CX-100886 Robust and Resilient Coordination of Feeders with Uncertain Distributed Energy Resources: from real-time control to long-term planning

Robust and Resilient Coordination of Feeders with Uncertain Distributed Energy Resources: from real-time control to long-term planning
Award Number: DE-EE0008006
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Solar Energy Technologies Office
Location(s): VT
Office(s): Golden Field Office

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to the University of Vermont to develop the theory, analysis tools, and open-source software for simulating grid operations and response under high PV penetration conditions in order to address challenges associated with renewable energy resource integration.

The proposed project would involve emulating real-time conditions with grid simulators employing digital data received from an established utility partner. Associated activities would include data analysis, computer modeling, software development, and hardware design/laboratory scale validation. Data analysis, software development, and hardware validation would occur at the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT. Additional analysis, modeling, software development, and hardware validation would be undertaken at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, WA. Validation activities would also be carried out using small-scale load emulators at the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s purpose-built Smart Grid Test Bed in Gaithersburg, MD. Project partners would meet periodically for updates at the offices of Orange and Rockland Utility in Rockland, NY.