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The Non-Wires Solution Implementation Playbook: A Practical Guide for Regulators, Utilities, and Developers
Non-wires solutions (NWS) such as energy efficiency, demand response, distributed generation and microgrids can defer or avoid traditional grid upgrades. This playbook from the Rocky Mountain Institute provides a step-by-step guide for regulators, utilities and developers to plan ...
Dyson, M. et al Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
Dec 31, 2017
DC Microgrids Scoping Study – Estimate of Technical and Economic Benefits
This 2015 scoping study led by Los Alamos National Laboratory, with contributions from several other national labs, assesses the potential technical and economic benefits of direct-current (DC) microgrids. The report compares DC and AC architectures in terms of efficiency, cost, r...
Backhaus, S. et al Los Alamos National Laboratory
Feb 28, 2015
Understanding Line Losses and Transformer Losses in Rural Isolated Distribution Systems
Rural, isolated power systems in the mainland U.S. and in states like Alaska and Hawaii are powered by assets like diesel generators. These rural, isolated power systems also cannot operate at the higher band of medium voltage (like 69kV). They are primarily in the 12 to 14 kV ran...
Prabakar, K. NLR
May 01, 2024
2024 Alaska Electricity Trends Report
The 2024 Alaska Electricity Trends Report is an interactive ‘web‑book’ produced by the Alaska Center for Energy and Power to provide a consolidated view of electricity trends across Alaska. Using data from federal, state, and utility sources, the report presents time‑serie...
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Mar 30, 2026
U.S. Solar Photovoltaic BESS System Cost Benchmark Q1 2020 Report (Data File)
NREL has been modeling U.S. solar photovoltaic (PV) system costs since 2009. This year, our report benchmarks costs of U.S. PV for residential, commercial, and utility-scale systems, with and without storage, built in the first quarter of 2020 (Q1 2020). The methodology includes b...
Feldman, D. et al NLR
Jan 20, 2025
2024 Standard Scenarios Report: A U.S. Electricity Sector Outlook
NREL's 2024 Standard Scenarios report offers a comprehensive outlook for the U.S. electricity sector using a suite of scenarios that incorporate varying assumptions about technology costs, policy landscapes, and market trends. The report presents projections of generation mix, cap...
Gagnon, P. et al NLR
Nov 30, 2024
Design of a Microgrid Transition Controller II: System Recovery Under Abnormal Conditions
This paper presents a microgrid transition controller for managing emergency operation when the microgrid experiences a system blackout caused by an internal or external fault. The developed transition controller consists of various application function blocks, including normal op...
Wang, J. et al NLR
Dec 31, 2017
Operations and Maintenance Agreement Considerations for Federal Agency On-Site Wind Energy Projects
This FEMP resource outlines important elements to include in operations and maintenance (OandM) agreements for on-site wind energy projects owned or operated by federal agencies. It discusses responsibilities for routine maintenance, performance monitoring, warranty management, sp...
Program, M. U.S. Department of Energy
Jul 24, 2023
Cost Analysis of Renewable Energy-Based Microgrids
This paper analyzes the cost composition of microgrid construction as well as the influencing key factors. The Microgrid Cost Study aims at identifying the average cost of a typical microgrid project. The project is limited to the vicinity of U.S. and hence takes into account of o...
Giraldez Miner, J. et al University of Denver
Dec 31, 2016
NSRDB: National Solar Radiation Database
The National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB) is a serially complete collection of hourly and half-hourly values of meteorological data and the three most common measurements of solar radiation: global horizontal, direct normal and diffuse horizontal irradiance. It covers the Uni...
NLR
Apr 30, 2023
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