Assessment of (mu)grid distributed energy resource potential using DER-CAM and GIS

Urban energy planning procedure for sustainable development in the built environment: A review of available spatial approaches

“…It aims at finding the most suitable combination of technological solution, their relevant size and operational profiles. A link with GIS tools to catch layout constraints and site new tech has been proposed by (Edwards et al, 2002). With similar purpose and approach, the Economic Evaluation of Micro-grids (EAM) has been developed by (Asano and Bando, 2006).…”

Distributed energy resources customer adoption modeling with combined heat and power applications

“…This project used load data from a hypothetical µGrid customer in the San Diego area that was constructed for a previous research project at Berkeley Lab (Edwards et al, 2002). The goal here is not to establish a totally realistic example, but rather to create a California relevant case study that exercises the new model capabilities developed in this work.…”

Day-ahead scheduling of a microgrid system using CloudPSS-IESLab platform

“…Homer could optimize behind-the-meter distributed energy resources, minimize demand charges, model complex tariffs and time-of-use rates, and take advantage of self-consumption, energy arbitrage, and incentives. Besides the Homer Energy, DER-CAM [7] developed by Berkeley National Laboratory is another famous software for microgrid planning, it is a powerful and comprehensive decision support tool that primarily serves the purpose of finding optimal distributed energy resource (DER) investments in the context of either buildings or multi-energy microgrids. In addition, some other tools like RETScreen [8], DES-PSO [9] are also good choice for microgrid planning.…”