Description Geomagnetic disturbances (GMDs), caused by solar coronal mass ejections, have the potential to significantly impact the operation of the high voltage electric grid by causing geomagnetically induced currents (GICs). Over the last decade there has been significant research, industry interest, and regulatory concern about the impact of GMDs on the high voltage electric grid. …
Events
The 25th meeting of the Advisory Board of the TEES Smart Grid Center was hosted in person at Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) in Austin, Texas, on November 11, 2024. The agenda of the business meeting included voting on changes to membership agreements and benefits; presentations by the Leadership Team on research, proposals, and events …
At the Innovation in AI and Energy (Innovation Forward, IF2024) event organized by Texas A&M Innovation, a panel discussion will be held on “Powering Progress: Reconciling Energy Capacity with Digital Growth; Texas is a Leader” at the Hall of Champions at Texas A&M University at 9:40 am – 10:30 am CST on November 13, 2024. …
Geomagnetic disturbances (GMDs) caused by solar coronal mass ejections can induce quasi-dc currents in the ac power grid, potentially leading to transformer heating, harmonics, increased reactive power consumption by transformers, and possibly even voltage collapse. This talk will briefly review GMD modeling and impacts on the grid, followed by an update on the GMD research …
Description Electricity is the lifeblood of our modern society, and for most this electricity is supplied by large-scale, interconnected electric grids. Engineered as the ultimate in plug-and-play convenience, the wall outlet is actually the gateway to the world’s largest and most complex machine. The goal of this course is to provide a comprehensive introduction for …
Description High voltage electric grids are some of the world’s most complex machines, whose present high levels of reliability have been achieved through careful planning. The purpose of this three-day short course is to provide a comprehensive coverage of the processes used in doing this planning. The course philosophy is to provide a practical, hands-on …
An informational session was held for the Smart Grid Center (SGC) of Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) for power and computer engineering students on September 3, 2024. Engineer representatives from Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and from Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) gave revealing and enlightening presentations to the attendees, answers all questions, …
This presentation covers some of the more recent developments in the modeling of weather and other environmental inputs (ENIs) such as earthquakes and wildfires in the power flow and other related tools, with a focus on electric grid transmission planning. The presentation is motivated because of the rapidly growing dependence of electric grids on the …
This free webinar is a special joint presentation between Texas A&M University and ElectroTempo, a new member of the Smart Grid Center. We will be giving an overview of our EV simulation and integration work, which requires cross-domain modeling and simulation from both of our teams. Our webinar will focus on our innovative scalable truck …
Description Geomagnetic disturbances (GMDs), caused by solar coronal mass ejections, have the potential to significantly impact the operation of the high voltage electric grid by causing geomagnetically induced currents (GICs). Over the last decade there has been significant research, industry interest, and regulatory concern about the impact of GMDs on the high voltage electric grid. …