National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Electric Infrastructure Systems Research

Distributed Energy Resources Test Facility Virtual Tour

The Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Test Facility, located at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, was designed to assist the distributed power industry in the development and testing of distributed power systems. Researchers use state-of-the-art laboratories and outdoor test beds to characterize the performance and reliability of distributed power systems, support standards development, and investigate emerging and complex system integration issues.

The DER Test Facility contains a variety of distributed generation and storage, interconnection and testing, and electric power systems equipment. To learn more about the facility and its capabilities, click on the pieces of equipment in the diagram.

Click on the equipment in the diagram above to learn more. Text Only

For more information, read the test facility fact sheet (PDF 214 KB). Download Acrobat Reader.