NV Energy will embark on a three-year cutting-edge technology study to increase transmission capacity while minimizing the need to replace or upgrade transmission materials after being awarded nearly $2.1 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy.
The company was one of four organizations to receive funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE).
The selected projects are designed to accelerate the development of Grid-Enhancing Technologies (GETs) that could maximize electricity transmission across existing systems to lower operating costs, which in turn could lower customer costs, as well.
NV Energy will perform research, development, and demonstrations aimed at enabling broad adoption of next-generation Grid Enhancing Technologies (GETs) tools and systems aimed at optimizing transmission infrastructure in existing rights of way.
The project will facilitate renewable resource interconnection and market access by improving reliability, grid resilience, and expanding the capacity and efficiency of power transfer.
NV Energy collaborated with the engineering department at the University of Nevada, Reno, on the application and the department will be involved with NV Energy during the assessment.
“NV Energy is proud to be chosen for this award and our teams are already working to implement these funds to be able to leverage additional real-time capacity of transmission lines through sensor and engineering enhancements” said Josh Langdon, NV Energy Vice President of Transmission. “We know this work will be critical to maintaining reliability, managing costs, and creating clean energy jobs for Nevadans and other communities as we continue our journey toward a net-zero carbon energy supply.”