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Applications of Solar Technology for Catastrophe Response, Claims Management, and Loss Prevention
"Today's insurance industry strongly emphasizes developing cost-effective hazard mitigation programs, increasing and retaining commercial and residential customers through better service, educating customers on their exposure and vulnerabilities to natural disasters, collaborating with government agencies and emergency management organizations, and exploring the use of new technologies to reduce the financial impact of disasters. In June of 1998, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) sponsored a seminar titled, 'Solar Technology and the Insurance Industry.' Presentations were made by insurance company representatives, insurance trade groups, government and state emergency management organizations, and technology specialists. The meeting was attended by insurers, brokers, emergency managers, and consultants from more than 25 U.S. companies. Leading insurers from the personal line and commercial carriers were shown how solar technology can be used in underwriting, claims, catastrophe response, loss control, and risk management. Attendees requested a follow-up report on solar technology, cost, and applications in disasters, including suggestions on how to collaborate with the utility industry and how to develop educational programs for business and consumers. This report will address the above issues, with a emphasis on pre-disaster planning and mitigation alternatives. It will also discuss how energy efficiency and renewable technologies can contribute to reducing insurance losses."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Deering, Ann; Thornton, John P. (John Preston), 1940-
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Basic Research Needs for Autonomous Energy Grids: Summary Report of the Workshop on Autonomous Energy Grids
"Grid modernization is increasingly important to address a range of challenges and enable future energy systems to maintain affordability and reliability while increasing security, resilience, and the ability to integrate energy in all forms. Current frameworks to monitor, control, and optimize large-scale energy systems are becoming increasingly inadequate as higher levels of variable renewable generation and distributed energy resources are integrated into electric power systems. Creating actionable information from extensive sensing and monitoring of grids is bringing additional challenges. Also, a variety of new market mechanisms, including multilevel ancillary services, and interdependencies between energy infrastructures are creating energy systems that are more complex than ever before. To address these challenges, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) held a workshop to discuss the basic research needs in four key areas: big data analytics, control theory, optimization theory, and complex systems. This report summarizes the outputs from the workshop and outlines advances in these foundational areas that can be integrated to realize the vision of autonomous energy grids (AEGs)."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Kroposki, Benjamin David, 1968-
2017-12
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Preparing for a City-Scale Building Energy Upgrade Analysis: A Case Study for New York City
From the Purpose: "The purpose of this document is to offer an overview of the value of detailed building stock energy-efficiency analysis and to provide actionable steps New York City (NYC) can take to prepare for such a study. There are a variety of approaches to building stock energy-efficiency analysis. This document focuses on the approach taken by the open-source ResStock™ and ComStock™ tools, because NYC is interested in learning how it can leverage DOE [Department of Energy] investment in this area. Although this document was prepared specifically for use by NYC, and the examples highlight application in the NYC context, the steps are written to be generalizable so that other cities interested in building stock analysis can use this as a framework."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
2019-07
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Resilience Roadmap: A Collaborative Approach to Multi-Jurisdictional Resilience Planning
From the Background: "As part of recommendations made in 2013 by the President's State, Local, and Tribal Leaders Task Force on Preparedness and Resilience, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) tasked the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) with leading a preparedness pilot for the State of Colorado and NASA with leading a pilot for the City of Houston. The recommendation to commit to preparedness pilots was intended to (1) involve key federal agencies in each community and (2) bring together federal agencies and local communities to assess and plan for their region-specific vulnerabilities. [...] During the preparedness pilot activities in the State of Colorado, the term resilience was used frequently to set goals for the planning process. [...] The 'Resilience Roadmap' is intended to outline the process and potential technical considerations for energy and water security, provide a compilation of lessons learned over the course of a year, as well as highlight an approach to cross-jurisdictional, interagency, and multi-stakeholder engagement targeted at preparing for risks and becoming more resilient."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Hotchkiss, Eliza; Dane, Alex
2019-06
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Observations of PV Systems Post-Hurricane [presentation]
From the Background: "[1] Two Category 5 storms, Hurricanes Irma and Maria, damaged Saint Croix, Saint John, and Saint Thomas among other smaller islands. [...2] Estimated damages ~$7.5 billion. Generation fared well, but ~ 80-90% of the power transmission and distribution systems in the USVI {U.S. Virgin Islands] were damaged. [3] November 2017 estimates were in the range of $850 million in hurricane recovery funding to help 'rebuild a more resilient electrical system.'"
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Hotchkiss, Eliza; Walker, Andy
2018-02-27
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Data-Driven Security Assessment of Power Grids Based on Machine Learning Approach
From the Summary: "Security assessment is a fundamental function for both short-term and long-term power system operations. The data-driven security assessment (DSA) criteria will help determine when it is necessary to trigger a dynamic simulation. The DSA criteria will provide a key indicator of switching the simulation method. It will be the link between the traditional isolated dynamic simulation and scheduling simulation. This paper investigates a data-driven security assessment of electric power grids based on machine learning. Multivariate random forest regression is used as the machine learning algorithm because of its high robustness to the input data. Three stability issues are analyzed using the proposed machine learning tool: transient stability, frequency stability, and small-signal stability. The estimation values from the machine learning tool are compared with those from dynamic simulations. Results show that the proposed machine learning tool can effectively predict the stability margins for the three stability metrics, i.e. transient stability, frequency stability and small-signal stability."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Xiao, Huangqing; Fabus, Summer; Liu, Yilu . . .
2020-03
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Vulnerability Assessment and Resiliency Planning: The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's Process and Best Practices
From the Introduction: "The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) research laboratory that employs more than 2,500 people. The laboratory focuses on renewable energy and energy-efficiency research and has two campuses along the Front Range of Colorado. In 2014, NREL worked with Abt Environmental Research (then called Stratus Consulting Inc.) to develop a vulnerability assessment and resiliency action plan as part of NREL's Climate Change Resiliency and Preparedness (CCRP) project. This guide describes the process that NREL undertook during this project. NREL used a participatory approach to vulnerability assessment and resiliency planning that emphasized organizational context, building internal capacity, and the application of climate science in a practical and actionable manner."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Vogel, Jason; Renfrow, Stephanie
2016-02
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Identification of Worst Impact Zones for Power Grids During Extreme Weather Events Using Q-Learning
From the Abstract: "Both the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events have been trending higher in recent years, leading to significant infrastructure damage in the electric grid. The impact of these extreme weather events is desired to be analyzed and quantified to help transmission and distribution system operators prepare for and prevent significant damage and subsequent loss of power. In this paper, we develop an approach that models the impact of extreme weather on the grid and identifies the worst impact zone using Q-learning (a reinforcement learning approach). The identification results reveal grid vulnerability to weather events and provide insights for system operators to help achieve optimal resource allocation and crew dispatch to minimize the adverse impacts of extreme weather."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Paul, Shuva; Ding, Fei
2020-02
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Vehicle Cybersecurity Threats and Mitigation Approaches
From the Executive Summary: "Vehicle manufacturers are introducing new features that can improve safety, convenience, and efficiency. In the process, they are digitizing processes that were previously mechanical and introducing external communication ports and internet connections to machines that previously operated in isolation. This report and the resources referenced herein are not meant to dissuade these advances in technological progress. Instead they are intended specifically for federal fleet managers, information technology professionals, and contracting officers to limit the risks associated with modern vehicles. [...] This report describes several protective measures that can be taken to address these vulnerabilities, some of which are already common to the computing industry, like advanced encryption requirements, intrusion detection and prevention systems, and secure cloud service providers. Other measures are more particular to equipment related to vehicles, like safely storing car keys and limiting unnecessary access nodes to EVSE [electric vehicle supply equipment]. [...] Additional research is necessary to uncover and address new threats in this rapidly evolving industry."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Hodge, Cabell; Hauck, Konrad; Gupta, Shivam . . .
2019-08
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Multi-Lab EV Smart Grid Integration Requirements Study: Providing Guidance on Technology Development and Demonstration
From the Document: "The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) role to propel the development and deployment of science and technology to address the nation's future energy challenges should include the integration of renewables and interactions between the smart electricity grid of the future and the evolution of electrified transportation. DOE's EV [electric vehicle] Everywhere initiative intends to accelerate the adoption of electrified transportation. DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Grid Integration Initiative, working in support of DOE's Grid Tech Team, brings together five program offices to collaborate on ways to enhance the value proposition and the overall efficiency of a long-term system scenario built around energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies. These offices include Vehicle Technologies, Building Technologies, Fuel Cells Technologies, Wind & Water Power Technologies, and Solar Energy Technologies."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Markel, A. J. (Anthony J.); Meintz, Andrew; Hardy, Keith S. . . .
2015-05
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Targeting Net Zero Energy at Fort Carson: Assessment and Recommendations
From the Executive Summary: "The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has long recognized the strategic importance of energy to its mission, and is working to reduce energy consumption, as well as to enhance energy security by drawing on local clean energy sources. A recent Defense Science Board report stated that critical military missions are at a high risk of failure in the event of an electric grid failure. The development of on-site renewable energy supplies can reduce this risk, and may become an increasingly important strategic concern. Renewable energy can also contribute to improved security of the energy supply and of the site, decreased or more predictable energy costs, and responsiveness to energy-related Federal or DoD mandates. DoD's U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) has partnered with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to assess opportunities for increasing energy security through renewable energy and energy efficiency at Front Range installations. On the basis of the installation's strong history of energy advocacy and extensive track record of successful energy projects, USNORTHCOM selected Fort Carson to serve as the prototype installation for net zero energy assessment and planning. NREL performed a comprehensive assessment to appraise the potential of Fort Carson to achieve net zero energy status through energy efficiency, renewable energy, and electric vehicle integration. This report summarizes the results of the assessment and provides energy recommendations. This study is part of a larger DOE cross-laboratory effort that also includes an assessment of renewable opportunities at seven other DoD Front Range installations, a microgrid design for Fort Carson critical loads and an assessment of regulatory and market-based barriers to a regional secure smart grid."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Anderson, Kate; Markel, A. J. (Anthony J.); Simpson, Mike . . .
2011-10
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Integrating PEVs with Renewables and the Grid [presentation]
This presentation covers the grid integration for PEV's (plug-in electric vehicles) to "promote broader PEV adoption through the development and demonstration of an interoperable communication pathway and control system architecture."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Meintz, Andrew; Markel, A. J. (Anthony J.); Jun, Myungsoo . . .
2016-06-29
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PEV Grid Integration Research: Vehicles, Buildings, and Renewables Working Together [presentation]
This presentation covers the issues of PEV (plug-in electric vehicles) grid modernization as it relates to technology innovation, policy, and markets.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Markel, A. J. (Anthony J.)
2015-07-29
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Analyzing Potential Grid Impacts from Future In-Motion Roadway Wireless Power Transfer Scenarios
From the Summary: "This work examines the grid impact of in-motion roadway wireless power transfer through the examination of the electrification of high-capacity roadways inside a metropolitan area. The work uses data from a regional travel study and the Federal Highway Administration's Highway Performance Monitoring System to estimate the electrified roadway's hourly power use throughout a week. The data are then combined with hourly grid load estimates for the same metropolitan area to determine the overlay of traditional grid load with additional load from a future electrified roadway."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Meintz, Andrew; Gonder, Jeffrey David; Jorgenson, Jennie . . .
2016-08
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Electricity Supply Infrastructure Improvements: Final Technical Status Report
"Electricity infrastructure across the country is aging rapidly. This has led to electrical transmission problems and reliability issues. Upgrading electro¬mechanical protection and control with microprocessor based equipment enables the electric transmission grid to operate within more precise limitations, increasing transmission capacity and improving the overall performance of the grid. Modernization is critical to prevent future transmission problems such as those that occurred across the Midwest on August 14, 2003. The 345KV transmission circuits are the critical backbone of the electric grid in the Midwest. Most of Northern Indiana Public Service Company's (NIPSCO) 345 kV Transmission circuits were installed in the 1970's with state of the art protective relaying existing at that time. By performing regular periodic relay maintenance (inspection, calibration, and functional testing), and by monitoring and promptly addressing performance issues with these protection schemes, the reliability and security of the NIPSCO electrical system has been maintained over the past thirty-five years. However, the protective relays used in many of these schemes are nearing the end of their life cycle. Furthermore, improvements in technology and the advent of the microprocessor make it possible to improve the protection, and greatly enhance the monitoring and post fault analysis tools used in system protection. The use of these technologies results in greater dependability, security, selectivity, and speed of the protection schemes. The cumulative effect produces improvements in the overall reliability of the electrical transmission and distribution system."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Piekarski, Daniel; Brad, Dana
2011-02
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International Assistance for Low-Emissions Development Planning: Coordinated Low Emissions Assistance Network (CLEAN) Inventory of Activities and Tools-Preliminary Trends
"Current patterns of global economic development are increasing greenhouse gas emissions due to greater energy demand and changes in land-use. At the same time, all countries have opportunities to reduce increases in greenhouse gas emissions by pursuing sustainable land-use initiatives and economic growth pathways that promote use of clean energy. Several international donors and technical organizations are working to coordinate their approach to assisting developing countries with low-emissions development planning, capacity building, and implementation to advance these goals of economic development and sustainable growth in a less carbon intensive manner. A growing number of international programs provide technical assistance to developing countries for low-emissions development plans and projects. Assistance includes support for low-carbon growth, low-emissions development, and green growth strategies, technology needs assessments (TNAs), nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs), and technology development and deployment roadmaps, as well as other similar activities to support deployment of low-carbon technologies and initiatives. Though this is a positive trend, there is an opportunity for increased impact through enhanced harmonization of technical support."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Cox, Sadie; Benioff, Ron
2011-05
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Clean Energy Innovation: Sources of Technical and Commercial Breakthroughs
"Low-carbon energy innovation and implementation is essential to combat climate change, promote economic competitiveness, and achieve energy security. Our study of clean energy patenting in the United States is undertaken to elicit fundamental trends and implications that can inform public and private innovation investment, resulting in greater efficiency of research and development programs. Using U.S. patent data and additional patent-relevant data collected from the Internet, we map the landscape of low-carbon energy innovation in the United States since 1975. We isolate 10,603 renewable and 10,442 traditional energy patents and develop a database that characterizes proxy measures for technical and commercial impact, as measured by patent citations and Web presence, respectively. Regression models and multivariate simulations are used to compare the social, institutional, and geographic drivers of breakthrough clean energy innovation. Results indicate statistically significant effects of social, institutional, and geographic variables on technical and commercial impacts of patents and unique innovation trends between different energy technologies. We observe important differences between patent citations and Web presence of licensed and unlicensed patents indicating the potential utility of using screened Web hits as a measure of commercial importance. We offer hypotheses for these revealed differences and suggest a research agenda with which to test these hypotheses. These preliminary findings indicate that leveraging empirical insights to better target research expenditures could augment the speed and scale of innovation and deployment of clean energy technologies."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Fleming, Lee; Younge, Kenneth; Newcomb, James
2011-03
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory's Hydrogen Technologies and Systems Center is Helping to Facilitate the Transition to a New Energy Future
"The Hydrogen Technologies and Systems Center (HTSC) at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) uses a systems engineering and integration approach to hydrogen research and development to help the United States make the transition to a new energy future - a future built on diverse and abundant domestic renewable resources and integrated hydrogen systems. Research focuses on renewable hydrogen production, delivery, and storage; fuel cells and fuel cell manufacturing; technology validation; safety, codes, and standards; analysis; education; and market transformation. Hydrogen can be used in fuel cells to power vehicles and to provide electricity and heat for homes and offices. This flexibility, combined with our increasing demand for energy, opens the door for hydrogen power systems. HTSC collaborates with DOE, other government agencies, industry, communities, universities, national laboratories, and other stakeholders to promote a clean and secure energy future."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
2011-01-01
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NREL: A Year in Clean Energy Innovations, A Review of NREL's 2010 Feature Stories
"The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is the nation's primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. NREL's mission and strategy are focused on advancing the U.S. Department of Energy's and our nation's energy goals. The laboratory's scientists and researchers support critical market objectives to accelerate research from scientific innovations to market-viable alternative energy solutions. At the core of this strategic direction are NREL's research and technology development competencies. These areas span from understanding renewable resources for energy, to the conversion of these resources to renewable electricity and fuels, and ultimately to the use of renewable electricity and fuels in homes, commercial buildings, and vehicles. What follows is a compilation of articles featuring NREL research and development, deploy¬ment, commercialization, and outreach activities in 2010."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
2011-04
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Analysis of Wind Power Ramping Behavior in ERCOT
"Texas leads the nation in terms of total wind generating capacity. Texas had more than 9,400 MW of wind power installed at the end of 2009. The majority of Texas's wind power is located within the Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) system. The increased wind power in the electric system requires ERCOT system operators to pay more attention to the variable nature of the wind energy. From time to time, rapid changes or ramping of wind power can pose a challenge to operators to maintain grid reliability. Two such large wind ramping events-one on February 24, 2007 and one on February 26, 2008 received some media attention. This report analyzes the wind power ramping behavior using 10-minute and hourly average wind power data from ERCOT and presents statistical properties of the large ramp events. Finally, it compares these two wind ramping events with other large wind ramp events in terms of ramp duration, rate of change, and overall magnitude."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Wan, Yin-huei
2011-03
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Local Energy Plans in Practice: Case Studies of Austin and Denver
"This report examines the successes and difficulties that two large cities, Denver, Colorado and Austin, Texas, have experienced in implementing their respective city-wide energy plans. The report considers factors that have assisted or hindered putting energy initiatives from each plan into practice, including political, financial, and logistical realities. The report also examines the goals and design of each plan, and how throughout the implementation process the cities have altered expectations or the direction of energy initiatives included in the plans. This report provides state and local government policy makers and analysts with a more nuanced understanding of the successes and challenges distinct cities encounter in putting a city-wide energy plan into practice, including the following general lessons from the experiences of Denver and Austin."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Peterson, D.; Matthews, E.; Weingarden, M.
2011-03
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Life Cycle Assessment of Gasoline and Diesel Produced via Fast Pyrolysis and Hydroprocessing
"Pyrolysis of biomass followed by hydroprocessing may provide infrastructure-compatible transportation fuels that present an advantage over bioethanol, which must be blended with gasoline for use in vehicles and does not address diesel demand. Recent studies analyzed the economics of pyrolysis-derived biofuels and suggested that these biofuels can be cost competitive with gasoline under 'nth plant' assumptions. With these advantages, pyrolysis has garnered greater research attention. Despite this, there have been few life cycle assessments (LCA) estimating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and net energy value (NEV) of a pyrolysis process. In this work, an LCA of the production of gasoline and diesel from forest residues via fast pyrolysis and hydroprocessing, from production of the feedstock to end use of the fuel in a vehicle, is performed. The fast pyrolysis and subsequent hydrotreating and hydrocracking processes are based on a Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) design report. Stages other than biofuels conversion, including forest residue production and harvesting, preprocessing, feedstock transportation, fuel distribution, and vehicle operation, are based on previous work. Probability distribution functions (PDFs) are assumed for key parameters involved in the pyrolysis process. These PDFs, along with PDFs previously used in other supply chain stages, are used as inputs for Monte Carlo uncertainty analysis."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Hsu, David D.
2011-03
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Guidebook to Geothermal Power Finance
"Investment in conventional geothermal projects on the utility side of the meter has evolved dramatically since the economic downturn began in 2008. Developers and investors identified innovative approaches to address the capital constraints that permeate the market and to take advantage of new policy incentives that emerged. These innovations are especially important in the early stages of project development, when capital providers must be comfortable with the risk associated with resource identification and test well drilling. Innovations later in the project development process responded to changes in the way that projects took advantage of federal incentives including the Section 1603 Treasury Cash Grant Program that reduced the need for tax equity in 2009 -- 2011 and possibly beyond. This guidebook is intended to facilitate further investment in conventional geothermal projects in the United States. It includes a brief primer on geothermal technology and the most relevant policies related to geothermal project development. The trends in geothermal project finance are the focus of this tool, relying heavily on interviews with leaders in the field of geothermal project finance. Using the information provided, developers and investors may innovate in new ways, developing partnerships that match investors' risk tolerance with the capital requirements of geothermal projects in this dynamic and evolving marketplace."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Salmon, J. Pater; Meurice, J.; Wobus, N.
2011-03
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Energy Resilience Through Grid Modernization and Renewables Integration [presentation]
This is a presentation on "Energy Resilience Through Grid Modernization and Renewables" delivered at the Critical Infrastructure Resilience Workshop in Washington, D.C., on December 7, 2018.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Torres, Juan; Laws, Nick
2018-12-07
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Large-Scale Offshore Wind Power in the United States: Assessment of Opportunities and Barriers
"Offshore wind power is poised to deliver an essential contribution to a clean, robust, and diversified U.S. energy portfolio. Capturing and using this large and inexhaustible resource has the potential to mitigate climate change, improve the environment, increase energy security, and stimulate the U.S. economy. The United States is now deliberating an energy policy that will have a powerful impact on the nation's energy and economic health for decades to come. This report provides a broad understanding of today's wind industry and the offshore resource, as well as the associated technology challenges, economics, permitting procedures, and potential risks and benefits. An appreciation for all sides of these issues will help to build an informed national dialog and shape effective national policies."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Musial, Walter D.; Ram, Bonnie
2010-09-01
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Valuing Energy Security: Customer Damage Function Methodology and Case Studies at DoD Installations
"This report describes a methodology to value non-energy savings that can be attributed to energy security projects. The methodology is based on: (1) completing a site survey to collect data on two hypothetical outage scenarios lasting for different durations to compute a customer damage function (CDF), which represents interruption costs as a function of the outage duration; (2) characterizing the reliability of the commercial power supply at the site; and (3) estimating the value of electrical energy security (VEES), which is a metric that characterizes on an annual basis the cost of utility outages. The avoided cost of commercial power outages can be used as ancillary non-energy savings to increase the return on investment of energy security projects."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Booth, Steven R.; Giraldez, J.; Massey, K.
2012-10
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NREL's Renewable Energy Development Expertise Reduces Project Risks
"A successful renewable energy project requires a deep understanding of the various risks faced by the utility and the project developers. NREL's [National Renewable Energy Laboratory] deployment team leverages decades of technical expertise and experience implementing utility-scale renewable energy projects to help all parties understand and avoid project development pitfalls. In the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), NREL helped the Virgin Islands Energy Office and the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) realistically assess the territory's clean energy resources and identify the most viable and cost-effective solutions to its energy challenges--'resulting in a $65 million investment in solar in the USVI.'"
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
2012-12
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Archiving Data from New Survey Technologies: Lessons Learned on Enabling Research with High-Precision Data While Preserving Participant Privacy
From the Abstract: "During the past 15 years, increasing numbers of organizations and planning agencies have begun collecting high-resolution Global Positioning System (GPS) travel data. Despite the significant effort and expense to collect it, privacy concerns often lead to underutilization of the data. To address this dilemma of providing data access while preserving privacy, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, with support from the U.S. Department of Transportation and U.S. Department of Energy, established the Transportation Secure Data Center (TSDC). Lessons drawn from best-practice examples from other data centers have helped shape the structure and operating procedures for the TSDC, which functions under the philosophy of first and foremost preserving privacy, but doing so in a way that balances security with accessibility and usability of the data for legitimate research. This paper provides details about the TSDC approach toward achieving these goals, which has included creating a secure enclave with no external access for backing up and processing raw data, a publicly accessible website for downloading cleansed data, and a secure portal environment through which approved users can work with detailed spatial data using a variety of tools and reference information. This paper also describes lessons learned from operating the TSDC with respect to improvements in GPS data handling, processing, and user support, along with plans for continual enhancements to better support the needs of both data providers and users and to thus advance the research value derived from such valuable data."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Gonder, Jeffrey David; Burton, Evan
2014-11
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BioEnergy Atlas [website]
"Built into Google Maps, BioEnergy Atlas includes two interactive maps, BioPower and BioFuels. These maps allow you to compare and analyze biomass feedstocks, biopower and biofuels data from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. BioFuels Atlas is an interactive map for comparing biomass feedstocks and biofuels by location. This tool helps users select from and apply biomass data layers to a map as well as query and download biofuels and feedstock data. The state zoom function summarizes state energy use and infrastructure for traditional and bioenergy power, fuels, and resources. The tool also calculates the biofuels potential for a given area. BioPower is an interactive map for comparing biomass feedstocks and biopower by location. This tool helps users select from and apply biomass data layers to a map as well as query and download biopower and feedstock data. The analysis function offers common conversion factors that allow users to determine the potential biopower production for a selected feedstock in a specific area."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
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Road to Net Zero
This document is the presentation given by Bill Glover of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory at the Sustainable Operations Summit on May 16, 2011 for a new Research Support Facility which will be "A showcase for sustainable, high-performance design."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Glover, Bill
2011-05-16
