
Kevin McCabe
Researcher III-Mechanical Engineering
Kevin.McCabe@nrel.gov
303-275-3183
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9127-2674
Kevin McCabe is a member of the Distributed Systems and Storage Group in the Integrated Applications Center at NREL. Kevin has expertise in adoption of distributed energy resources, geothermal direct use and distributed geothermal applications, and programming and model development. He supports NREL's open-source Distributed Generation Market Demand (dGen) model.
Research Interests
Energy forecasting and modeling
Consumer adoption of distributed energy resources
New technologies for geothermal industry
Education
M.S., Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Professional Experience
Geothermal Analyst Intern, NREL, Golden, CO (2016)
Graduate Research Assistant, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (2013-2015)
Stress Analysis Intern (Piping), URS Corporation, Denver, CO (2012, 2013)
Associations and Memberships
American Indian Science and Engineering Society
Geothermal Resources Council
Society of Petroleum Engineers
Featured Work
Technoeconomic Design of a Geothermal-Enabled Cold Climate Zero Energy Community, Journal of Energy Resources Technology (2021)
California Time-of-Use Transition: Effects on Distributed Wind and Solar Economic Potential, NREL Technical Report (2019)
GEOPHIRES v2.0: Updated Geothermal Techno-Economic Simulation Tool, Geothermal Energy (2019)
GeoRePORT Protocol Volume III: Technical Assessment Tool, NREL Technical Report (2019)
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