SuperLab 2.0: The Future of Energy Experimentation at NREL (Text Version)

This is the text version of the video SuperLab 2.0: The Future of Energy Experimentation at NREL. It describes the impact of a proposed demonstration in Fiscal Year 2023.

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With ARIES capabilities at NREL, including the controllable grid interface, digital real-time simulator and renewables, ESnet's OSCAR service provides secure and synchronous data exchange. Then larger experiments would become possible in the new SuperLab 2.0. NREL and its lab partners are eyeing another leap in scale in Fiscal Year 2023.

We are targeting a demonstration of 10,000 interconnected devices between DOE national labs, which would open the door to a fully interconnected lab complex starting that year. This infrastructure could model millions of interconnected devices. This achievement would supercharge research opportunities. Hurricanes, winter storms, wildfires, the effects of these events can be modeled, and the complexity of the experiments that could be supported would allow for national and regional analysis.

This would allow for energy system research that leverages the unique assets and expertise at multiple labs to evaluate scenarios that reflect the complexity of the modern and evolving energy grid and take into account the challenges facing today's grid. Even better, it is a highly resource-efficient approach. Tapping into the vast research assets that exist across the lab complex avoids the need to purchase duplicate equipment.

It also allows for experts in different energy technologies to manage and control the assets they know best, creating a network of research assets and technology experts unrivaled anywhere in the world to meet the nation's energy challenges head on, and drive the urgent transition to a clean energy future.

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