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Voices of Experience: Microgrids for Resiliency
This report in the 'Voices of Experience' series compiles lessons learned from utilities, communities, and developers about using microgrids to enhance resilience against grid disruptions. It covers topics such as microgrid design, technology selection, financing, regulatory consi...
NREL, S. NLR
Oct 31, 2020
Tribal Microgrids Support Tenuous Lifelines During Grid Shutdowns
This piece explains how microgrids developed by tribal nations keep essential community services running when the bulk grid fails. By combining local renewable generation and storage, these microgrids power water systems, medical clinics, communications centers, and emergency shel...
Peterson, K. Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs
Oct 07, 2021
Renewable Energy Development in Indian Country: A Handbook for Tribes
This handbook, produced by the U.S. DOE Office of Indian Energy in collaboration with NREL, offers a comprehensive guide for tribes pursuing renewable energy development. It covers project planning, resource assessment, financing, partnerships, permitting, and tribal governance co...
MacCourt, D. U.S. Department of Energy
May 31, 2010
Networked Microgrids for Improved Resilient Operation: A Case Study in Adjuntas Puerto Rico
This paper presents a case study of a network microgrid orchestrator designed to allow coordinated operation of microgrids. Through Control Hardware in the Loop (CHIL), the proposed microgrid orchestrator was validated using, as case study two community-owned microgrids in Adjunta...
Ferrari, M. et al Oak Ridger National Laboratory
Oct 31, 2023
A Novel Resilience-Oriented Cellular Grid Formation Approach for Distribution Systems with Behind-the-Meter Distributed Energy Resources
This paper presents a resilience-oriented cellular grid formation approach to achieve scalable and reconfigurable community microgrid operations for distribution systems with behind-the-meter distributed energy resources. A set of interconnected solar photovoltaics, energy storage...
Kumar, U. and Ding, F. NLR
Dec 31, 2022
User Objectives and Design Approaches for Microgrids: Options for Delivering Reliability and Resilience, Clean Energy, Energy Savings, and Other Priorities
This briefing paper, produced by NARUC and NASEO's Microgrids State Working Group, explores why different customers pursue microgrids and how design choices affect outcomes. Microgrids can operate in grid-connected or islanded mode, using local generation, storage and controls to ...
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, N.
Dec 31, 2020
NREL Topic 1 Final Report: Cohesive Application of Standards-Based Connected Devices to Enable Clean Energy Technologies
This document is the final report of a two-year development, test, and demonstration project entitled “Cohesive Application of Standards-Based Connected Devices to Enable Clean Energy Technologies”. The project was part of NREL’s (NREL) Integrated Network Test-bed for Energ...
Hudgins, A. et al NLR
Jan 31, 2018
WINDExchange
WINDExchange is an outreach and education portal managed by NREL that offers wind resource data, maps, technical resources, and case studies to support wind energy development. It includes state-specific information, economic impact analyses, public acceptance resources, and schoo...
Efficiency, E. and Energy, R. U.S. Department of Energy
Dec 31, 2025
Energy Profiler Tool
NREL's Energy Profiler Tool helps state, local, and tribal governments understand their community's energy consumption patterns, costs, and associated emissions. Users can input basic data to generate customized profiles that highlight major energy users and emissions sources. The...
NLR
Aug 23, 2025
Radiance Executive Summary
This executive summary outlines the objectives, methodology, and early outcomes of the Radiance project, a collaborative effort within the Grid Modernization Laboratory Consortium to improve modeling and analysis of emerging energy technologies. It summarizes key findings, stakeho...
NLR
Nov 30, 2023
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