On August 31, six members of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) met with the Institute co-directors on the WSU Tri-Cities campus to discuss the current activities and future direction of the AGI.  The IAB discussed their thoughts related to emerging opportunities for AGI, pressing challenges for their organizations, and feedback on AGI Industry Day 2023. […]

The theme of the 2023 AGI Industry Day was “Pathways Toward A Clean Energy Grid” and was held on August 30 in a hybrid format with participants on the WSU Tri-Cities campus in Richland, Washington and on-line.  Over 190 participants from 58 organizations registered for the event that included speakers from DOE, PNNL, WSU, legislators, […]

The IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) gives annual awards to engineers making big differences in their field. Two members of the PNNL/WSU Advanced Grid Institute (AGI) team have received an IEEE PES award this year, Dr. Anamika Dubey and Dr. Mani Venkatasubramanian. Dr. Dubey won the “IEEE PES Outstanding Young Engineer Award,” while Dr. […]

Over the last six years, Washington State University (WSU) has been the lead US institution for a $30M joint US-India project on advanced electric distribution systems considering renewable energy and storage.  The project, U.S. India CollAborative for Smart DiStribution System wITH STorage (UI-ASSIST), was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as well as […]