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REopt
REopt is a techno-economic optimization platform developed by NREL that recommends optimal sizes and dispatch strategies for distributed energy resources including solar photovoltaics, wind turbines, batteries, and thermal technologies based on site specific load profiles, utility...
NLR
Dec 31, 2025
Microreactor Application Research Validation and Evaluation Project (MARVEL)
Two‑page overview of the MARVEL test bed—approximately 85‑kWth, NaK‑cooled, targeting 10–20 kWe—located at INL’s TREAT site. The fact sheet describes objectives, configuration (fuel, coolant, and power‑conversion approach), and planned research on load following, p...
Idaho National Laboratory
May 31, 2025
Utility Grid Operator Resources for Future Power Systems Webinar Series
With funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Policy, NLR hosted a webinar series for utility engineers, planners, operators, and industry leaders to gain insights from experts, explore cutting-edge research, and participate in Q&A sessions.
Mendoza Carrilo, I. et al NLR
Jun 04, 2025
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Microgrid Design Toolkit (MDT)
Sandia National Laboratories' Microgrid Design Toolkit (MDT) is a decision support tool that helps engineers design microgrids to meet user-defined objectives. It integrates load modeling, renewable and conventional generation options, energy storage, and control strategies to eva...
Sandia National Laboratories
Dec 31, 2024
Design and Scheduling of Microgrids using Benders Decomposition
The distribution feeder laterals in a distribution feeder with relatively high PV generation as compared to the load can be operated as microgrids to achieve reliability, power quality and economic benefits. However, renewable resources are intermittent and stochastic in nature. A...
Nagarajan, A. and Ayyanar, R. NLR
Dec 31, 2015
Design of a State Machine for Smooth Microgrid Transition Operation
A state machine is proposed in the energy management system (EMS) of a microgrid as the solution for smooth microgrid's transition operation. This state machine includes six 'states' that cover all the operating modes during the microgrid's transition operation: two basic modes (g...
Wang, J. et al NLR
Jul 02, 2018
5G Securely Energized and Resilient: Task 2 and 3 Progress Report
5G Securely Energized and Resilient (5G-SER) is a project funded by US DOD OUSD RandE in which NREL (NREL) developed, implement, and tested a wireless 5G architecture integrated with power systems components to perform research on its capabilities to provide low-latency, security,...
Rivera, J. et al NLR
Nov 30, 2023
Integrating Renewable Energy: What You Need to Consider in Rural Alaska
ACEP guidance report for rural Alaska communities considering renewable integration into diesel-based microgrids, emphasizing that integration creates both opportunities and hidden costs. Explains why operating reserve capacity matters for sudden load changes and for managing inte...
Green, N. University of Alaska Fairbanks
Dec 31, 2020
The Distributed Energy Resources Customer Adoption Model (DER-CAM)
DER CAM is a decision support model developed by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to identify optimal combinations of distributed energy resources (e.g., solar PV, battery storage, CHP, and demand response) for buildings or multi-energy microgrids. Given load profiles, utilit...
Laboratory, N. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Dec 31, 2024
Heila Microgrid Controller Validation Using CUBE: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-17-663
This CRADA facilitates validation of the Heila IQ controller (microgrid controller) using NREL's Consolidated Utility Base Energy (CUBE) hardware platform. The CUBE microgrid platform includes power electronics and controls to integrate PV, battery, and diesel generator assets to ...
Shirazi, M. and Mather, B. NLR
Jul 31, 2018
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