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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
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 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
Learning-Based Building Flexibility Estimation and Control to Improve Microgrid Economics and Resilience: Preprint
This paper proposes a learning-based building flexibility estimation and control framework to improve system economics and resilience. A data-driven building load flexibility model consisting of weather forecasting and estimating load consumption is proposed to quantify building h...
Ding, F. et al NLR
Jun 30, 2024
Phase I Microgrid Cost Study: Data Collection and Analysis of Microgrid Costs in the United States
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Electricity Microgrid Cost Study project is looking at identifying the costs of components, integration and installation of U.S. microgrids and project cost improvements and technical accelerators over the next 5 years and beyond. This...
Giraldez Miner, J. et al NLR
Oct 31, 2018
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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Exceedance Probabilities and Recurrence Intervals for Extended Power Outages in the United States
Power outages cause significant economic and societal impacts. An increasing likelihood of extreme weather coupled with aging grid infrastructure is leading to a higher prevalence of extended power outages, which can leave customers without power for multiple days or even weeks. P...
Ericson, S. et al NLR
Sep 30, 2022
Fuel Cell Backup Power System for Grid-Service and Micro-Grid in Telecommunication Applications
This paper presents the feasibility and economics of using fuel cell backup power systems in telecommunication cell towers to provide grid services (e.g., ancillary services, demand response). The fuel cells are able to provide power for the cell tower during emergency conditions....
Ma, Z. et al NLR
Dec 31, 2017
Economic Dispatch for Microgrid Containing Electric Vehicles via Probabilistic Modeling: Preprint
In this paper, an economic dispatch model with probabilistic modeling is developed for a microgrid. The electric power supply in a microgrid consists of conventional power plants and renewable energy power plants, such as wind and solar power plants. Because of the fluctuation in...
Yao, Y. et al University of Denver
Jan 31, 2016
Power Sector Transformation Pathways: Exploring Objectives, Factors. and Technology Innovations to Inform Power Sector Pathway Decisions
The power and heating sectors are responsible for around 30% of global CO2 emissions and this share is likely to grow as countries move towards electrification of the transportation and building sectors. Therefore, enabling forward-thinking, long term strategies in the power secto...
Cox, S. et al NLR
Jan 31, 2020
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