NREL Energy Models Examine the Potential for Wind and Solar Grid Integration (Fact Sheet)

Technical Report · Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1114042· OSTI ID:1114042

As renewable energy generating sources, such as wind turbines and solar power systems, reach high levels of penetration in parts of the United States, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is helping the utility industry to peer into the future. Using software modeling tools that the lab developed, NREL is examining the future operation of the electrical grid as renewable energy continues to grow.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1114042
• Report Number(s): NREL/FS-6A42-60744
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Innovation Impact: Analysis, NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
17 WIND ENERGY
24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
REGIONAL ENERGY DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM
REEDS
FLEXIBLE ENERGY SCHEDULING TOOL FOR INTEGRATION OF VARIABLE GENERATION
FESTIV
WESTERN WIND AND SOLAR INTEGRATION STUDY
PHASE 2
WWSIS-2
PLEXOS
EASTERN RENEWABLE GENERATION INTEGRATION STUDY
ERGIS
RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY FUTURES STUDY
SUNSHOT VISION STUDY