Solar HBCU Innovation in Microgrids & Resiliency with Solar + Storage

Technical Report · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2394636· OSTI ID:2394636

Coleman, Lenwood ^[1]; Nichols, Chris ^[1]

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1. Groundswell, Inc., Washington, DC (United States)

The Breaking Barriers project was designed to improve electricity resilience at four Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in West Atlanta, as well as within the surrounding energy-burdened community. To do so, the project undertook work to design and construct innovative urban energy resiliency hubs integrating microgrid technology, solar generation, and energy storage in these West Atlanta colleges and communities. The hubs will help Atlanta HBCUs and the energy-burdened broader community be more resilient, in addition to informing new course curricula at Atlanta University Center campuses and inspiring similar efforts at other HBCUs and beyond.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 2394636
• Report Number(s): NREL/SR--7A40-90011; MainId:91789; UUID:9f491eca-9e6f-42f9-9c86-66a77b4c7dba; MainAdminId:72987
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
Atlanta
Georgia
SEIN
energy burden
hub
microgrid
solar + storage
urban energy resiliency hubs