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Title: Distributed Energy Resources at Naval Base Ventura County Building1512: A Sensitivity Analysis

Abstract

This report is the second of a two-part study by BerkeleyLab of a DER (distributed energy resources) system at Navy Base VenturaCounty (NBVC). First, a preliminary assessment ofthe cost effectivenessof distributed energy resources at Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC)Building 1512 was conducted in response to the base s request for designassistance to the Federal Energy Management Program (Bailey and Marnay,2004). That report contains a detailed description of the site and theDER-CAM (Consumer Adoption Model) parameters used. This second reportcontains sensitivity analyses of key parameters in the DER system modelof Building 1512 at NBVC and additionally considers the potential forabsorption-powered refrigeration.The prior analysis found that under thecurrent tariffs, and given assumptions about the performance andstructure of building energy loads and available generating technologycharacteristics, installing a 600 kW DER system with absorption coolingand recovery heat capabilities could deliver cost savings of about 14percent, worth $55,000 per year. However, under current conditions, thisstudy also suggested that significant savings could be obtained ifBuilding 1512 changed from its current direct access contract to a SCETOU-8 (Southern California Edison time of use tariff number 8) ratewithout installing a DER system. Evaluated on this tariff, the potentialsavings from installation of a DER system would be about 4more » percent of thetotal bill, or $16,000 per year.« less

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE. Assistant Secretary of Energy Efficiency andRenewable Energy, Federal Energy Management Program; California EnergyCommission
OSTI Identifier:
860220
Report Number(s):
LBNL-55340-Pt.-2
R&D Project: 5785CM; BnR: EL1703010
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
29; 32; distributed energy resources distributed generation

Citation Formats

Bailey, Owen C, and Marnay, Chris. Distributed Energy Resources at Naval Base Ventura County Building1512: A Sensitivity Analysis. United States: N. p., 2005. Web. doi:10.2172/860220.
Bailey, Owen C, & Marnay, Chris. Distributed Energy Resources at Naval Base Ventura County Building1512: A Sensitivity Analysis. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/860220
Bailey, Owen C, and Marnay, Chris. 2005. "Distributed Energy Resources at Naval Base Ventura County Building1512: A Sensitivity Analysis". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/860220. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/860220.
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title = {Distributed Energy Resources at Naval Base Ventura County Building1512: A Sensitivity Analysis},
author = {Bailey, Owen C and Marnay, Chris},
abstractNote = {This report is the second of a two-part study by BerkeleyLab of a DER (distributed energy resources) system at Navy Base VenturaCounty (NBVC). First, a preliminary assessment ofthe cost effectivenessof distributed energy resources at Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC)Building 1512 was conducted in response to the base s request for designassistance to the Federal Energy Management Program (Bailey and Marnay,2004). That report contains a detailed description of the site and theDER-CAM (Consumer Adoption Model) parameters used. This second reportcontains sensitivity analyses of key parameters in the DER system modelof Building 1512 at NBVC and additionally considers the potential forabsorption-powered refrigeration.The prior analysis found that under thecurrent tariffs, and given assumptions about the performance andstructure of building energy loads and available generating technologycharacteristics, installing a 600 kW DER system with absorption coolingand recovery heat capabilities could deliver cost savings of about 14percent, worth $55,000 per year. However, under current conditions, thisstudy also suggested that significant savings could be obtained ifBuilding 1512 changed from its current direct access contract to a SCETOU-8 (Southern California Edison time of use tariff number 8) ratewithout installing a DER system. Evaluated on this tariff, the potentialsavings from installation of a DER system would be about 4 percent of thetotal bill, or $16,000 per year.},
doi = {10.2172/860220},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jun 05 00:00:00 EDT 2005},
month = {Sun Jun 05 00:00:00 EDT 2005}
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