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Introducing Simulator GIC: an innovative new tool for analyzing the potential impact of geomagnetically induced current (GIC) on power systems, using Simulator's familiar power flow and transient stability platform.

PowerWorld Retriever was selected as the visualization platform for NERC's ambitious Situational Awareness for NERC, FERC, and Regional entities (SAFNR Version 2). The project will produce a nationwide real-time power grid reliability monitoring site in NERC's Electricity Sector Information Sharing and Analysis Center. (more info)

Join the PowerWorld Users Group on LinkedIn. The group is a forum for networking and discussion for users of PowerWorld Simulator, Retriever, and OPS-X software. There is also a sub-group just for those who are members or participants in WECC.

FirstRate™ generator cost models are now available for FERC 715 cases corresponding to the April 2011 filings (MMWG and ERCOT). The WECC edition is available for the April 2010 filings. FirstRate™ helps harness the power of Simulator OPF. Download free samples.

Harness the power of multiple processors and network resources with available Distributed Computing add-ons. Distributed Contingency Analysis and Distributed ATC are now available.

PowerWorld Corporation recognizes PwrSolutions, an affiliate of PB Power, as an outstanding provider of consulting services and solutions using PowerWorld software.

City Water, Light & Power (Springfield, IL) was awarded an Example of Exellence by NERC for using PowerWorld Retriever to enhance System Situational Awareness.

Let PowerWorld help you train your operators in a hands-on simulation environment.  PowerWorld Corporation and Powersmiths International Inc. announce the release of the OPS-X Trainer.  Click here for more information and to download a demonstration version.

 
 

PowerWorld Simulator is an extremely visual, high-voltage power system simulation and analysis package. The core of the software is a powerful solution engine; capable of efficiently performing power flow analysis on systems containing up to 100,000 buses.
Kammer Transformer/Eau Claire-Arpin Diagram
PowerWorld Retriever combines PowerWorld's system visualization tools with real-time data; giving system operators, system analysts, and power marketers the information they need, when they need it.
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PowerWorld applies rich, high-resolution graphics to realistic, geographic one-line diagrams that are easily navigated and linked.

3-Dimensional Contours, dynamically sized pie-charts, and flow visualizations bring system diagrams to life.

 3-D Contours
Geographic Information System (GIS) support features include the complete PowerWorld border library and automated diagram creation tools using GIS ESRI shapefile data.
Geographic Information Support
Retriever users can import real-time GIS data to display up-to-date weather information on system diagrams. Click here for more information and to see a retrieved-weather demonstration.
Geographic Information Support
PowerWorld's Time Step Simulation tool (included in both the base Simulator package, and in PowerWorld Retriever) gives you the ability to specify operating conditions and obtain power flow solutions for a set of points in time. Click here to see a demonstration of Time Step Simulation in action.
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The Simulator base package includes:
  • Numerous power flow solution options
  • PTDF, GSF, TLR, LODF, flow, voltage, and loss sensitivity calculations
  • Balanced and unbalanced fault analysis
  • An extremely fast, powerful, and versatile contingency analysis tool
  • And many other tools and options to meet your power system analysis needs
Optional add-ons to the base package include:
  • Optimal Power Flow (OPF)
  • Security Constrained OPF (SCOPF)
  • OPF Reserves
  • Available Transfer Capability (ATC)
  • Integrated Topology Processing
  • Real (and Reactive) Power vs: Voltage (PVQV) curve tool
  • Transient Stability
  • Distributed Computing
  • Automation Server (SimAuto)

Please visit our downloads page to obtain free demonstration/evaluation versions of our software, or to obtain samples of FirstRate generator cost models.

Contoured Locational Marginal Prices (LMP) diagram created with FirstRate cost models and Simulator OPF
 
 


PowerWorld Corporation is an innovator and an industry leader, offering products and services that make power system analysis and visualization ever more powerful and efficient.  

Our wide range of products provide the tools needed by transmission planners, power marketers, system operators, educators, and anyone else desiring access to power system information and analysis in a user-friendly format.  Our power system visualizations, interactive displays, and powerful presentation tools can assist your organization with needs ranging from internal presentation and in-house education to marketing to customers and preparing for regulatory hearings.  Please take a moment to explore our products to find out more about the solutions we offer to meet your needs.

We provide training (that can be custom tailored to your needs and interests) on all of our software products - beneficial whether you are a potential customer wanting to learn more about our products and see for yourself just how powerful and easy to use they are, or an existing customer desiring to expand your understanding and utilization of PowerWorld software.

In addition to our powerful product line, PowerWorld provides engineering support, client conferences, user's group meetings, customized software development, and diagram development services to meet your needs.  We also offer FirstRate™ cost models for North American generators, ready for use with our popular Simulator OPF (optimal power flow).

     
 

Events

February 28-March 1, 2012 - PowerWorld attended the North American Synchrophasor Initiative (NASPI) Work Group Meeting to demonstrate wide-area synchrophasor visualization capabilities. Four video clips of simulated grid events were presented to an industry panel of reviewers. (event 1, event 2, event 3, event 4)

November 3-4, 2011 - PowerWorld hosted its Annual Client Conference in San Antonio, TX.

August 23, 2011 - The first WECC-sanctioned PowerWorld Users Group Meeting was held in Bellevue, WA.

July 26-29, 2011 - PowerWorld attended the WECC Train-the-Trainers Workshop meeting in San Diego, CA. PowerWorld is preparing to launch a new multi-user networked operations training simulator.

February 28-March 3, 2011 - PowerWorld attended the WECC Modeling and Validation Workgroup meeting in Salt Lake City, UT. PowerWorld has recently improved modeling of static var compensators (SVC).

  
     

 
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