Decision Science, Support, and Informatics
NREL provides objective, technology-neutral decision support using data, analysis, tools, and market insights to help decision makers address technical, policy, social, and economic barriers to support optimized energy-water-land system integration.
Capabilities
NREL offers the following integrated water system decision science, support, and informatics capabilities.
Policy, Program, Strategy, and Project Development
NREL provides analysis and market expertise to comprehensively inform planning, policy, regulatory, and economic development that supports partners’ energy, water, and land use goals.
Key Staff
Jennifer Daw, Alicen Kandt, Gail Mosey, Erik Ness, Dan Olis, Sherry Stout, Adam Warren
Publications
Clean Energy Solutions Center Resource Library: Energy-Water-Food Nexus
USVI Energy Road Map: Charting the Course to a Clean Energy Future, NREL Brochure (2011)
Energy-Water-Land System Designs
NREL provides analysis and expertise to foster innovation and inform the design and operation of the physical infrastructure to support integrated energy-water-land systems using its models, tools, and best practices.
Key Staff
Jennifer Daw, Megan Day, Alicen Kandt, Jordan Macknick, James McCall, Josh Sperling, Sherry Stout
Publications
Energy-Water Microgrid Opportunity Analysis at the University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2 Facility, NREL Technical Report (2018)
Overview of Opportunities for Co-Location of Solar Energy Technologies and Vegetation, NREL Technical Report (2013)
Project Development and Financing Strategies
NREL helps decision makers address economic development goals, prioritize investments, identify financing strategies, and assess pathways to understand the trade-offs and opportunities of cost-effective energy-water-land system integration.
Key Staff
Chuck Kurnik, Paul Schwabe, Jenny Sumner
Publications
Outdoor Irrigation Measurement and Verification Protocol, NREL Subcontract Report (2017)
Cooling Tower (Evaporative Cooling System) Measurement and Verification Protocol, NREL Subcontract Report (2018)
Environmental Change and Resilience Assessments
NREL supports energy, water, and land system resilience, security, and integration using its models, tools, and expertise. This work helps identify, value, and address system vulnerabilities to inform partner goals.
Key Staff
Eliza Hotchkiss, Alicen Kandt, Gail Mosey, Sherry Stout
Publications
USAID-NREL Partnership: Resilient Energy Platform
Emerging Areas
Cross-sectoral energy, water, and land-use behaviors and decision-making