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Annual Technology Baseline (ATB) Cost and Performance Data for Electricity Generation Technologies
This dataset contains detailed cost and performance data for electricity generation technologies included in NREL's 2024 Annual Technology Baseline. The data provide capital costs, fixed and variable operating costs, capacity factors, and other technical parameters across technolo...
Akar, S. et al NLR
Dec 17, 2024
Performance Evaluation of Peer-to-Peer Distributed Microgrids Coordination for Voltage Regulation
This paper presents the performance evaluation of a peer-to-peer microgrids coordination algorithm for sub-transmission systems. As distributed energy resources (DERs) in distribution system start to show negative impact to the bulk power system, a paradigm shift is needed for tra...
Gan, H. et al NLR
Dec 31, 2021
Resilience and Economics of Microgrids with PV, Battery Storage, and Networked Diesel Generators
Current designs and assessments of microgrids have ignored component reliability, leading to significant errors in predicting a microgrid's performance while islanded. Existing life cycle cost studies on hybrid microgrids—which combine photovoltaics (PV), battery storage and net...
Marqusee, J. et al NLR
Dec 31, 2020
HEM: Holistic Electricity Model
HEM is a holistic electricity system model developed by NREL that integrates multiple modules to simulate generation, transmission, distribution, and market operations. It allows researchers to evaluate the impacts of policy changes, technology costs, and system constraints on gri...
NLR
Apr 20, 2025
Fast Frequency Response Concepts and Bulk Power System Reliability Needs
The whitepaper, Fast Frequency Response Concepts and Bulk Power System Reliability Needs, discusses factors determining rate of change of frequency, fast frequency response concepts, and critical inertia. This whitepaper was published in March 2020 by the Inverter-Based Resources ...
National American Electric Reliability Corporation
Dec 31, 2019
reV: The Renewable Energy Potential Model
reV (the Renewable Energy Potential Model) is a modular, open-source modeling tool developed by NREL to estimate technical potential, generation profiles, and capacity factors for renewable energy resources. It processes spatially resolved data including resource maps, land-use ex...
NLR
Mar 09, 2025
GridLab-D
GridLAB-D is a new power system simulation tool that provides valuable information to users who design and operate electric power transmission and distribution systems, and to utilities that wish to take advantage of the latest smart grid technology. It incorporates advanced model...
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jan 19, 2023
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Fast Frequency Response Concepts and BPS Reliability Needs
Recorded webinar introducing fast‑frequency‑response concepts and reliability needs for high‑IBR systems. Content covers definitions, triggers, control timelines, measurement and verification, and interactions with governor response and inertial effects. Case studies and sim...
Force, T. North American Electric Reliability Corporation
Apr 15, 2020
Sourcing Distributed Energy Resources for Distribution Grid Services
This DOE report explores how utilities and grid operators can procure and coordinate distributed energy resources (DERs) such as solar, storage, and demand response to provide distribution grid services. It analyzes market structures, procurement mechanisms, and regulatory framewo...
Electricity, O. U.S. Department of Energy
Nov 30, 2024
Solar Thermoelectricity via Advanced Latent Heat Storage: A Cost-Effective Small-Scale CSP Application
We are developing a novel concentrating solar electricity-generating technology that is both modular and dispatchable. Solar Thermoelectricity via Advanced Latent heat Storage (STEALS) uses concentrated solar flux to generate high-temperature thermal energy, which directly convert...
Glatzmaier, G. et al NLR
Jun 26, 2017
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