Przemyslaw Koralewicz is a senior researcher at NREL’s Flatiron’s Campus. He is the lead for the NREL controllable grid interface (CGI) and oversees multiple Power-hardware-in-the-loop experiments involving various Megawatt-scale assets including battery, PV, wind, hydrogen and synchronous generation systems. He helps researchers and industry partners to implement innovative power systems projects featuring newly developed technologies and methods based on the latest research findings. He specializes in development of novel devices characterization methods and utilizing them in hardware validation at NREL’s Flatirons Campus. He is also experienced in modeling, stability analysis and validation of smart inverters and complex systems including microgrids.

Research Interests

Power Hardware-in-the-Loop

Small signal stability analysis

Grid forming inverters

Grid integration

Microgrids

Real-time simulations

Model Validation

Education

M.S., Electronics and Telecommunication, Silesian Technical University, Gliwice Poland

Professional Experience

Research Engineer, NREL (2016–now)

Lead Engineer & Project Manager, ABB Corporate Research Center (2009–2016)

Associations and Memberships

Member, IEEE (2016–Present)

Member, IEEE Power & Energy Society (2016–Present)

Member, IEEE Smart Grids Society (2017–Present)

Featured Work

Solar PV and BESS Plant-Level Voltage Control and Interactions, Experiments and Analysis (2023)

Extension of the Generic Multi-Frequency Modelling Method for Type 3 Wind Turbines, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion (2022)

Unleashing the Frequency: Multi-Megawatt Demonstration of 100% Renewable Power Systems with Decentralized Communication-Less Control Scheme, NREL Technical Report (2022)

Power Router for Distributing Solar in Communities (Solar Prize) Cooperative Research and Development Final Report CRADA Number: CRD-20-16809, NREL Technical Report (2022)

Advanced Distributed Wind Turbine Controls Series: Part 1-Flatirons Campus Model Overview; Microgrids, Infrastructure Resilience, and Advanced Controls Launchpad (MIRACL), NREL Technical Report  (2022)