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U.S. Solar Photovoltaic System and Energy Storage Cost Benchmark: Q1 2020
NREL's cost benchmark report documents installed costs for solar PV and PV-plus-storage systems as of the first quarter of 2020. It uses a bottom-up methodology that captures variation in system design, regional labor rates and soft costs. The report shows that the cost of residen...
Feldman, D. et al NLR
Dec 31, 2020
Solar Photovoltaics in Severe Weather: Cost Considerations for Storm Hardening PV Systems for Resilience
Solar photovoltaic (PV) power has many advantages as a resilient power source, including the ability to provide power after a natural disaster. While solar arrays often survive severe weather events, systems are occasionally compromised and left unable to provide power. For PV sy...
Elsworth, J. and Van Geet, O. NLR
May 31, 2020
Evaluating Technical Economic Feasibility
This presentation, listed in the Alaska Center for Energy and Power publications database, provides an overview of how to evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of energy projects in rural and remote communities. Using examples from Alaska Village Electric Cooperative and...
Thomson, W. and Shirazi, M. University of Alaska Fairbanks
Mar 30, 2026
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
The Impact of Short-term Stochastic Variability in Solar Irradiance on Optimal Microgrid Design
This paper proposes a new methodology to capture the impact of fast moving clouds on utility power demand charges observed in microgrids with photovoltaic (PV) arrays, generators, and electrochemical energy storage. It consists of a statistical approach to introduce sub-hourly eve...
Schittekatte, T. et al University of Madrid
May 02, 2018
Evaluation of MVDC Electrical Interties Connecting Remote Communities: an Alaska Case Study
This Alaska Center for Energy and Power report presents a techno-economic case study of interconnecting two remote, islanded power systems via a 25-mile electrical intertie. Using HOMER Pro models (including scenarios with energy storage), the analysis compares AC and DC intertie ...
Chamberlin, M. et al University of Alaska Fairbanks
Aug 21, 2023
The impact of Ancillary Services in optimal DER investment decisions
Microgrid resource sizing problems typically include the analysis of a combination of value streams such as peak shaving, load shifting, or load scheduling, which support the economic feasibility of the microgrid deployment. However, microgrid benefits can go beyond these, and the...
Cardoso, G. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jun 30, 2017
Check the Stack: An Enabling Framework for Resilient Microgrids
Highly destructive natural disasters have illustrated the fragility of critical infrastructure including emergency services, healthcare, and water treatment during long-term electricity outages. One pathway to increase the resilience of critical infrastructure amidst disruptions t...
Cook, J. et al NLR
Oct 31, 2018
System Advisor Model (SAM) General Description (Version 2017.9.5)
This document provides a general description of the System Advisor Model (SAM) version 2017.9.5. It explains the software's purpose as a free techno-economic modeling tool for evaluating renewable energy projects, including photovoltaic, wind, concentrating solar, geothermal, and ...
Keith, J. et al NLR
May 01, 2018
SEIN: Breaking Barriers Resilient Energy System Analysis
The Solar Energy Innovation Network (SEIN) is a collaborative research program that supports multi-stakeholder teams in researching and sharing solutions to real-world challenges associated with solar energy adoption. The Breaking Barriers project was selected to participate in th...
Belding, S. et al NLR
May 31, 2022
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