The director of Texas A&M’s Smart Grid Center says he’s optimistic about the grid’s reliability as temperatures rise, but says we need to stay diligent to changing conditions.
Texas A&M Smart Grid Director Thomas Overbye doesn’t expect significant problems with the Texas power grid this summer, but says the entire nation is at risk from high-impact, low-frequency events.
It's the kind of issue that researchers at the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station's Smart Grid Center aim to prevent in the future by finding solutions for a more resilient power system.
By Keith Randall, Marketing and Communications Texas A&M University is part of a United States team that will use a $7.5 million Department of Energy (DOE) grant to help advance India’s power grid to ensure access to affordable and reliable energy. India’s Ministry of Science and…