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Located 60 miles northwest of Las Vegas, the Nevada Test Site is a distributed power testing facility that can take advantage of the "real life" distribution configurations available as a result of previous investments in national security-related facilities. The site includes a substation, distribution lines, local load, variable length feeder lines, and distributed generation equipment that may be used in a variety of ways, including intentional fault shutdowns and other major events that are not typically suitable for testing on actual utility lines and facilities.
The following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Acrobat Reader.
The following links are presentations that summarize the development of the Nevada Test Site and the results of early tests performed there. Explore them to learn more about what has been accomplished.
- Distributed Power Test and Demonstration Plan for Nevada Test Site (PDF 1.4 MB). Presented at the Distributed Power Program Annual Review, 2002, in Arlington, VA.
- Pilot Interconnection Test at the Nevada Test Site (PDF 1.8 MB). Presented at the Distributed Power Program Annual Review, 2002, in Arlington, VA.
- Update on NREL and NTS Testing Activities (PDF 19.1 MB). Presented at Distributed Power Program Quarterly Review, Oct. 2001, in Golden, CO.
- Update on IEEE Standards and NREL/NTS Testing Activities (PDF 339 KB). Presented at the Distributed Power Program Quarterly Review, July 2001, in Washington, D.C.
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