Abstract

The Center for Commercialization of Electronic Technologies (CCET) is demonstrating approaches to better manage wind reliability, improve wind generation capacity, and enhance response. This will be achieved through the demonstration of three Smart Grid applications: use of a “Smart Meter Texas” control portal to help match intermittent large-scale wind generation to load; deployment of snychrophasor technology to improve grid reliability; and a state-of-the-art Smart Grid community with the latest high-efficiency construction, smart demand response appliances, energy storage, and distributed generation Smart Grid technologies. The 1,150-acre Smart Grid community will be located at Discovery at Spring Trails, north of Houston.