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Nate Blair is the group manager of the Distributed Systems and Storage Group in the Integrated Applications Center at NREL. He has expertise in linear programming with General Algebraic Modeling System; solar system modeling tools including PVWatts, System Advisor Model (SAM), Solar Prospector, and URDB; concentrating solar power systems; personnel management; and project management.
Techno-economic analysis
Photovoltaics, onshore and offshore wind, geothermal power, electricity storage
Electric grid capacity expansion modeling
International energy sector analysis and development
Building energy efficiency
Energy Expert, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), World Bank, Washington, DC (on assignment from NREL), 2015–2016
Intern, Global Energy Partners, LLC (June 2001–August 2001)
Intern, Sandia National Lab - Concentrating Solar Power Group (May 2000–August 2000)
Project Engineer, Thermal Energy System Specialists (August 1998–November 1999)
Visiting Researcher, Center for Science and Technologies in Buildings (CSTB) (November 1997–May 1998)
Visiting Researcher, Transsolar EnergiTechnik GMBH (July 1997–October 1997)
TRNSYS Coordinator, UW-Madison Solar Energy Lab (1994–1997)
TRNSYS Coordinator Assistant, UW-Madison Solar Energy Lab (March 1994–August 1994)
Staff Engineer, Energy Center of Wisconsin (March 1994–August 1994)
Bachelor, Physics, Gustavus Adolphus College
Master, Business Administration, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Master, Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research output: NREL › Poster
Research output: NREL › Technical Report
Research output: NREL › Technical Report
Research output: NREL › Presentation
Research output: NREL › Presentation
Doris, E. (Member), Porro, G. (Member), Zhu, G. (Member), Blair, N. (Member), Seibert, M. (Member), Margolis, R. (Member) & Kurtz, S. (Member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Blair, N. (Member) & Kekelia, B. (Member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of network