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Personal Profile
Since joining NREL in 2009, Joyce McLaren has worked on a wide variety of topics including solar market analysis; residential and commercial solar and storage; electric transportation and grid-interactive buildings. She scopes and provides analyses and technical assistance to utilities and electric cooperatives, state energy offices, public utility commissions, and municipalities. McLaren enjoys working with external partners to clarify their needs and priorities, identify technical options through analysis, and facilitate stakeholder engagement. She develops and employs tools, databases and resources that cross NREL directorates to investigate cutting edge research questions and translates findings into action.
Research Interests
Distributed solar
Solar+storage
Grid-interactive buildings
Community solar
Distributed resources on the distribution grid
Electric vehicle charging and grid impacts
Stakeholder engagement
Technical assistance
Education/Academic Qualification
Bachelor, Anthropology, Sociology, and Environmental Studies, Transylvania University
Master, Community Development, University of California, Davis
PhD, Science and Technology Policy (Energy), University of Sussex
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Locating Equitable Solar Opportunities by Census Tract: A Guide to the Screening Tool for Equitable Adoption and Deployment of Solar (STEADy Solar)
Ferrall-Wolf, I. & McLaren, J., 2024, 83 p.Research output: NREL › Presentation
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Solar Energy Innovation Network 2017-2024: Abbreviated Final Technical Report
Farrar, S., Lockhart, E., McLaren, J., Belding, S., Coney, K., Ferrall-Wolf, I. & Kramer, A., 2024, 24 p.Research output: NREL › Technical Report
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Community Solar Program and Subscription Design
McLaren, J. & Sandler, S., 2023, 82 p.Research output: NREL › Presentation
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Efficiency and Demand Flexibility in Large Office Buildings: The Potential for Cost Savings and CO2 Reductions from Lighting and Cooling Measures
McLaren, J., Bowen, T. & Harris, C., 2023, 51 p.Research output: NREL › Technical Report
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Use of Operating Agreements and Energy Storage to Reduce Photovoltaic Interconnection Costs: Conceptual Framework
Gill, C., Beland, S., Constable, R., Roughan, T., Broderick, C., Lasher, S., McLaren, J., Abraham, S., Teixeira, A., Darghouth, N. & Forrester, S., 2022, 27 p.Research output: NREL › Technical Report