Multi-lab Grid Modeling Support for Puerto Rico

Five U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories - Sandia National Laboratories, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and Argonne National Laboratory - will partner to provide Puerto Rico stakeholders with useful tools and skills to enable them to plan and operate the electric power grid with more resilience against future disruptions. Key activities include delivering high-resolution solar resource data for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands through the National Solar Radiation Database, delivering models of Puerto Rico using grid modeling tools Flexible Energy Scheduling Tool for Integrating Variable Generation and Multi-Area Frequency Response Integration Tool and training models on real data, developing and executing an educational module that provides analytical support to stakeholders on best practices for interconnection of distributed energy resources and IEEE 1547 standard, delivering Puerto Rico-specific System Advisor Model improvements to provide foundational solar profiles for production cost modeling and to enable stakeholders to perform detailed cost-benefit analysis of renewable energy systems, accounting for resiliency and ancillary service functionality, and developing accessible end-user, cost-benefit tools with training sessions aimed at ensuring robust, data-driven investment decisions across Puerto Rico.