Paritosh Das models policy decisions that drive the economic and engineering decisions that are defining the modern U.S. power grid. He supports work on NREL's open-source Distributed Generation Market Demand (dGen) model, analyzing consumer adoption of distributed energy resources and their impact on the electric power system. Paritosh also supports a portfolio of scenario analyses evaluating the impacts of policies, technology change, and market design on the North American power sector evolution and grid operations. He has expertise in distributed energy resources adoption, grid integration of those resources, and distributed solar PV adoption in international markets.

Research Interests

Energy forecasting and modeling

Consumer adoption of distributed energy resources

Optimal design and operation of power systems with large shares of renewable energy

Energy policy

Education

M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii-Manoa

B-Tech, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, BPUT (India)

Professional Experience

Research Fellow, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii-Manoa (2016)

Research Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii-Manoa (2013–2015)

Software Engineer, Infosys (2010–2012)

Featured Work

The North American Renewable Integration Study: A U.S. Perspective, NREL Technical Report (2021)

The North American Renewable Integration Study: A Canadian Perspective, NREL Technical Report (2021)

2020 Standard Scenarios Report: A U.S. Electricity Sector Outlook, NREL Technical Report (2020)

California Time-of-Use Transition: Effects on Distributed Wind and Solar Economic Potential, NREL Technical Report (2019)