A review of microgrid development in the United States–A decade of progress on policies, demonstrations, controls, and software tools

W Feng, M **, X Liu, Y Bao, C Marnay, C Yao, J Yu - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Microgrids have become increasingly popular in the United States. Supported by favorable
federal and local policies, microgrid projects can provide greater energy stability and …

Optimal bidding strategy for an aggregator of prosumers in energy and secondary reserve markets

J Iria, F Soares, M Matos - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a two-stage stochastic optimization model to support an aggregator of
prosumers in the definition of bids for the day-ahead energy and secondary reserve markets …

Fast frequency control service provision from active neighborhoods: opportunities and challenges

V Prakash, H Pandzic - Electric power systems research, 2023 - Elsevier
Innovations in information, communication, forecasting, and control technologies, along with
the high investments to enhance the capabilities of active neighborhoods to participate in …

Development of efficient, flexible and affordable heat pumps for supporting heat and power decarbonisation in the UK and beyond: Review and perspectives

Y Wang, J Wang, W He - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Half of the global final energy consumption is related to heat, which accounts for 40% of
global energy-related carbon emissions. Particularly in the UK, nearly 24 million end-users …

Fast frequency control ancillary services: An international review

D Fernández-Muñoz, JI Pérez-Díaz, I Guisández… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper describes the frequency control ancillary services (FCAS) that value the
response speed of the frequency control resources and/or can only be provided, without …

Experimental demonstration of frequency regulation by commercial buildings—Part I: Modeling and hierarchical control design

E Vrettos, EC Kara, J MacDonald… - … on Smart Grid, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper is the first part of a two-part series in which we present results from one of the first
worldwide experimental demonstrations of frequency regulation in a commercial building …

Living laboratories can and should play a greater role to unlock flexibility in United States commercial buildings

JA de Chalendar, A Keskar, JX Johnson, JL Mathieu - Joule, 2024 - cell.com
Energy demand flexibility from commercial buildings can play a critical role in the ongoing
energy transition. There is an urgent need to redirect more research and deployment efforts …