Scientists in the United States have developed a new model to allow utilities to use grid-forming inverters in order to better renewable energy intermittency. They described the inverter main circuit ...

The growing use of inverter-based resources (IBRs), combined with rising electricity demand from artificial intelligence and data centers, is creating new and significant challenges for the modern ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have sought to assess how advanced control architectures and grid-optimization methods could ensure network synchronization in energy systems ...

Grid-forming inverters can operate independently, maintaining voltage and frequency during grid outages, unlike grid-following inverters that rely on external signals. Adoption of GFM technology ...

Electricity is crucial to modern life. We rely on being able to plug devices in to the outlet in the wall, flipping a switch, and things working without a problem. But it is not that simple, the power ...

The global energy transition is placing unprecedented demands on transmission and distribution networks. As renewable ...

Electricity demand is rising faster than the physical networks that deliver it. Grid-forming inverters, which help electricity systems maintain steady voltage and frequency, are becoming essential in ...

Until recently, practical applications of grid-forming (GFM) inverters were limited to micro and isolated grids and in smaller grid applications on the order of a few tens of megawatts. Over the past ...

General Electric (GE) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) demonstrated grid-forming technologies in the Type-3 wind turbine, a step in long-term grid modernization efforts as the rapid ...