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Community Microgrids: A Guide for Mayors and City Leaders Seeking Clean, Reliable and Locally Controlled Energy
This guide from Microgrid Knowledge assists mayors and city leaders in understanding, planning, and developing community microgrids. It explains microgrid concepts, benefits, ownership models, financing options, and policy considerations. The guide offers case studies, practical s...
Microgrid Knowledge
Dec 31, 2016
Microgrid Roadmap 1.0
Developed by the Colorado Energy Office and the Colorado Department of Local Affairs, this roadmap offers guidance on planning, financing, and deploying microgrids in the state. It identifies priority use cases, outlines regulatory and technical considerations, and recommends stra...
Colorado Energy Office, C.
Dec 31, 2024
U.S. Department of Energy Combined Heat and Power Database
The DOE Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Installation Database, managed by ICF and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, is the definitive source for information on CHP systems in the United States. Established in 2002 and updated monthly, the database includes installation capaci...
U.S. DOE and ICF
Jul 14, 2025
A Mixed Integer Linear Programming Approach for Optimal DER Portfolio, Sizing, and Placement in Multi-Energy Microgrids
Optimal microgrid design is a challenging problem, especially for multi-energy microgrids with electricity, heating, and cooling loads as well as sources, and multiple energy carriers. To address this problem, this paper presents an optimization model formulated as a mixed-integer...
Mashayekh, S. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jan 31, 2017
Security-Constrained Design of Isolated Multi-Energy Microgrids
Energy supply in rural and off-grid communities has traditionally relied on diesel-based microgrids, due to limited access. But global environmental concerns are pushing for the transformation of these systems into renewable-based microgrids. This transition to more complex system...
Mashayekh, S. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Mar 31, 2018
REopt: A Platform for Energy System Integration and Optimization
REopt is a techno-economic decision support model used to optimize energy systems for buildings, campuses, communities, and microgrids. The primary application of the model is for optimizing the integration and operation of behind-the-meter energy assets. This report provides an o...
Anderson, K. et al NLR
Aug 31, 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
Modeling of Thermal Storage Systems in MILP Distributed Energy Resource Models
Thermal energy storage (TES) and distributed generation technologies, such as combined heat and power (CHP) or photovoltaics (PV), can be used to reduce energy costs and decrease CO2 emissions from buildings by shifting energy consumption to times with less emissions and/or lower ...
Steen, D. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Dec 31, 2014
Microgrid Program Strategy
The Strategy development process began with microgrid experts deliberating on areas the Strategy should focus on for impactful results. These deliberations led to the development of seven strategic white papers, one for each of the six strategic RandD areas identified and one addi...
Ferreira, S. et al Sandia National Laboratories
Mar 30, 2026
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