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A monthly recap of the latest happenings at the ESIF and developments in energy systems integration research at the lab and around the world.

Featured Publications

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A Hydrogen Load Modeling Method for Integrated Hydrogen Energy System Planning, IEEE Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies North America (2023)

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Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator Cohort 1: Authentication and Authorization, NREL Technical Report (2023)

Peak Demand Management and Voltage Regulation Using Coordinated Virtual Power Plant Controls, IEEE Access (2023)

Situational Awareness of Grid Anomalies for Visual Analytics—Near-Real-Time Cyber-Physical Resiliency Through Machine Learning, NREL Technical Report (2023)

Investigating Multi-Microgrid Black Start Methods Using Grid-Forming Inverters, IEEE Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies North America (2023)

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Overview of Functional Technical Requirements for Intentional Islands, NREL Technical Report (2022)

2024 ESIF Stewardship Summary

In 2024, ESIF hosted 170 multidisciplinary projects with 85 partners. Our research advanced leading-edge technologies such as self-healing grids, electrolyzers, grid-forming inverters, and a control architecture that heralds a new direction for distributed energy management systems. We also opened the Energy Security and Resilience Laboratory and brought a third-generation supercomputer online. Read more in our summary.

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