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The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Distributed Energy Resources Test Facility provides a controlled environment in which researchers can perform interconnection and systems integration testing for the development of standards such as IEEE 1547 and testing procedures and protocols related to interconnection and its integration with the energy infrastructure.
The site includes a variety of generation, interconnection, monitoring, and energy storage equipment that simulate a real-world electric system. Data from tests performed at the site are used to characterize equipment functionality, develop equipment and interconnection standards, and identify additional research topics and standards requirements.
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The following documents summarize progress in the development of the NREL Distributed Energy Resources Test Facility and the achievements of some of the most significant tests performed there. Explore them to learn more about what has been accomplished.
- NREL Distributed Energy Resources Test Facility: Advancing Distributed Power Technology (PDF 259 KB). A fact sheet summarizing collaborative work with Distribution and Interconnection R&D.
- Interconnection Testing at NREL (PDF 970 KB). Presented at the Electric Distribution Transformation Annual Program and Peer Review Meeting, 2004, in Coronado, CA.
- NREL Test Facility (PDF 1.1 MB). Presented at the Distribution and Interconnection R&D Annual Review, 2003, in Arlington, VA.
- 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.
- Update on Testing Activities at NREL DER Test Facility (PDF 1.1 MB). Presented at the Distributed Power Program Quarterly Review, July 2002, in Madison, WI.
- Update on NREL and NTS Testing Activities (PDF 19.1 MB). Presented at the Distributed Power Program Quarterly Review, Oct. 2001, in Golden, CO.
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