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Microgrid to enable optimal distributed energy retail and end-user demand response by Jin, Ming, Feng, Wei, Marnay, Chris, Spanos, Costas

“…•Retail rate modeling to enable distributed energy adoption in a microgrid.•Comprehensive energy (electricity, heating, cooling) dispatch to connect end user…”
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Techno-Economic Evaluation of Mixed AC and DC Power Distribution Network for Integrating Large-Scale Photovoltaic Power Generation by Gao, Shuang, Jia, Hongjie, Marnay, Chris

“…This paper presents a methodology for evaluating the techo-economic feasibility of mixed AC and DC distribution network to replace the existing AC distribution…”
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Distributed generation investment by a microgrid under uncertainty by Siddiqui, Afzal S., Marnay, Chris

“…This paper examines a California-based microgrid's decision to invest in a distributed generation (DG) unit fuelled by natural gas. While the long-term natural…”
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MOD-DR: Microgrid optimal dispatch with demand response by Jin, Ming, Feng, Wei, Liu, Ping, Marnay, Chris, Spanos, Costas

“…•Modeling of microgrid (MG) technologies for heating, cooling, and electricity on the district scale.•Design of demand response (DR) mechanism and flexible…”
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A review of microgrid development in the United States – A decade of progress on policies, demonstrations, controls, and software tools by Feng, Wei, Jin, Ming, Liu, Xu, Bao, Yi, Marnay, Chris, Yao, Cheng, Yu, Jiancheng

“…•Conduct comprehensive literature review of U.S. microgrid development in the recent decade.•Discuss U.S. progress on microgrid policies, demonstration…”
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A simulation-based efficiency comparison of AC and DC power distribution networks in commercial buildings by Gerber, Daniel L., Vossos, Vagelis, Feng, Wei, Marnay, Chris, Nordman, Bruce, Brown, Richard

“…•Building models with AC and DC distribution are simulated in Modelica and compared.•Better models for PV, storage, load, converters, and wiring than in…”
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Techno-economic analysis of DC power distribution in commercial buildings by Vossos, Vagelis, Gerber, Daniel, Bennani, Youness, Brown, Richard, Marnay, Chris

“…•Analysis on the cost-effectiveness of DC distribution in commercial buildings.•Lifecycle cost and payback period analysis using Monte Carlo…”
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Optimal planning of microgrid power and operating reserve capacity by Quashie, Mike, Marnay, Chris, Bouffard, François, Joós, Géza

“…•A bi-level model for a microgrid power and reserve capacity planning is developed.•The model is cast within the context of a distribution system operator…”
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Microgrids 2021 Editorial by Marnay, Chris, Xu, Tao, Hirase, Yuko, Mendoza-Araya, Patricio

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Modeling of thermal storage systems in MILP distributed energy resource models by Steen, David, Stadler, Michael, Cardoso, Gonçalo, Groissböck, Markus, DeForest, Nicholas, Marnay, Chris

“…•An improved TES model is developed and implemented in a MILP DER-model.•Six buildings were simulated using the previous and the improved TES model.•The result…”
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Microgrids 2023 editorial by Marnay, Chris, Xu, Tao, Hatziargyriou, Nikos D., Hirase, Yuko, Mendoza-Araya, Patricio

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Moore vs. Murphy: Tradeoffs between complexity and reliability in distributed energy system scheduling using software-as-a-service by Dutton, Spencer, Marnay, Chris, Feng, Wei, Robinson, Matthew, Mammoli, Andrea

“…•Applied software as a service based optimization of a complex distributed energy system•Optimizing more variables increased cost savings but savings are at…”
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Distributed Energy and Microgrids (DEM) by Wang, Chengshan, Yan, Jinyue, Marnay, Chris, Djilali, Ned, Dahlquist, Erik, Wu, Jianzhong, Jia, Hongjie

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Provision of secondary frequency regulation by coordinated dispatch of industrial loads and thermal power plants by Bao, Yi, Xu, Jian, Feng, Wei, Sun, Yuanzhang, Liao, Siyang, Yin, Rongxin, Jiang, Yazhou, Jin, Ming, Marnay, Chris

“…•The flexibility of industrial parks is leveraged for frequency regulation.•The stochastic day-head optimization is transformed into deterministic.•An economic…”
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Moore vs. Murphy: Tradeoffs between complexity and reliability in distributed energy system scheduling using software-as-a-service by Dutton, Spencer, Marnay, Chris, Feng, Wei, Robinson, Matthew, Mammoli, Andrea

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Serving Electricity and Heat Requirements Efficiently and with Appropriate Energy Quality via Microgrids by Marnay, Chris, Lai, Judy

“…The familiar power delivery paradigm is in need of revision. The autonomously controlled assets of local systems, or microgrids, can provide multiple levels of…”
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Optimal Technology Selection and Operation of Commercial-Building Microgrids by Marnay, C., Venkataramanan, G., Stadler, M., Siddiqui, A.S., Firestone, R., Chandran, B.

“…The deployment of small ( < 1-2 MW ) clusters of generators, heat and electrical storage, efficiency investments, and combined heat and power (CHP)…”
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Optimal deployment of thermal energy storage under diverse economic and climate conditions by DeForest, Nicholas, Mendes, Gonçalo, Stadler, Michael, Feng, Wei, Lai, Judy, Marnay, Chris

“…•We simulated chilled water thermal energy storage (TES) under diverse conditions.•TES systems reduced annual electricity cost by 5–15% across four…”
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Lessons from international experience for China's microgrid demonstration program by Romankiewicz, John, Marnay, Chris, Zhou, Nan, Qu, Min

“…Microgrids can provide an avenue for increasing the amount of distributed generation (DG) and delivery of electricity, where control is more dispersed and…”
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An Economic Analysis of Used Electric Vehicle Batteries Integrated Into Commercial Building Microgrids by Beer, S., Gomez, T., Dallinger, D., Momber, I., Marnay, C., Stadler, M., Lai, J.

“…Current policies in the U.S. and other countries are trying to stimulate electric transportation deployment. Consequently, plug-in electric vehicle (PEV)…”
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