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ERCOT, TAMU partnering to research state electric grid
AUSTIN – The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) will partner with the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station to develop detailed generic dynamic models of large electric loads.
The research will focus on data centers, cryptocurrency operations, and electrolyzers, which behave differently from conventional loads and create stability and reliability challenges for the Texas grid.
The project will produce plant-level characteristics, benchmark lab models and more accurate assumptions for future grid studies.
It will also generate the first open-source Electromagnetic Transient models informed by current large-load behavior.
This work is funded through the state’s Grid Research, Innovation and Transformation program and is intended to support solutions for grid instability and reliability issues caused by rapidly growing electrical demand.
