Monitoring power grids smartly in real time

The PhasorNet project will help energy companies process real-time streaming data with an eye to preventing major blackouts.

One of humankind's most ardent wishes is to anticipate disaster and
avert it. While many of our efforts to foresee future problems and
correct them fail for lack of timely information, at least one system --
the power grid -- lends itself to a technology solution that