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Financing Microgrids in the Federal Sector
Recent high-impact events such as hurricanes and wildfires highlight the need for energy system resilience. One potential impact of these events is the loss of utility grid power to federal sites, negatively affecting the ability to carry out their missions. Depending on the need ...
Kurnik, C. and Voss, P. U.S. Department of Energy
Jul 31, 2020
Voices of Experience: Microgrids for Resiliency
This report in the 'Voices of Experience' series compiles lessons learned from utilities, communities, and developers about using microgrids to enhance resilience against grid disruptions. It covers topics such as microgrid design, technology selection, financing, regulatory consi...
NREL, S. NLR
Oct 31, 2020
User Objectives and Design Approaches for Microgrids: Options for Delivering Reliability and Resilience, Clean Energy, Energy Savings, and Other Priorities
This briefing paper, produced by NARUC and NASEO's Microgrids State Working Group, explores why different customers pursue microgrids and how design choices affect outcomes. Microgrids can operate in grid-connected or islanded mode, using local generation, storage and controls to ...
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, N.
Dec 31, 2020
Clean Energy for Resilient Communities: Expanding Solar Generation in Baltimore's Low-Income Neighborhoods
Commissioned by the Abell Foundation and authored by the Clean Energy Group, this report explores how solar energy can improve resilience in low-income neighborhoods in Baltimore. It evaluates opportunities for installing solar PV and storage on community buildings, examines finan...
Sanders, R. and Milford, L. Clean Energy Group (Prepared for the Abell Foundation)
Jan 31, 2014
The Interruption Cost Estimate (ICE) Calculator
Developed by the U.S. Department of Energy, Berkeley Lab, and Resource Innovations, the ICE Calculator estimates the economic costs associated with power outages for residential, commercial, and industrial customers. Users input outage duration, frequency, and customer characteris...
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, R.
Dec 31, 2025
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
How Microgrids for Data Centers Increase Resilience, Optimize Costs and Improve Sustainability
This Schneider Electric white paper discusses the benefits of deploying microgrids at data centers. It analyzes how microgrids provide resilience during grid outages, integrate onsite renewables and storage to reduce energy costs, and support sustainability goals through emissions...
Baumann, C. Schneider Electric
Jul 26, 2020
uGrid: Reliable Minigrid Design and Planning Toolset for Rural Electrification
Introduces uGrid, an open-source minigrid design and planning toolset created with minigrid developers to support rural electrification. Integrates equipment sizing and resource allocation with uGridNet for distribution network layout and reliability cost–benefit analysis, inclu...
Cicilio, P. et al Oregon State University
Nov 10, 2019
Tribal Energy: Federal Assistance to Support Microgrid Development
This Government Accountability Office report reviews federal assistance available to tribes seeking to deploy microgrids and other distributed energy resources. It identifies funding and technical support programs administered by agencies such as the Department of Energy, Departme...
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Jul 21, 2024
Learning from Arctic Microgrids: Cost and Resiliency Projections for Renewable Energy Expansion with Hydrogen and Battery Storage
Uses real load, resource, and generation data from Kotzebue, Alaska to compare microgrid architectures that increase renewable penetration while maintaining reliability. Using HOMER Pro, it evaluates pathways to meet over 90% of annual electricity demand with renewables, comparing...
McKinley, P. et al University of Alaska
Jul 29, 2025
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