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Automated Transit Fleet Electrification Planning in Response to Route Dynamics, Vehicle Utilization, and Local Climate
Transit electrification is difficult, requiring the consideration of many factors including route dynamics, vehicle utilization, and local ambient temperatures. Incumbent planning tools typically rely upon static vehicle efficiency numbers which do not consider local factors speci...
Ficenec, K. et al NLR
May 31, 2021
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
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
A Comparative Study of DC and AC Microgrids in Commercial Buildings Across Different Climates and Operating Profiles: Preprint
Bosch has developed and demonstrated a novel DC microgrid system designed to maximize utilization efficiency for locally generated photovoltaic energy while offering high reliability, safety, redundancy, and reduced cost compared to equivalent AC systems. Several demonstration pro...
Fregosi, D. et al Robert Bosch LLC
Mar 31, 2015
Impacts of Dispatch Strategies and Forecast Errors on the Economics of Behind-the-Meter PV-Battery Systems
To assess the economic value of batteries in hybrid PV-battery systems, one must create a dispatch profile for the battery. Many analyses of battery value assume perfect forecasts of PV generation and load, determining an upper limit on the value of the battery. Prior work that ac...
Mirletz, B. and Laws, N. NLR
Dec 31, 2022
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