WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) announced $6.7 million in funding for four university-led research projects to design and develop approaches to integrate Internet of Things (IoT) technologies.

Specifically, these projects aim to provide the energy infrastructure community with robust, scalable methods to interface with advanced IoT technologies.

The university-led research teams (in partnership with industry, National Laboratories, or research consortia) will focus their research on methods to enhance coordination between networks of devices to extend operational performance, including maintaining energy supply to critical defense facilities, regardless of whether they are distribution or transmission connected.

The projects will help provide the energy infrastructure community with knowledge, innovative technology, tools, and approaches that facilitate transparent, secure, and trusted transactions with diverse customers capable of both producing and consuming energy.

Source: DOE