Research Themes +
Energy Technologies Area (ETA) researchers are continually building on the strong scientific foundation we have developed over the past 50 years. We address the world’s most pressing climate challenges by bringing to market energy-efficient innovations across the buildings, transportation, and industrial sectors. ETA is at the forefront of developing better batteries for electric vehicles; improving the country's aging electrical grid and innovating distributed energy and storage solutions; developing grid-interactive, efficient buildings; and providing the most comprehensive market and data analysis worldwide for renewable technologies like wind and solar.
Strategic Initiatives +
The Energy Technologies Area (ETA) Strategic Plan is the guiding force for our research and development for the next ten years. It clearly charts a path toward clean-energy solutions and focuses on five detailed Strategic Initiatives. The Plan provides an in-depth look at how ETA is accelerating research to provide affordable, clean energy to all while accomplishing deep, economy-wide decarbonization, looking to avoid a rise in global average temperature while simultaneously developing solutions to increase humanity's resilience to extreme weather volatility.
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About Us +
The Energy Technologies Area (ETA) is unique in translating fundamental scientific discoveries into scalable technology adoption. Our approach combines an understanding of the marketplace and the role of state and federal regulation and policies. ETA's research drives real-world, practical results that affect and improve the everyday lives of Americans and those across the globe. Saving energy and battling the Climate Crisis are key to the foundation of our research, which is driven by technoeconomic analysis and in-lab experimentation and discovery.

Publications

Publications by Research Area

Demand Response

Electricity Markets & Policy

Energy Efficiency

Industrial Energy Analysis

Renewable Energy

Sustainable Energy & Environmental Systems

Publications by Division

Building Technology (BTUS)

Energy Analysis (EAEI)

Energy Storage (ESDR)

2015

Martinez, Carlos A., and Joseph H Eto."Wide-area monitoring of the North American power grid: An integrated portfolio of real-time reliability tools."2015 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (2015) 1 - 5. DOI

2013

Martinez, Carlos A.."NERC Interconnections Candidate Frequency Events Report." (2013).

Martinez, Carlos A.."NERC Frequency Response Standard, Current Status, Issues, and 2010 to 2013 Field Trial Results."NERC Frequency Response Standard (BAL-003-1) (2013).

Martinez, Carlos A.."MISO Grid Reliability Performance Report." (2013).

2012

Martinez, Carlos A., and Rafael Campo."NERC Interconnections 2009-2012 Frequency Response Statistics, Typical Frequency Events Profiles, and Observations on NERC-FRI Report Statistics."NERC Interconnections Frequency Response Performance (2012).

Martinez, Carlos A., Peter W. Sauer, and Alejandro Dominguez-Garcia."Reliability Performance Monitoring (RPM) Prototype Preliminary Validation Results, User Interface, Deployment Plan, and Field Test." (2012).

2011

Martinez, Carlos A.."NERC Control and Reserves Planning Standards Integrated Overview."NERC Balancing Control and Reserves Planning Standards (2011).

Martinez, Carlos A.."Interconnections Abnormal Frequency Events Selection Methodology for Supporting Definition of NERC Control Standards."CERTS Research Supporting Reliability Performance Standards (2011).

2010

Martinez, Carlos A., Song Xue, and Martha Martinez."Review of the Recent Frequency Performance of the Eastern, Western and ERCOT Interconnections." (2010) 63.

Eto, Joseph H, John Undrill, Peter Mackin, Ron Daschmans, Ben Williams, Brian Haney, Randy Hunt, Jeff Ellis, Howard F. Illian, Carlos A. Martinez, Mark O'Malley, Katie Coughlin, and Kristina Hamachi LaCommare."Use of Frequency Response Metrics to Assess the Planning and Operating Requirements for Reliable Integration of Variable Renewable Generation." (2010) 141.

Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions, , Carlos A. Martinez, L. Patterson, and Howard F. Illian."CERTS Research Supporting Definition and Validation of a Frequency Response Standard." (2010).

Martinez, Carlos A., Howard F. Illian, and L. Patterson."Research Results and Recommendations for Automatic Processes for Identifying Interconnections Frequency Events and Estimate Frequency Response."Frequency Events Identification and Frequency Response (2010).

Martinez, Carlos A.."Intelligent Alarms Criteria and Thresholds Summary." (2010).

2008

Martinez, Carlos A.."NERC Frequency Monitoring and Analysis Application: Data Communications, Functionality, and Navigation Overview - Data Availability and Case Studies." (2008).

Martinez, Carlos A.."Intelligent real-time tools and visualizations for wide-area electrical grid reliability management."IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting - Conversion and Delivery of Electrical Energy in the 21st Century (2008) 1 - 4. DOI

Martinez, Carlos A.."Frequency Data Sources, Pre-Calculations, Normal and Intelligent Alarm Summaries and Definitions."NERC Wide-Area Resources Adequacy Monitoring System (ACE Frequency) (2008).

2007

Martinez, Carlos A.."NERC Frequency Monitoring and Analysis (FMA) Application." (2007).

Martinez, Carlos A., Robert W. Cummings, Philip Overholt, and Joseph H Eto."Reliability Monitoring: The High-Tech Eye in the Sky."Public Utilities Fortnightly (2007).

2005

Martinez, Carlos A.."Wide-Area Resources Adequacy Monitoring and Tracking Plan for DOE Deployment and User Training." (2005).

Martinez, Carlos A.."Real-Time Monitoring Tools and Multi-View Visualization for Wide-Area Operations."DistribuTECH Transmission Reliability Panel, San Diego, California (2005).

2003

Martinez, Carlos A., Jim Dyer, and Mark Skowronski."Real-Time Voltage Monitoring and VAR Management System."Consultant Report to the California Energy Commission (2003) 20.

Martinez, Carlos A., Jim Dyer, and Mark Skowronski."Supplier and Control Area Performance Monitoring System: Utilization of Grid-3P for Automatic Generation Control (AGC), Frequency Response Reserves (FRR) and Ancillary Services (AS) Regulation."Consultant Report prepared for the California Energy Commission (2003) 20.

Martinez, Carlos A.."Real-Time Performance Monitoring Tools for Wide-Area Operations and Competitive Markets in the Electricity Industry." IEEE General Meeting, Toronto, Canada (2003).

2001

Kueck, John D., Brendan J. Kirby, Robert H. Staunton, Joseph H Eto, Chris Marnay, Charles A. Goldman, and Carlos A. Martinez."Load As a Reliability Resource in Restructured Electricity Markets."Consultant Report prepared for the California Energy Commission (2001) 77.

Martinez, Carlos A.."Reliability Compliance Monitoring System for Area Control and Area Interchange Errors: Graphic-Geographic Visualization Package." (2001).