CX-102092: Resilient Community Microgrids with Dynamic Reconfiguration to Serve Critical Loads in the Aftermath of Severe Events

Award Number: DE-EE0009337
CX(s) Applied: A9
Solar Energy Technologies Office
Location(s): NC
Office(s): Golden Field Office

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC) to develop a novel microgrid control architecture, which would integrate various advanced energy management capabilities, including coordination of bulk power grid coupling, distributed energy resources communication, and microgrid networking. Control software would be developed and tested in simulated environments and real-time, in a utility microgrid setting. The project would be completed over two Budget Periods (BPs), with a Go/No-Go Decision Point in between each BP.