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What is UNIFI?

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Global grid-forming 

What we do

Unifi is developing technologies to guarantee the interoperability of grid-forming (GFM) power electronics deployed on the grid to ensure reliability, security, and affordability. We bring together leading researchers, industry stakeholders, utilities, and system operators to unify the integration and operation of inverter-based resources and synchronous machines. Unifi conducts and coordinates research, development, and demonstration, as well as creates educational- and workforce-training materials focusing on planning, designing, and operating grids with a high level of GFM.

unifi Consortium infographic.

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What We Offer

resources

unifi work efforts in research & development, demonstration & commercialization, and outreach & training generate a variety of resources to facilitate technology development and accelerate the adoption of grid-forming inverters. Our portfolio of publicly accessible resources include

  • UNIFI Performance Specifications for GFM IBRs
  • Annual newsletters summarizing unifi activities
  • Technical publications from team members
  • Educational material curated across levels
  • Videos from our seminar series

activities & products

Seminar Series

Register for the Spring 2026 seminar series and join live or check out archived videos on our YouTube channel.

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UNIFI GFM Performance Specifications

Read all about our latest specifications for grid-forming technologies authored by consensus across industry.

View unifi’s GFM performance specifications →

join unifi today!

By becoming a unifi member, you will join the group of researchers and engineers from across academia and industry driving advances in GFM technologies. Membership unlocks access to a broad range of activities spanning from conducting research, development, and demonstration to formulating effective mechanisms for workforce training. You can join at different levels depending on your organizational type and needs.

Members

Pacific Gas & Electric Company logo.
Hitachi Energy logo.
Southern Company logo.
NLR-logo
University of Texas logo.
University of Illinois logo.
Typhoon Hil logo.
Berkley logo.
Opal-RT logo.
Xcel Energy logo.
Mitsubishi Electric logo.
General Electric logo.
University of Minnesota logo.
Portland General Electric logo.
MISO logo.
Siemens logo.
Terabase logo.
Virginia Tech logo.
Enphase logo.
University of Alaska logo.
Perdue University logo.
Sandia National Laboratories logo.
EATON logo.
ASU logo.
ComEd logo.
SMA logo.
NC State University logo.
Berkeley Lab logo.
EPRI logo.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory logo.
University of Wisconsin logo.
ISO New England logo.
University of Puerto Rico logo.
Southern California Edison logo.
State of New York logo.
Hawaiian Electric logo.

The Universal Interoperability for Grid-Forming Inverters (unifi) Consortium is a U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office funded effort to advance grid-forming (GFM) inverter technology. We are co-led by the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) , Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and University of Texas-Austin.

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What is UNIFI?

UNIFI is a member-driven organization originally set up through support from the US Department of Energy to integrate power-electronics interfaced generation, storage, and load termed grid-forming technology in power systems around the world.  Think about us as establishing the rules-of-the-road for massively distributed next-generation grid technologies to operate seamlessly.  A Bluetooth for the grid.

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A little more detail about grid-forming technology

Infographic of Inverter Based Resources (IBR's).

Large-scale integration of inverter-based resources (IBRs) with the power grid has sparked several concerns spanning stability, security, and protection. A majority of IBRs interfaced with the grid today are of the grid-following (GFL) type, wherein, the inverter synchronizes to (and follows) a stiff grid. A growing body of work has recognized that power grids with dominantly GFL inverters can face small-signal stability issues. As a solution, consensus is forming towards the adoption of GFM IBRs In this paradigm, IBRs do not follow the grid; rather, they form it and offer better control across timescales.

Collage of the members of the UNIFI Consortium.
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