The Department of Energy has recently earmarked $5.8M to fund research and development initiatives in a bid to design technologies aiming to boost the resilience of the nation's power grid.
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has ordered the North American Electric Reliability Corp. to develop physical grid security standards for responses to threats and vulnerabilities, Homeland Security Today reported Tuesday. Owners and operators of the Bulk-Power System will work to identify risks in the system, assess potential vulnerabilities and implement …
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a draft outline of the cybersecurity framework for securing critical infrastructure systems, Federal Times reported Tuesday. Nicole Blake Johnson that the draft outline includes best practices and voluntary standards for private companies that handle the grid, chemical plants, and similar systems. …
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The Department of Energy and National Renewable Energy Laboratory has opened a $135 million research center in Golden, Colorado that will be used to focus on the development of utility-scale clean energy grid integration technology. Located at NREL’s campus, the energy systems integration facility will test how existing clean energy …
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