ETA 2021 Strategic Plan - Flipbook - Page 72
Research Summary
The IES domain is broad and rapidly expanding.
A wide range of active research programs fall
naturally under its umbrella, including many
in the Energy Technologies Area (ETA). The
following examples highlight some ongoing
research efforts that are elements in nowformidable research programs in ETA. This
work builds upon strong ties to the ETA’s
previous initiatives in sustainable transportation,
urban building energy infrastructure, and grid
modernization.
infrastructure system planning and operation
problems, especially utilizing the high-fidelity
transportation and power system models at
a metropolitan scale. ETA is developing fast
numerical solutions for the grid-transportation
co-optimization problem at high fidelity and
scalability, leveraging the parallel simulation and
high-performance computing technologies at
Berkeley Lab to support reliable, cost-effective
planning of high-power charging infrastructures,
real-time or near real-time operations of EVs
and charging infrastructure, and analysis of
environmental impacts.
High-performance Computational Solutions
to Secure a Reliable EV-connected Grid
Future. The rapid trend of transportation
electrification leads to unprecedented electric
vehicle (EV) charging load on the power grid
systems, which may cause serious grid reliability
issues for the already-aging grid infrastructure.
EV mobility patterns further complicate the
Behavior, Energy, Autonomy, and Mobility
(BEAM) Modeling Framework. ETA
researchers developed the BEAM model for
the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Smart
Mobility program to study the energy and
environmental implications transformative
trends in vehicle sharing, electrification,
automation, micromobility, and e-commerce
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