Grid architecture is “the application of system architecture, network theory, and control theory to the electric power grid.” Yes, I realize that’s not entirely clear.

Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA) is a set of standards that extends Web services and service-oriented architecture to the grid computing environment.

Grid architecture not only provides valuable new insights for grid modernization planning and design, it provides the means to future-proof technological investments and to reduce integration costs – ...

For most of the National Grid’s 80-year history, the flow of information that the utility infrastructure operator needed to manage was as simple as the flow of energy. “Traditionally, there’s been a ...

Service-oriented architectures may be all the rage, but enterprises need better command over IT resources than they have today in order to use them effectively, argues grid pioneer Ian Foster.

Likened to "a designer’s first detailed drawing of a complex structure," smart grid development plans have emerged. A new document by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST ...

One emerging solution allows utilities to use their existing grid architecture. By leveraging the height, location and density of existing overhead transformers, field sensors can be used to create an ...

Philosophical Approaches to Off-Grid Architecture. Stucke has adapted iconic architect Mies van der Rohe’s dictum “form follows function” to “form follows flow”. This is similar to the first principle ...