Microgrids, Infrastructure Resilience, and Advanced Controls Launchpad (MIRACL): Use Cases and Definitions

Reilly, James; Gentle, Jake P.; Orrell, Alice C.; Naughton, Brian; Anderson, Benjamin; Baring-Gould, Ian; Bukowski, Steven; Cicillio, Phylicia; Darbali, Rachid; Flicker, Jank; Homer, Juliet S.; Krishnan, Venkat; Poudel, Ram C.; Preus, Robert; Reiger, Craig; Reiman, Andrew P.; Wilches-Bernal, Felipe

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“…The MATLAB Simulink model can be configured for the four use cases defined by the multilaboratory MIRACL team (Reilly, Gentle, et al 2021): (1) isolated grids, (2) microgrids, (3) behind-the-meter wind turbine deployments, and (4) front-of-the-meter wind turbine deployments. The switch in Figure 3 is the isolation device between the Flatirons Campus and the utility grid.…”

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“…The research road map of distributed wind controls (Reilly, Poudel, et al 2021) for the Microgrids, Infrastructure Resilience, and Advanced Controls Launchpad (MIRACL) documents a literature review of active and reactive control capabilities of different distributed energy resources (DERs) and develops a road map for the application of such control technologies for distributed wind turbines. The road map envisions developing advanced controls for distributed wind turbines in four use cases, as defined by the multilaboratory MIRACL team (Reilly, Gentle, et al 2021): (1) isolated grids, (2) microgrids, (3) behind-the-meter wind turbine deployments, and (4) front-of-the-meter wind turbine deployments.…”

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“…Then, we analyze a reference system near Memphis, Tennessee, to investigate how these hybrid plants and their generation would be integrated and dispatched to support increased system resilience. This study is part of a multiyear effort across laboratories aimed at identifying the challenges and opportunities in valuing and integrating distributed wind turbines with solar photovoltaics and energy storage systems for resilience (Reilly 2020). Section 2 describes relevant complementarity and resilience metrics that account for the resilience value of hybrid or distributed renewable energy assets.…”

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Wind-solar-storage hybrid power plants represent a significant and growing share of new proposed projects in the United States. Their uptake is supported by increasing renewable energy market share, enhanced technical abilities for dispatch and control, and decreasing costs for wind energy, solar energy, and battery storage. Simultaneously, there is also increased use of generation and storage resources in distributed power systems. The diversification of energy resources through hybridization or spatial distribution provides an opportunity to enhance power system resilience (compared to single-source generation), addressing growing concerns about the reliability of the aging, transforming U.S. electric grid. The question of where to build hybrid plants for resilience value-rather than for bulk power supply-has not been fully explored in previous studies. Therefore, in this study we complete a national complementarity analysis to identify areas in the United States that are particularly suited for wind-solar hybrid power plant development. The authors show the importance of seasonal and diurnal patterns in assessing complementarity and identify that regions in the Great Plains, Midwest, and Southeast are particularly suited for hybrid power plants. We demonstrate the resilience value of hybridization for a reference system based near Memphis, Tennessee, and show optimal sizing of wind, solar, and storage assets given 1.0 and 0.9 critical load factors. Our results indicate that the pairing of wind and solar assets better meets constant load demand and reduces storage requirements compared to using only solar assets. These results will enable future work to integrate complementarity metrics with resilience frameworks. The results also indicate a need for more finely resolved data for local resources, demand, and hazards. v

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“…The research road map of distributed wind controls for the Microgrids, Infrastructure Resilience, and Advanced Controls Launchpad (MIRACL) project (Reilly, Poudel, et al 2021) documents a literature review of real and reactive control capabilities of different distributed energy resources (DERs) and develops a road map for the application of such control technologies for distributed wind turbines. The road map envisions the development of advanced controls for distributed wind turbines in four use cases, as defined by the multilaboratory MIRACL team (Reilly, Gentle, et al 2021): (1) isolated grids, (2) microgrids, (3) behind-the-meter wind turbine deployments, and (4) front-of-the-meter wind turbine deployments. Part 1 of the MIRACL Advanced Distributed Wind Turbine Controls Series-Flatirons Campus Model Overview-provides details for the MATLAB Simulink models that simulate the research wind turbine and various subsystems at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Flatirons Campus (Anderson, Poudel, Reilly et al Forthcoming).…”

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Advanced Distributed Wind Turbine Controls Series: Part 3-Wind Energy in Grid-Connected Deployments – Microgrids, Infrastructure Resilience, and Advanced Controls Launchpad (MIRACL)

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Microgrids, Infrastructure Resilience, and Advanced Controls Launchpad (MIRACL): Use Cases and Definitions

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