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Smart Grid System Testbed Facility
Last Updated Date: 04/29/2013

NIST is charged by the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) with facilitation of interoperability standards to enable successful … more

Precision Timing for Smart Grid Systems
Last Updated Date: 04/29/2013

“Common time synchronization is the key to many Smart Grid (SG) applications for real-time operation necessary to make the Smart Grid … more

Smart Grid Testing and Certification
Last Updated Date: 04/29/2013

The Smart Grid and Cyber-Physical Systems Program Office supports NIST’s statutory responsibility to coordinate standards development … more

Smart Grid National Coordination
Last Updated Date: 04/29/2013

The Smart Grid National Coordination project leads, coordinates and manages the national public/private partnership effort to develop … more

Advanced Metering in Smart Distribution Grids
Last Updated Date: 03/14/2013

Electricity meters today face unprecedented challenges, from distorted waveforms on the grid, bidirectional metering for renewables, and using … more

Smart Grid Program
Last Updated Date: 02/28/2013

The objective of the Smart Grid Program is to develop and deploy advances in measurement science to enable integration of interoperable and secure … more

Biodiesel SRM Development
Last Updated Date: 02/11/2013

The NIST Chemical Sciences Division has collaborated with the Brazil National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality … more

Fundamental Chemical Metrology
Last Updated Date: 10/22/2012

The Chemical Sciences Division serves as the Nation’s reference laboratory for chemical compositional measurements and standards to … more

Thermophysical Properties of Biofuels
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012

The Thermophysical Properties Division has begun a program to develop thermophysical property data for the biofuels. Transportation fuels will … more

Thermophysical Properties of Aviation Fuels
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012

Environmental concerns, the potential for disruptions in supply, and the need for reusable rocket engines have generated interest in new aviation … more

Thermophysical Properties of Biofuels
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012

The Thermophysical Properties Division has begun a program to develop thermophysical property data for the biofuels. Transportation fuels will … more

Theory and Modeling of Materials for Renewable Energy
Last Updated Date: 07/12/2012

Renewable energy sources such as solar energy are attractive alternatives to fossil fuels because of their abundant supply and pollution-free power … more

Nanoscale Functional and Structural Characterization of Thin-Film Inorganic Solar Cells
Last Updated Date: 07/10/2012

Large-scale implementation of solar power generation requires photovoltaic (PV) devices with efficiency-to-cost ratios better than existing … more

Smart Grid Version 2.0
Last Updated Date: 12/03/2010

 Under the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has … more

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