October 20, 2014
The pilot study of the first generation of OPQ hardware and software is mostly complete, and we have written up our results here.
The pilot study provided insight into the strengths and weaknesses of our hardware and software platform, and also demonstrated that our system can detect grid-wide events.
August 1, 2014
The OPQ team is delighted to announce the start of a pilot study to evaluate our Generation 1 (Pipeline) technology.
The pilot study will involve deployment of 5 OPQBoxes to various locations around Oahu, with the data sent to our public OPQHub.
The goal of the study is to improve the usability of our software interface, discover bugs, and (with any luck) collect some interesting power quality events.
April 2, 2014
The OPQ team has published a technical report proposing a three year project to investigate the use of open power quality.
Abstract: This technical report presents a research project designed to gain insight into the following questions: Can crowdsourced power quality data enable active participation in the Smart Grid? What are the technical, social, behavioral, and economic requirements for crowdsourced data that make it effective for detection, monitoring, prediction and diagnosis of selected Smart Grid power quality issues? And finally, how can these project outcomes improve “citizen science” in general and the kinds of intrinsic and extrinsic motivators needed for successful outcomes?
The complete technical report is available here.
February 4, 2014
Last week Justin Carland and Philip Johnson participated in the Energy Excelerator's 2014 Seed Week program. Representatives from nine energy-related startups attended an 8 day immersive experience at the Energy Excelerator offices in downtown Honolulu. This week kicked off a year-long process of mentorship to help the startups become viable businesses that create a more positive energy future in Hawaii and across the world. For more details, see Philip Johnson's blog post.
