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- The Power Systems Engineering Center supports the science and technology goals of the U.S. Department of Energy and NREL toward a sustainable energy future. The center works with the electricity industry to optimize strategies for effectively interconnecting renewable resources and emerging energy efficiency technologies in the existing electric power system. The center focuses on resolving grid integration barriers and providing improved control and management strategies for increased grid flexibility, consumer empowerment, and transportation electrification.
The Power Systems Engineering Center is made up of two technology-focused groups working toward a common goal from slightly different perspectives:
-The Distributed Energy Systems Integration group, managed by Dr. James Cale, conducts collaborative research and provides technical support in a range of distributed generation areas, including interconnection engineering and standards, system integration engineering and testing, interconnection interface applications, and policy and regulatory analysis.
-The Transmission and Grid Integration group, managed by Erik Ela, collaborates with utility and industry partners and provides data, analysis, and techniques to increase utility understanding of integration issues and confidence in the reliability of emerging renewable energy applications.
[Summary provided by the Power Systems Engineering Center.]
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