The seminal program of work advanced by the United States Department of Energy and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to develop a comprehensive set of evidence-based tools to identify, analyse and shortlist structural options for transforming Power SystemsA highly complex cyber-physical and transactional System tha... Click for more.
As one of the key inputs to the Power Systems ArchitectureAn integrated set of disciplines that support the structural... Click for more toolkit, this work combines various disciplines including Systems ArchitectureA formal element of Systems Engineering, which enables objec... Click for more, Network TheoryA branch of mathematics and computer science that studies th... Click for more, Control TheoryA branch of engineering and mathematics that deals with the ... Click for more and Systems ScienceA multi-domain, integrative discipline that brings together ... Click for more. While much work in the sector focuses on specific parts of the system, the Network of StructuresA modern Power System consists of an ultra-complex web of se... Click for more developed by PNNL provides a key paradigm for interrogating the complex web of seven inter-dependent StructuresThe stable relationships, linkages and interdependencies tha... Click for more that constitute a modern GridA generic term used to describe either the Power System as a... Click for more.
By employing the full set of tools available, the most credible, holistic and scalable transformation pathways can be identified more quickly and with less potential for unnecessary stakeholder conflict. Developed for transferability across the various US state jurisdictional structures, the work has significant global transferability.