project aims to close the gap in accessibility to validated models for grid devices and simulation tools and corresponding full documentation... |
May 2017 | Publication |
Grid Modernization Laboratory Consortium Testing Network Poster |
| Grid Services and Technologies Valuation Framework Poster |
The project will develop a framework enabling electricity-sector stakeholders to conduct, interpret, and compare valuation studies with high... |
May 2017 | Publication |
Grid Services and Technologies Valuation Framework Poster |
| Grid Sensing and Measurement Strategy Poster |
The Electric Grid is undergoing a major transformation (integration of new devices, major shift in generation mix, aging infrastructure, added... |
May 2017 | Publication |
Grid Sensing and Measurement Strategy Poster |
| Southeast Regional Consortium Poster |
Create a consortium of utiltiites, universities, national laboratories, regulators, and industry in the southeast to address grid related... |
May 2017 | Publication |
Southeast Regional Consortium Poster |
| Industrial Microgrid Analysis and Design for Energy Security and Resiliency Poster |
ORNL and SNL will design and perform cost/benefit analysis of an industrial-scale microgrid with the goal of sharing lessons learned and best... |
May 2017 | Publication |
Industrial Microgrid Analysis and Design for Energy Security and Resiliency Poster |