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Storage Futures Study: Grid Operational Impacts of Widespread Storage Deployment, NREL Technical Report (2022)

Integration of Utility Distributed Energy Resource Management System and Aggregators for Evolving Distribution System Operators, Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy (2022)

Federated Architecture for Secure and Transactive Distributed Energy Resource Management Solutions (FAST-DERMS): System Architecture and Reference Implementation, Grid Modernization Laboratory Consortium (2022)

Examining Supply-Side Options To Achieve 100% Clean Electricity by 2035, NREL Technical Report (2022)

Cybersecurity Certification Recommendations for Interconnected Grid Edge Devices and Inverter Based Resources, NREL Technical Report (2021)

A Guide to Updating Interconnection Rules and Incorporating IEEE Standard 1547, NREL Technical Report (2021)
2021 ESIF Annual Report
From self-organizing microgrids and cyber threat emulations to solutions for continental energy integration, these are the need-to-know innovations that are advancing clean, equitable, and resilient energy. The 2021 ESIF Annual Report documents broad success in microgrid design, autonomous energy systems, electrified mobility, hydrogen, and more.

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