via Ottawa Citizen PEARL HARBOR — Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $500 million maximum, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) multiple award contract (MAC) to Island Pacific Energy LLC, Pacific Energy Solutions LLC, and Photon Finance LLC, Aug. 19. The MAC...
via e! Science News Thanks to advances in experimental design, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have achieved a record-low probability of error in quantum information processing with a single quantum bit (qubit) — the first published error rate small enou...
via Energy.gov The so-called “grid” is not just an electrical transmission and distribution system. It is the integration of transmission and distribution with power generation. Edison invented the light bulb, the phonograph and the first electrical generating and distribution system. If...
via Infosecurity “When you introduce computers everywhere in the grid — in the generation, transmission, distribution, and metering in homes — then you also introduce security risks. Unfortunately, it is very common that when new infrastructure is introduced, security is more of an...
via Government Technology The topic du jour across government and the electricity industry is the smart grid and the amazing efficiencies it will bring to the nation. There’s also, however, a growing chorus about potential cyber-security dangers as new smart grid infrastructures are designed a...
via The Energy Collective The US electrical grid is often referenced as the greatest machine ever built. Its evolution into a Smart Grid and an Internet of things will improve overall grid operations, reduce inefficiencies, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve reliability, and give consumers mor...
via Business Wire EnerNex announces the latest deliverables in a series of Smart Grid related Cyber Security documents providing prescriptive, actionable guidance for utilities and vendors implementing Smart Grid systems. The documents, also referred to as Cyber Security Profiles, are part of the 20...
via PR Newswire Lockheed Martin today announced that it will provide Idaho Falls Power with cyber security support for their utility smart grid operations. As an initial project, Lockheed Martin will support Idaho Falls Power as they implement a city-wide, two-way communications Advanced Metering In...