Simulator v21 Released
July 30, 2019
We are pleased to announce the release of PowerWorld Simulator version 21. Customers with current maintenance agreements are able to download it immediately. Simulator 21 installs exclusively as a 64-bit version. For a complete list of what’s new in version 21, please see: https://www.powerworld.com/products/simulator/whats-new
Two New Short Courses Utilizing PowerWorld for Fall 2019
July 29, 2019
If any of you are looking for a short course focused on electric grid dynamics and stability utilizing PowerWorld, we wanted to let you know that one will be offered by Texas A&M in College Station Texas on September 24-26, 2019. The instructors for this course are PowerWorld co-founder Tom Overbye, PowerWorld superuser Tracy Rolstad, […]
Electric Grid Impacts of Geomagnetic Disturbances Short Course Utilizing PowerWorld Simulator
March 25, 2019
If any of you are looking for a short course focused on electric grid impacts of geomagnetic disturbances, including the modeling needed for NERC TPL-007, we wanted to let you know that one will be offered by Texas A&M in College Station Texas on April 23 to 24. The instructors for this course are PowerWorld […]
New Electric Transmission System Planning Short Course Utilizing PowerWorld Software
February 18, 2019
If any of you are looking for a short course focused on transmission system planning utilizing PowerWorld software, we wanted to let you know that one will be offered by Texas A&M in College Station Texas on March 19 to 21. The instructors for this course are PowerWorld co-founder Tom Overbye, PowerWorld superuser Tracy Rolstad […]
Synthetic Grid Papers
August 30, 2018
Tom Overbye has recently published two papers regarding synthetic grids, both available online. “Educational Applications of Large Synthetic Power Grids” This paper describes the use of large electric grids in university electric power systems courses. Since much actual power system information is not publicly available, the application of public domain synthetic grids developed by the […]