Microgrids for Energy Resilience: A Guide to Conceptual Design and Lessons from Defense Projects

Booth, Samuel S.; Reilly, James; Butt, Robert S.; Wasco, Mick; Monohan, Randy

doi:10.2172/1598145

Title: Microgrids for Energy Resilience: A Guide to Conceptual Design and Lessons from Defense Projects

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The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has long recognized the strategic value of energy to its missions, and the energy resilience of DoD installations has become of increasing concern. Department of Defense Instruction 4170 requires installations to be more energy resilient, and as a result, many installations are pursuing microgrids to meet their energy resiliency goals and requirements. This report provides a resource for stakeholders involved in analyzing and developing microgrid projects at DoD installations. It builds on experience and lessons from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in supporting numerous DoD projects, including the microgrid at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.(1)The report is structured following NREL's microgrid design process.

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Booth, Samuel S. ^[1]; Reilly, James ^[1]; Butt, Robert S. ^[1]; Wasco, Mick ^[2]; Monohan, Randy ^[2]

National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
U.S. Marine Corps, Arlington County, VA (United States)

Publication Date:: 2020-01-01

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States): U.S. Marine Corps, Arlington County, VA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: U.S. Department of Defense (DOD); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

OSTI Identifier:: 1598145

Report Number(s):: NREL/TP-7A40-72586

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY; microgrids; energy resilience; Department of Defense

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                    Booth, Samuel S., Reilly, James, Butt, Robert S., Wasco, Mick, and Monohan, Randy. Microgrids for Energy Resilience: A Guide to Conceptual Design and Lessons from Defense Projects.  United States: N. p., 2020. 
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                    Booth, Samuel S., Reilly, James, Butt, Robert S., Wasco, Mick, & Monohan, Randy. Microgrids for Energy Resilience: A Guide to Conceptual Design and Lessons from Defense Projects.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/1598145

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                    Booth, Samuel S., Reilly, James, Butt, Robert S., Wasco, Mick, and Monohan, Randy. 2020.  
        "Microgrids for Energy Resilience: A Guide to Conceptual Design and Lessons from Defense Projects".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/1598145.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1598145.

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