Xiangkun (Xiang) Li is a part of the Engineering and Modeling group in the Integrated Applications Center. Her main focus areas include renewable energy integration, energy systems optimization, and power flow modeling. She helps to develop NREL’s REopt tool, and performs techno-economic modeling and analysis for a wide range of energy projects. Her background is in power systems engineering, specializing in voltage control and PV integration methods as well as optimal power flow techniques for distribution networks.