Grid Maintenance

[David B. Benson]

Using Geospatial Data to Strengthen the Grid Against Extreme Weather
Robert Henley
2020 Jun 08
Power Magazine
www.powermag.com/using-geospatial-data-to-strengthen-the-grid-against-extreme-weather/

The author operates commercial drones to inspect distribution systems.

[David B. Benson]

The POWER Interview: Modernizing the Grid with DERs
Darrell Proctor
2020 Jun 08
Power Magazine
www.powermag.com/the-power-interview-modernizing-the-grid-with-ders/

These are controllers which shut down small generators, solar and wind, to avoid overloading the existing grid. This saves the cost of transmission line upgrades.

[David B. Benson]

Dynamic Line Rating: Expanding Transmission Grid Capacity for Clean Energy
Jeff St John
2020 Dec 07
Greentechmedia.com
www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/dynamic-line-rating-pushing-the-transmission-grid-envelope-on-clean-energy-capacity

Of course power, not energy.

[David B. Benson]

Electric transmission operators could benefit from temperature-dependent resource adequacy modeling
2021 Feb 12
Phys.org
techxplore.com/news/2021-02-electric-transmission-benefit-temperature-dependent-resource.html

Also should include snow-covered solar panels and frozen wind turbines.

[David B. Benson]

Diversity can prevent failures in large power grids
Lila Reynolds
2021 Apr 02
Phys.org
techxplore.com/news/2021-04-diversity-failures-large-power-grids.html


Generators should not regulate frequency at the same rate.

[David B. Benson]

Fast mitigation of power grid instability risks
2021 Apr 21
Phys.org
techxplore.com/news/2021-04-fast-mitigation-power-grid-instability.html

Every source and sink better not respond equally.

[David B. Benson]

Improving grid reliability in the face of extreme events
Tim Wolf
2021 May 07
Phys.org
techxplore.com/news/2021-05-grid-reliability-extreme-events.html

New modeling program on a large computer.

[David B. Benson]

The U.S. Is Not Ready For An All-Electric Future
Tsetvana Paraskova
2021 May 19
Oilprice.com
oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/The-US-Is-Not-Ready-For-An-All-Electric-Future.html

Grid must triple along with more storage.

[David B. Benson]

4 Commonly Found Problems in Power Distribution Maintenance
Lauren Groff
2021 Aug 05
Power Magazine 
www.powermag.com/4-commonly-found-problems-in-power-distribution-systems/

The degradation of underground power lines is new to me.

[huon]

Viewpoint: Nuclear, the auctions and the grid
Meredith Angwin
09 Dec 2021
World Nuclear News
Viewpoint: Nuclear, the auctions and the grid

A wonderful opinion piece on how to keep a grid healthy. What to do and, especially, what not to do.

(Thanks to Roger Clifton for helping me with the link.)

[David B. Benson]

FERC Unanimously Approves New Grid Interconnection Rules
Steve Hanley
2023 Aug 01
CleanTechnica
cleantechnica.com/2023/08/01/ferc-unanimously-approves-new-grid-interconnection-rules/

Technically complex but required to actually move projects from pending to starting construction.