Resources for Microgrid Deployment and Lessons from U.S. Department of Defense and Power Africa Microgrid Projects
NREL has been supporting deployment of micro-grids and off-grid power systems for over 25 years. This talk will provide an overview of NREL project support for the deployment of microgrids both domestically and internationally including work in Alaska, Africa, Asia, and on U.S. Department of Defense installations. The presentation will provide examples of NREL support and free resources to support microgrid project development such as the Renewable Energy Optimization web tool and the Quality Assurance Framework for Mini-Grids as well as lessons from NREL project experience.
Speaker
Senior Project Leader
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Sam Booth is a Senior Project Leader at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). He has over ten years of experience in the clean energy industry working on microgrids, renewable energy, and finance. He is currently leading work to support the Power Africa Beyond the Grid Program with developer technical assistance, knowledge products, and country policy support. He has worked on numerous other international projects such off grid feasibility studies in Indonesia, renewable energy development in Haiti, and island energy planning in Brazil. He is also currently helping Marine Corps installation Miramar to build the most advanced installation scale microgrid in the DoD and recently helped the installation commission and test a 100% renewable building level microgrid. Prior to joining NREL Sam worked in energy and aerospace research and development engineering. He has B.S. degrees from the University of Colorado in Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Boston University.