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NREL and SDGandE Collaboration to Support SDGandE Grid and Storage Efforts: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number: CRD-14-562
This project will enable effective utilization of high penetration of photovoltaics (PV) in islanded microgrids, increasing overall system efficiency, decreased fuel costs and resiliency of the overall system to help meet the SunShot goals of enhancing system integration methods t...
Baggu, M. NLR
Dec 31, 2016
Black-Starting Microgrids Using Inverter-Based Distributed Energy Resources
Recent trends in power systems show increasing deployment of inverter-based distributed energy resources (DERs) at the distribution level. Efforts have also been made to use inverter-based DERs for system restoration of critical sections of distribution feeders. In the past few ye...
Sawant, J. et al NLR
Dec 31, 2024
State Requirements for Electric Distribution System Planning
This report by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory reviews regulatory requirements and practices for electric distribution system planning across U.S. states. It synthesizes utility filings, commission regulations, and emerging guidance to highlight how states address capacity n...
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Feb 28, 2025
Microgrid System Project Development Checklist
This Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) checklist outlines key steps for developing microgrid projects at federal facilities and other sites. It covers project initiation, feasibility studies, stakeholder engagement, financing, procurement, design, construction, commissionin...
Program, M. U.S. Department of Energy
Apr 06, 2025
NREL's PVWatts Calculator
PVWatts is an easy to use calculator from NREL that estimates the annual energy output and levelized cost of electricity for a grid connected photovoltaic system based on system size, location, array tilt, and basic performance assumptions. It uses National Solar Radiation Databas...
NLR
Dec 31, 2024
Severe Weather Resilience in Solar Photovoltaic System Design
This DOE report, authored by a consortium of national laboratories including Los Alamos, PNNL, LBNL, Sandia, Lawrence Livermore, Oak Ridge, and NREL, reviews state-of-the-art models and tools for microgrid planning, design, and operational analysis. It categorizes tools by functio...
Program, M. U.S. Department of Energy
Dec 31, 2025
Introducing Small Scale Waste-to-Energy Technology in Microgrids: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-17-00703
Cogent has developed an innovative, proprietary waste-to-energy (WTE) system, the HelioStorm(TM) Gasifier, capable of efficiently operating on small amounts of heterogeneous municipal solid waste feedstocks, converting them into a clean syngas that can be used to fuel an electrici...
Kramer, B. NLR
Feb 28, 2022
Controller Hardware-in-the-Loop Evaluation of a Microgrid Controller for a Microgrid System with Multiple Grid-Forming Inverters
This paper presents the laboratory evaluation of a commercial Microgrid Management System (MGMS) implemented in the real-world Bronzeville Microgrid which features a futuristic scenario with high renewable energy integration and the use of multiple Grid-Forming (GFM) inverters. Th...
Xie, F. et al NLR
Dec 31, 2024
Laboratory-Scale Microgrid System for Control of Power Distribution in Local Energy Networks Part I: Theory and Design
One of the promising solutions to achieve sustainable energy systems in future smart cities is to deploy microgrids in local energy networks. Due to the decentralized nature of microgrids, large-scale utilization of these resources will increase the reliability of the energy syste...
Mahmud, R. NLR
Jan 17, 2019
Quantitative Small-Signal Stability Analysis of Grid-Forming Inverters in Large-Scale Power Systems
In this paper, the challenges induced by the integration of inverter-based resources (IBRs) into existing power systems are discussed. Although the grid-forming (GFM) control has been used to enhance system performance in multiple sections of electric power systems (e.g., transmis...
Ding, L. et al Purdue University
Dec 31, 2022
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