Development Support for NREL's System Advisor Model (SAM): Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-20-16998

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Abstract

The variable nature of renewable generation, which depends on the sun shining and wind blowing for example, presents challenges for adequate and least-cost resource planning. The deployment of renewable generation assets is anticipated to increase due to various drivers, such as declining costs, favorable government policies, and increasing procurement by corporations and consumers. High levels of renewable penetration are anticipated to pose flexibility, reliability, and cost challenges to the electrical system. The development and implementation of new features into performance modeling software, such as the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) System Advisor Model (SAM), is one way to help think through these challenges and develop appropriate strategies.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/TP-7A40-83685

Keywords

  • battery
  • CRADA
  • dispatch algorithm
  • parametric
  • photovoltaic
  • PV
  • PV smoothing
  • ratcheting demand charges
  • SAM
  • System Advisor Model

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