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Economic and Environmental Optimization of Microgrids

Publication Type

Presentation

Authors

Abstract

DER-CAM is a mixed integer linear program that minimizes the annual energy costs, carbon emissions, or multiple objectives of providing services to a building-scale microgrid. It has been licensed by several national and international research institutes, and commercialization efforts are ongoing.

Users can access DER-CAM through the Internet to gain broad access to the DER optimization platform. Other versions provide the ability to determine economically- or environmentally-optimal solutions to the challenge of installing and operating microgrid energy equipment (e.g., solar, thermal, fuel cells, and energy storage). The speakers discuss current projects highlighting the program's capabilities, as well as the results of various case studies.

Year of Publication

2013

URL

http://www.nrel.gov/esi/seminar_economic_and_environmental_optimization_of_microgrids.html

Notes

Presented at NREL on 28 March 2013 as part of the Energy Systems Integration Seminar Series

Organization

Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division

Research Areas

Distributed Grid, Microgrids