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Should Green Mountain Power offer the Tesla Powerwall? (Teaching Case)
With Andrea Kraus and Braxton Mashburn, we’ve launched a new teaching case through Michigan Sustainability Cases: http://www.learnmsc.org/cases/tesla-powerwall#/. Check out the podcast!
Congrats to Noah on being named an IEEE Power & Energy Scholar!
New article in ES&T by Nicole Ryan: Comparative Assessment of Models and Methods To Calculate Grid Electricity Emissions
New Article in Applied Energy on impact of solar PV inverter loading ratios
http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1T6uD15eieki-3
Good, J., Johnson, J.X., Impact of Inverter Loading Ratio on Solar Photovoltaic System Performance, Applied Energy, 177: 475–486, 2016.
Nicole Ryan accepted a doctoral student position in the research group. Congrats, Nicole!
Shreyas Vangala joins New York Power Authority. Congrats, Shreyas!
New article on the emissions impacts of distributed energy storage for power system reserves
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261916300411
Lin, Y., Johnson, J.X., Mathieu, J., Emissions Impacts of Using Distributed Energy Storage for Power System Reserves, Applied Energy, 168: 444-456, 2016.
New Teaching Case – Renewable Energy at the National Aquarium
ES&T Publication: 12 Principles of Green Energy in Grid Applications
http://pubsdc3.acs.org/articlesonrequest/AOR-9UYTa2vpyTKMWgNFUX9B
With Maryam Arbabzadeh, Greg Keoleian, Paul Rasmussen, and Levi Thompson
M-Cubed Funding: Improving the Energy Efficiency of Buildings Participating in Power System Ancillary Services
With EECS professors Johanna Mathieu and Ian Hiskens, we recently received a $60,000 M-Cubed award to study the energy efficiency of buildings participating in power system ancillary services.
New Teaching Case – Evading the Death Spiral: Minnesota’s Value of Solar Tariff
http://wdi-publishing.com/casedetail.aspx?cid=1430450
With Dan Ryan, Dominic Bednar, Luis Cecco, and Puneeth MV Reddy, we recently published a teaching case entitled Evading the Death Spiral: Minnesota’s Value of Solar Tariff with WDI Publishing.
Rachel Chalat joins DTE Energy’s Strategy Group. Congrats, Rachel!
Energy Policy publication on impacts of solar preferences in RPS
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421515300069
Novacheck, J., Johnson, J.X., The Environmental and Cost Implications of Solar Energy Preferences in Renewable Portfolio Standards, Energy Policy, 86: 250-261, 2015.
NSF Environmental Sustainability Grant on Distributed Energy Storage
With Prof. Johanna Mathieu and Postdoctoral Fellow Yashen Lin, we were awarded a three-year NSF grant entitled “Environmental Impacts of Using Distributed Energy Storage for Power System Reserves.” An overview of the project is provided below
Overview: The objective of this project is to investigate the environmental impacts of using distributed energy storage (DES) for power system reserves and to develop operational strategies to mitigate the environmental burdens of the system. As more renewable energy sources are integrated into the power system, additional reserves are required to ensure the functionality and reliability of the system. DES is a promising alternative to generators for providing such reserves because, in general, these resources are more responsive than conventional power plants and costs are increasingly competitive. Due to their low emissions during operation, DES systems are often assumed to reduce environmental impacts. However, due to the complex nature of the power system, the use of DES may lead to negative outcomes under certain system configurations, generation mixes, and reserve requirements. Thus, it is important to thoroughly evaluate the environmental impacts of introducing DES for reserves. Using life cycle assessment (LCA), we will investigate the full environmental impact of providing reserves with DES. Additionally, we will develop a reduced-form LCA that can provide real-time feedback on environmental impacts to power system operators.
Applied Energy publication on vanadium redox flow batteries to reach greenhouse gas emissions targets
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261915001610
Arbabzadeh, M., Johnson, J.X., De Kleine R., Keoleian, G.A., Vanadium redox flow batteries to reach greenhouse gas emissions targets in an off-grid configuration, Applied Energy, 146: 397-408, 2015.
ES&T publication on on the emissions impacts of RPS
Maryam Arbabzadeh wins the Dow Doctoral Fellowship. Congrats, Maryam!
Josh Novacheck joins the National Renewable Energy Lab. Congrats Josh!
Maryam Arbabzadeh wins Rackham International Student Fellowship
Congrats, Maryam!