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Indo-US consortium, having IIT Bhubaneswar as member, has been awarded the Indo-U.S. Smart Grids and Energy Storage Project

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The project titled UI-ASSIST (U.S.-India collAborative for smart diStribution System wIth Storage), led by Indo-US consortium, having IIT Bhubaneswar as a key member, has been selected by Indo-U.S. Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center (JCERDC) for funding the new research in two areas - Smart Grids and Energy Storage

The awarded project is led in India by Suresh C Srivastava from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur and in the United States by Noel Schulz from Washington State University, Pullman. This collaborative project with 10 Academic and 18 Private partners from India and US aims at addressing essential issues related to the adoption and deployment of smart grid concepts along with Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) including storage in the distribution network. An important objective of this project is to bridge the gap between smart grid, storage and renewable energy research and facilitate its subsequent adoption by distribution utilities in their systems, with the joint efforts of Indo-US consortium.

Details of the winning consortium:

Title: UI-ASSIST: U.S.-India collAborative for smart diStribution System wIth Storage
Indian Lead: Prof. Suresh C Srivastava, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
U.S. Lead: Dr. Noel Schulz, Washington State University, Pullman

Indian Partner Institutions:

  1. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
  2. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
  3. Indian Institute of Technology Madras
  4. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
  5. Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
  6. TERI, New Delhi
  7. BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd., New Delhi
  8. UP Power Corporation Limited, Lucknow (UPPCL)
  9. NTPC Energy Technology Research Alliance, Greater NOIDA (NETRA)
  10. Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, Gurgaon (PGCIL)
  11. Customized Energy Solution, Pune (CES-India)
  12. GE Global Research, Bengaluru (GE-India)
  13. Synergy Systems and Solutions, Gurgaon (Synergy)
  14. Mindteck, Bengaluru (Mindteck)
  15. Panasonic India Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon (Panasonic)

 U.S. Partner Institutions:

  1. Washington State University, Pullman, WA
  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (MIT)
  3. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (TAMU)
  4. Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, Honolulu, HI (HNEI)
  5. Snohomish County Public Utility District, Everett, WA (SnoPUD)
  6. AVISTA Utilities, Spokane, WA (AVISTA)
  7. Burns and McDonnell, Kansas City, MO (B&McD)
  8. ETAP, Operation technology, Inc., Irvine, CA (ETAP)
  9. National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Arlington, VA (NRECA)
  10. GE Grid Solutions (GE)
  11. Clean Energy Storage, Inc., Temecula, CA (CES-USA)
  12. ABB Inc, Sugarland, TX (ABB)
  13. Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA (PNY)
  14. Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID (INL)
  15. Lawrence Berkley National Lab, Berkeley, CA (LBNL)

Detailed press release can be read from the following web-links.

https://www.energy.gov/articles/energy-department-invests-75-million-improve-electric-grid-reliability-and-resiliency